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Maigret's Jurisdiction
By Elliott Colla
THESE MIGHT BE Jules Maigret's best years ever. It is not hard to picture the sardonic hero of Georges Simenon's best-selling novels smiling down on us from policier heaven. And why wouldn't he? Contemporary American mass culture is awash with procedurals, and Maigret's jurisdiction now covers the entire world.
Police stories are so ubiquitous today that it is hard to remember back to when detectives tended not to be police. It's even harder to imagine that the police hero had to be invented in the first place. But that is more or less what Simenon did back in 1930 when he created the jaded, savvy Maigret, dressed always in an overcoat, his pipe in one hand, a beer in the other, and his wife half-forgotten at home. Seventy-five titles and 80 years later, Maigret's literary DNA pervades crime fiction from Paris to Hollywood. Maigret's descendants are by now a motley squad spanning from the 87th Precinct of Ed McBain to the LAPD of Dragnet and James Ellroy. From Ian Rankin's Rebus to Henning Mankell's Wallander — from The Wire to CSI, from Dexter to True Detective — the precincts of our imagination are staffed with Maigret's heirs.
Maigret is only now beginning to appear systematically in English, for the first time since his birth in 1930. A new generation of readers will thus discover the magic of the Maigret formula. Of course, "discover" is an odd word to use when talking about Simenon; he was hardly forgotten. Decades ago, each translation of a Maigret title became a bestseller in the United Kingdom and the United States. Between 1930 and his death in 1989, Simenon wrote more than 200 novels (under various names) and sold over 700 million books. Most of these sales were in the Inspector Maigret series. Only a handful of writers — including Shakespeare and Agatha Christie — have "sold" more than Simenon. But as these English translations fell in and out of print, the name Simenon became little more than a talisman for American audiences. We knew of Simenon, but would be excused for not having read much by him.
As Simenon's massive library began to enter the public domain more than a decade ago, we have lost that excuse. With the 2003 centenary of Simenon's birth, NYRB Classics commissioned 11 new and revised translations of Simenon's celebrated romans durs. And now, since 2013, Penguin Books has committed itself to bringing out the 75 books of the Maigret series in an orderly fashion. All of these numbers had been published before in translations, although most of them only haphazardly and often in odd "omnibus" formats. But now they will be available, for the first time in their entirety, and with smooth new English translations that do credit to the originals' silky economy of language.
Maigret might enjoy this, but Simenon might not. The Belgian author had a vexed relationship with the Maigret series. On the one hand, Maigret made him that rarest of things — a genuinely rich writer. On the other hand, the Maigret series ensured that his literary reputation would forever after be based on market, rather than aesthetic, values.
Maybe now critics will give Maigret his due. Maybe all those sprawling crime television series of the last 15 years have taught us that some literary titles are to be treated not as individual, stand-alone works but as fragments of a vaster system of stories and characters, situations and themes. And now maybe those of us who expect great novelists to write fat novels will grasp what Simenon meant, in The Paris Review, when he responded to everyone who dismissed his work as low-brow:
All the critics for twenty years have said the same thing: "It is time for Simenon to give us a big novel, a novel with twenty or thirty characters." They do not understand. I will never write a big novel. My big novel is the mosaic of all my small novels. You understand?
Now that the entire Inspector Maigret series is coming out, we can read Simenon's small novels as a huge mosaic — and conceivably, in their sum, as one great big novel. Certainly anyone who wants to binge-read Maigret titles will find them to be well worth the pleasure. In them, Simenon shows himself to be a committed stylist as well as an endlessly inventive storyteller. True, the Maigret novels are conventional. For fetishists of the ever new, this in itself is a mortal sin. For the rest of us, however, it need not be: these novels were never meant to be read as wholly original creations, but rather as variations on a pattern. And in fairness to Simenon, he never repeated himself, and for the most part the pattern he worked with was of his own invention.
A glimpse of this originality is on full display in the first 10 Inspector Maigret novels, which Simenon published in a single year — 1931. Already in these first novels, Simenon had developed a unique ability to sketch fine human psychologies with incredible economy. While others might take pages to flesh out a character, Simenon knows how to do so in telegraph form, drawing one man by the stains on an overcoat and a woman by how she buttons her blouse. Similarly, it is remarkable how Simenon captures the sense of place in these novels with only a few words, and always in relation to the interior experience of characters. For instance, in A Crime in Holland, not only is the landscape of a Dutch village revealed in brief, jabbing strokes, but more importantly, so too is their impression on the inspector:
The sky was clear, the air of astonishing limpidity. The inspector walked past a timber yard where planks of oak, mahogany and teak were stacked in piles as tall as houses.
A boat was moored alongside. Some children were playing. Then came a kilometre with no outstanding features. Floating tree trunks covered the surface of the canal, all the way. White fences surrounding fields dotted with magnificent cows.
Another clash between reality and his preconceived ideas. The word 'farm' for Maigret conjured up a thatched roof, a dunghill, a bustle of barnyard fowls.
And he found himself facing a fine newly built structure, surrounded by a garden full of flowers. Moored in the canal in front of the house was an elegant mahogany skiff. And propped against the gate, a lady's bicycle, gleaming with nickel.
Here and elsewhere, Simenon sketches the outlines of a world and allows his readers to fill in the blanks. In fact, such blank spaces — "a kilometre with no outstanding features" — are key to Simenon's style. Together, they signal Simenon's confidence that his readers were like cinematographers: they needed few stage directions, since the rest of the shoot would take place in their imaginations.
Already in these first Maigret novels, Simenon had developed his skill for pacing. These stories start with a bang and conclude only days and hours after they begin — and yet they never feel rushed. For all these reasons, the Maigret titles read sometimes more like screenplays than novels.
It is the character of his detective, Jules Maigret, that stands out most in these stories. Like all great detectives, Maigret has a method. His is remarkable only for its banality — he watches the lives of criminals and victims, without judging or rejecting them, without commenting on them, for those observations allow him to do his job. Maigret regularly steps into the dark underworlds of criminal France — but he never pretends to be more logical, clever, or sophisticated than the people he meets.
In this way, the character of Maigret allowed Simenon to offer crime stories that transcend morality and pathology. Indeed, the world of Maigret is not bifurcated into opposing sides, with evil criminals on one team and righteous defenders of justice on the other. In Maigret, neither the criminals nor the cops are particularly eccentric or unusual — they both belong to society and live in society. Much as Émile Zola had methodically explored the central problems of modernity (urbanization, industrialization, class conflict, immigration) as they played out in the key sites and institutions of modern society, the Maigret series presents a similar sociological aspiration, albeit without the detail or scope of Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. And yet the character of Maigret allows Simenon to explore these issues with a more objective sociology than Zola's.
Before Maigret, detective fiction was not particularly sociological. The giants of the genre — Doyle, Christie, Chesterton, and Sayers — were too caught up in the fantasies of a triumphant capitalist class to be much interested in other social realities. Their detectives — Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, and Lord Peter Wimsey — were content with playing genteel logic games in drawing rooms and restoring property to owners.
Simenon had more in common with the hard-boiled authors of his time — Hammett, Chandler, and even Woolrich — who punched the genre in the gut and tossed it into the street. Sleuths like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe poked around back alleys, broken homes, and in other places where society's rougher edges showed. When these dicks entered the drawing rooms of the bourgeoisie, it was often through a broken window, and what they discovered there was that property was the real crime. But as sociological as these hard-boiled writers could be, they never attempted to be systematic. Simenon's Maigret, however, combined the street smarts and gut intuition of noir antiheroes with the method and consistency of the effete detective. In doing so, Simenon paved the way for detective fiction to become the most sociological of genres.
But there is another wholly original aspect to Maigret's character — he was a cop. Until Simenon, the heroes of detective fiction operated outside (and often against) official police agencies. The classical detective — like the private eye — was motivated by a private or personal rather than public sense of justice and law. For Holmes — as for Marlowe — the game would likely put you in conflict with the police. Cops, when they appear, are usually flat-footed buffoons who can never catch up to the detective. Maigret might appear flat-footed and less than clever, but that doesn't mean he's not a great detective.
The implications of making his protagonist an inspector with the police judiciaire go far beyond the matter of character, however. They effectively change the story of crime itself. By making this choice, Simenon added an original and endlessly productive dimension to detective fiction, that of jurisdiction. As ubiquitous as the concept is now, we should remember that it implies three important things: 1.) a legal authority rooted in public institutions; 2.) a system of routine fact-finding procedures; and 3.) a power that is always delimited geographically.
These features give the Maigret series much of its dynamism, linking character, plot, and location in tight organic patterns. For instance, Maigret's authority and likability as a character stem from the fact that he works in a state office. In doing so, Simenon effectively reconceptualized crime as a legal issue. He bucked the essentially conservative tendency of detective fiction, which, according to Ernest Mandel, was to tell stories about the ruling class and the various threats posed to its property, and allowed the genre to move beyond the limits of bourgeois morality. Maigret is, in the end, a bureaucrat, working within a complex institution whose values are professional rather than moral or merely class-based. And his character strengths mirror the demands of his job: his ability to talk to criminals — to empathize with and inhabit their reasoning — is indispensable to his work as a detective, as is his ability to blend in — as a sort of citoyen everyman — into whatever social landscape he enters.
Similarly, the plot unfolds always in relation to a procedural system of investigation, and an administrative system that allocates information and resources to the forensic investigator. Maigret's brilliance lies not in his individual talent, but rather in his commitment to seeing routine procedures through to their conclusion. This, again, is in complete contrast to the eccentric sleuths of the classical mystery: it is hard to imagine Hercule Poirot or Lord Peter Wimsey holding down any job. After Maigret, we come to expect the drama of doing routine work to be a central part of the detective's story.
However, it is the other sense of jurisdiction — as specific terrain of authority — that sets Maigret's stories apart from what came before. Simenon chose for Maigret to be assigned to the "flying squad" of the police judiciaire — the central office, in Paris, of the Police Nationale. (The closest analogue in the United States would be the FBI.) This puts Maigret at odds with the dynamics of most contemporary police stories, in which the geographic and administrative limitations of jurisdiction become a central part of the story — and in which it matters that a police investigator, unlike a private eye, cannot go anywhere to investigate anything. In the Maigret novels, the detective has an apparently limitless jurisdiction. He is less often found rambling through Paris than across the surrounding districts and departments of Île-de-France, and beyond, to Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Maigret crosses borders and jurisdictions often and with surprising ease, encountering problems of translation between national languages and conversion between national currencies. The geographical dimension of these novels is well worth pondering, since they offer a glimpse of a Europe that was already quite integrated, albeit unevenly, decades before the EU was even a dream.
All the early Maigret novels are characterized by an unusual attention to the dangers and opportunities of movement and connection. The emergence of massive transportation and communication networks are the central plot fact in all the stories — and in order to track crime, Maigret has to navigate a web of international train routes (The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, The Late Monsieur Gallet), canal systems (The Carter of 'La Providence', A Crime in Holland), sea lanes (The Yellow Dog, The Grand Banks Café), telegraph and telephone systems, and, eventually, interurban roads (Night at the Crossroads). If Maigret is not in a train station or port or roadside bar, he is probably en route to one.
By mapping out the emergent networks of French modernity as a sprawling social geography, Simenon turned crime writing toward serious sociological reflection. Take, for instance, the enigmatic opening lines of Pietr the Latvian: "ICPC to PJ Paris Xvzust Krakow vimontra m ghks triv psot uv Pietr-le-Letton Bremen vs tyz btolem." Maigret translates the phrase, which, we learn, is composed in the language of a continental network of police agencies. Rendered legible, the words read: "International Criminal Police Commission to Police Judiciaire in Paris: Krakow police report sighting Pietr the Latvian en route to Bremen." The next memo reads: "Polizei-Präsidium Bremen to PJ Paris: Pietr the Latvian reported en route Amsterdam and Brussels." These memos and others sketch a colorful map of overlapping networks: a rail that could take a Latvian national through Poland and Germany, then Holland and Belgium and on to France; a police network linking the national polices of these various countries in a single system of knowledge and surveillance; and, of course, a communication network linking these two systems — rail and policing — to one another in real-time.
The rest of the novel fills out this geography, and indicates just how exhilarating and terrifying it was for Simenon to witness the emergence of this interwar landscape where polyglot nations intersected and interpenetrated each other by way of crime and interdiction. Bodies, goods, and information travel back and forth across borders with near infinite possibilities. This movement is what makes crime possible, by allowing men to leave their pasts behind or to inhabit more than one identity at a time.
These networks give rise to the particular forms of crime that Maigret is called to investigate, most of which revolve around smuggling rings and the possibility of identity theft as criminal gangs master the capacities, gaps, and loopholes made possible by a networked Europe. It is on this point we can begin to appreciate why the vagabond, the itinerant worker, and the immigrant industrial laborer — and, in Simenon's anti-Semitic moments, the non-national character of the Jew — appear so often in the Maigret stories as markers of danger and depravity. What hangs in the balance, of course, is social order. And in the case of Maigret, it is a wholly reactionary sense of order, premised on a desire to undo the crimes and damages unleashed upon Europe by the emergence of these modern networks, a desire for nationals — citizens, languages, and currencies — to remain on their proper sides of the borders and within their jurisdictions.
In weighing the expansive description of society in the Maigret series against its reactionary surface politics, we would do well to remember a basic point made by the Marxist critic Georg Lukács in his seminal studies of European realism. For Lukács, the political message of a novel was not to be found in its explicit slogans or character sympathies, but rather in its relation to the concept of totality. Lukács probably never deigned to read the Maigret series. But if he had, he would have discovered that despite their reactionary surface character, they produced the kind of literary vision he demanded of the novel form. That vision involved imagining society not in parts but as a single totality, with all of its conflicts and contradictions. Besides Simenon, few crime writers — perhaps only George Pelecanos, David Peace, and Paco Ignacio Taibo II in the contemporary period — have attempted to describe social totality in the sense that Lukács meant. It is this attention to the totalized aspect of modern European societies that makes the Maigret series as timely as ever.
Elliott Colla is associate professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.
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[ARCHIVED] A Salute to the Service of County's Women Veterans
Deputy Presiding Officer Kara Hahn has named Michelle Puleo of Port Jefferson Station as the 2021 Woman Veteran of Distinction for the Fifth Legislative District.
Puleo is a former member of the United States Air Force who proudly served this nation from 1988 through 1992 as a C-130 aircraft engine mechanic. Her tenure includes service in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm while also earning the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Air Force Training Ribbon.
Following her active-duty military career, Michelle remained committed to serving the Nation by enlisting in the Illinois Air National Reserve and the Illinois Air National Guard while pursuing a Nursing degree. In the quarter century since completing her education, Puleo has continued to serve her community through her work in a variety of hospital specialties including Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics and Telemetry. Since 2015, Puleo has been a nurse at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in the Three Village School District.
In recognition of the contributions to our nation and local communities, Suffolk County has designated June 12th of each year as Women Veterans' Appreciation Day during which one former service member from each Legislative District is recognized.
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The Highlights & Lowdown this past week! Byte Me!
Anyone who knows me knows I carry my sense of humor with me as often as possible! Welcome to summer, the vacation you were snowed in for. We are glad to see ya! Here is the lowdown on what went on the last week or so.
Sunshine and a variety of methods used as the last coldfront shook our fish up. There was no crew left that didn't get a humbling at first on trying to keep a quick bite going. That turned into a very good fish pick after only a day or two which started laying numbers on the docks again!
Never let it be said we don't see some interesting fish! Ribbonfish can be some of the most prehistoric looking fish you may see! Yes, we definitely let them go but just zoom in on the teeth, eyes and structure of the fish and it screams ancient! I have had some of the best anglers ( nicest and sharp!)from near and far and they have all been ready to hit the water. Some of them actually taught school here, moved on to great things and STILL managed to come on back and catch some for dinner!
The brotherly love goes a long way as each fish comes in the boat!
Hat on, sunglasses up, and getting ready to grill! Take only what you need, leave what you don't, and be happy when the dolphin show hits!
Fishing is as much about being together as being out there seeing it all. You can try to predict what is going to hook up everyday but the truth is it's like a snowflake most of the time. It is still fishing, but it is different every day, the conditions change, the fish change, and THAT is what keeps every fisherman completely tied to it!
When you are done cranking, you can cruise, sleep, or get back up and grab ahold of some more!
the fish bites on your pole instead…while everyone else is completely asleep…lol Trish, you are forever welcome! Your enthusiasm is exactly what is great and…I believe they should bottle it…Red Bull would fail!
The Lowdown is we went from a scattered bite to good numbers on macks and a scattered blue on half day. The last forty eight I have had some shots on fat alberts which make the line zing but this time of year I am not looking for a school on that fish-more luck to it as they are a Fall fish for us normally. I have also been nailed by a nice shark (no , not keeping) and drum. Know that the drum we catch oceanside (which is a bonus, not an everyday thing) can be large and therefore are RELEASE (do not confuse them with the small drum the kayakers are catching right now in the sound). Nothing makes a grown man cry like telling him "I am sorry sir, your fish is TOO BIG to keep" like a bad stewardess. lol.
All Day trips and three quarter trips needed the weather to get the distance and change some of the species you could have access to (ie triggerifsh, amberjack etc. deep drop is an all day trip scheduled with captain pls. not with the marina for tiles etc ).
Someone called and booked this week and brought up an interesting point-the heat they see in the forecast. FIRST, don't panic on the temps! I have no idea why folks don't think we have a breeze here in the afternoons! The Wright Brothers flew here for a reason…seriously…second: if you would like to go and all our mornings are booked, pick the day you would like and lets try a captains trip we schedule called "third trip." It is a late afternoon trip and runs as the sun falls from the sky late afternoon. You can only schedule this through us so give us a call, pick your day and lets hook it up! It is really quite tranquil that time of day!
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The Doctrine of the Book of Life.
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If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive Eternal Life: John 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.
The Doctrine of the Book of Life. Point One: Definition.
To understand this doctrine, we need to understand that the book of life is one thing in time and something different in eternity.
including those rewarded as winner believers or overcomers.
In eternity, it is the registry of all believers forever.
Under the doctrine of the unlimited atonement and the divine decrees, when a person dies as an unbeliever, his name is removed from the book of life. Therefore, in eternity future only the names of believers will be in the book of life, PhilI 4:3: Rev 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 15, 21:7.
Notice the phrase "the book of life of the Lamb." In eternity, this book also contains the new title of royalty for each winner believer or overcomer.
A number of passages in the Bible refer to "the book of life," which is a figurative expression that originated in the ancient world. An ancient custom was to keep the various kinds of genealogical records in a book known as a book of life, Neh 7:5. This was a natural book for all residents who were born. They would also have a book of life for registering citizens for other purposes, Jer 22:30; Eze 13:9.
There are other categories of records or books mentioned in Scripture.
Book of Wars: Num 21:14.
This was a collection of war songs celebrating the glorious acts of God on behalf of Israel.
The Book of Jasher: Jos 10:13; 2Sa 1:18.
This was an early chronicle of the history of Israel.
Book of Remembrance: Mal 3:16-17; Psa 56:8.
This was a book of remembrance for special blessings and rewards for faithfulness.
Book of Those Physically Alive (a dooms day book): Exo 32:32-33.
This refers to a register of the physically living. To be blotted out meant to experience physical death; Exo 17:14; Deut 29:20; Psa 9:5-6.
The Book of Works: Rev 20:12-13.
This consists of a record of the deeds of unbelievers as a basis of their judgment proving they all fall short of the righteousness of Jesus Christ; Dan 7:9-10; Rom 3:19-24.
When the phrase the "book of life" is used in the New Testament, everyone knew exactly which connotation was being applied. In the city of Sardis, names were removed from the city register before death if people had been convicted of a crime.
References to the book of life have various meanings regarding salvation, to the believer, and to the unbeliever.
Point 2. Passages Referring to the Book of Life.
One of the first passages that reference the book of life is the Exodus passage when the Jews made the golden calf. Moses became very angry with them but still interceded on their behalf before the Lord.
The promise of God did not fail because although those who sinned were blotted out of the book of life in time, their family enjoyed the inheritance of the promise land. Being blotted out of the book of life is this particular realm does not refer to salvation but to life in time.
One of the responsibilities that Moses had was to develop a registry of the tribes and families of Israel. Also, to record respectively, the acts and different transactions in the desert and in the promise land that they would be responsible for. Under the doctrine of requirement that there is one point that a lot of believers overlook, the principle of omission and accountability. Moses developed a registry of the tribes and families of Israel and their responsibilities in the desert and in the promise land.
The Bible says that those who refused to listen would still be responsible, Deut 18:17-19.
Some believers think that by not listening to the word of God they will not be responsible for that which they do not hear, that is not true.
To be occupied with Him.
To be governed by His doctrine.
To love and to serve Him.
To have our soul in complete submission to Him. All five parts, emotion, self-consciousness, volition, mentality and conscience.
God will also require you to fulfill any vow that you have made to Him or His people, Deut 23:21, Ecc 5:4-5.
God also requires pastors to exhort and warn their congregation, 2Ti 4:1-2; Heb 13:17.
Our birth certificates are similar to what the Old Testament would refer to as being registered in the book of life in time. Our death certificates would represent being blotted out of the book of life in time.
Notice we can be in the book of life and be blotted out from the righteous.
Though the word "life" or "living" is not used here, it is part of the same concept.
Point 3. The Book of Life In Relation to Believers.
When these messages were written, Christians were under the constant threat of being branded as social rebels and stripped of their citizenship if they refused to deny or denounce their faith in Christ. They were branded as criminals, therefore, as a source of motivation and encouragement the Lord personally reminds them not only of the safety of heavenly citizenship, but of the special acknowledgment the Lord Himself will give before the Father and His angels.
Blotting names from the book of life is never applicable to a believer in Christ because believers are secure in Him, being kept by the power of God (1Pe 1:5) and held secure in both the hand of the Son and of the Father (John 10:28-30). To believers, the book of life is the guarantee of eternal salvation, Rev 13:8; 17:8; 21:27. Their names have been written before the foundation of the world.
The Lord promises "I will not erase his name from the book of life." This statement has been the source of controversy for generations. Many erroneous positions have been taken in regards to this passage. Some say that those who have been saved by Christ's redemption, can fall away and be lost forever. Scripture absolutely and categorically denies this. The nature of the salvation provided by Christ is eternal. Our justification in God's sight is not based on our works but on the perfect, finished righteousness and substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. (John 3:16; John 10:27-30, Rom 8:29-30).
The phrase "He who overcomes" is the Greek phrase "ho Nikon" which should be translated "The winner." Winners are described in Rev 2-3 by the present active participle of nikao, as in Rev 2:7, 11, 17, 26, 3:5, 12, 21.
Winners will be able to eat of the Tree of Life in the middle of the Paradise of God, Rev 2:7. Only winners have the privilege of access to the Gazebo in the garden and the tree of life. The winner is a member of the paradise club forever.
This includes three special privileges: eating from the Tree of Life, access to the Gazebo in the Garden, access to the Paradise of God, Rev 2:7.
In Rev 2:11, they shall not be hurt by the Second death because of blessing by association.
In Rev 2:17, they eat of the hidden manna and receive a new name on a white stone, the new knighthood is given to the winner.
Each winner alone knows his place in the eternal order of chivalry.
In Rev 2:26, they are given power and authority to rule nations.
In Rev 3:5, they are clothed with the uniform of glory. The decoration includes presentation in the Court of Heaven to God the Father. While this occurs in the third heaven for all winners, the losers will wait in the second heaven.
In Rev 3:12, their names are written in the historical record section of heaven and he has a coat of arms, Rev 3:12, which allows him to enter the new Jerusalem.
Only the winner can enter the new Jerusalem. And they have this "New title" written upon them as they follow their fearless leader back to earth, in Rev 19:11-16.
In Rev 3:21, winners are granted to sit with Christ on His throne.
In Rev 21:7, winners inherit fantastic blessings in the eternal state.
Rev 21:7 "He who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
So this is a description of the winner in the eternal state.
The one who discovers that the word of God is alive and powerful.
You don't know me but those who do know that if the post is quite long, I'm not going to read all of it, at least right away. If it really captures my attention, I always return to it. I found this very interesting. I love when I learn the little juicy tidbits that are in the Word that I've never known before. In this case, the juicy tidbits are all of these books you've mentioned. I've never seen that before. I always knew about the 2 main books but the others, I didn't. I didn't read it all but I will come back to finish this one. Thanks for sharing. I see you use the LOGOS program as well. I really enjoy mine.


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← Tennessee Republican Party Letter on Annexation
New House Bill Introduced; Repeal Annex By Ordinance →
Wood: Time to end forced annexation
Posted on January 26, 2014 by Right2Vote
Soruce: Times Freepress
By Bobby Wood
Tennessee is one of only three states in America that permits cities to annex property by ordinance, without a vote or any other statutory protection of its citizens.
Our primary opposition to ending forced annexation in Tennessee — thereby giving citizens a right to vote — has been, and continues to be, The Tennessee Municipal League, otherwise known as The Tennessee Mayor's Union. This powerful lobby is largely to blame for our state's lack of progress on property rights and protections. You may remember these lobbyists as those who tried to bring you a state income tax in 2000. Do not underestimate their influence over the Tennessee Legislature.
Last year, Rep. Mike Carter proposed a bill in the House that would effectively end annexation by ordinance, also known as forced annexation, by requiring a referendum before cities could annex any residential or farm property.
Mayors who oppose the right to vote on annexation asked for two years to let Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations ("TACIR") study the issue of city growth. Rep. Carter agreed to a one-year moratorium on annexation, but after "studying" the process over the summer, TACIR did not recommend a solution. Instead, they asked for another delay.
Now, a group of Middle Tennessee mayors has weighed in on the proposal. They claim that allowing the people to vote on their form of government would be overly burdensome. I find this ironic given they don't find it burdensome on ordinary Tennesseans to impose new taxes on those annexed to pay for city budget short-falls, or to add new regulations citizens never had a say in creating. Adding insult to injury, these new taxes and regulations are all issued by fiat from city council members they never elected.
If you have never served in the Legislature you would not realize that "study committees" are often only delaying tactics to enable Legislators to avoid having to vote on complex issues. In this case to get it past the next election cycle. After all, who could justify a vote to deny Tennessee farm and homeowners a voice in actions that could potentially lead to the confiscation of their property? Sound extreme?
This is precisely what can happen when ordinary citizens are unable to shoulder the more than doubling of their tax load. This is what Annexation by Ordinance does. This year, Legislators will have the opportunity to correct the problem, but only if Rep. Carter's bill is brought to a vote.
For 28 years I served in the Legislature until I retired in 2004. Repeatedly, I sponsored this legislation but was never allowed the privilege of bringing it up for a vote or even have it debated. My experience went something like this:
The Speaker of the House created a special subcommittee to deal specifically with annexation issues before sending the proposed bill to the appropriate State and Local Government Committee. The proponent would go before the subcommittee, explain the bill and ask for a motion to move it to the proper committee. The handpicked members would stare silently, the subcommittee Chairman would say, "I hear no motion to move it out so the bill fails for lack of a motion."
Repeatedly I followed the process, eventually knowing what would take place. Never once did I have the privilege of serving as a member of the majority party and have the opportunity to determine procedures. The adage, "it matters who governs" holds true in this situation.
Now that a super-majority exists, a freshman Representative has the opportunity to achieve what a 28-year veteran was repeatedly denied. Rep. Carter now has the chance to give the people a vote on annexation.
Tennessee cannot allow the moment to be lost by the influence of a powerful lobbying group or any Legislator being unwilling to face a difficult vote.
Bobby Wood, a resident of Harrison, Tenn., is a former Tennessee lawmaker.
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Would have given this give except chapter 5 cuts off before it's over. Beautiful production. Some of the classic stories.
We have both the dramatised and undramatised version of this book and this one is far our favourite. My small son (5 years) loves Winnie bumping down the stairs and has taken to saying "oh bother" whenever something does not go his way. He loves listening to it before bed at night and we spend some time chatting about the stories. Although I have read all these stories to him through the years this narration is really making AA Milne part of his childhood memory and, I hope, will be passed on to his children when the time comes.


Much more light than they had yet seen in that country was pouring in through the now empty doorway, and when the Queen led them out through it they were not surprised to find themselves in the open air. The wind that blew in their faces was cold, yet somehow stale. They were looking from a high terrace and there was a great landscape spread out below them.
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Are you currently living paycheck to paycheck? Well, then you're not the only one finding it difficult to budget money on a low income!
Many people have absolutely no idea where exactly does their income disappear.
It's a total mystery for most low income families, which is a shame since this means getting into a vicious debt circle on a regular basis.
Running out of money before the end of the month is a very common problem.
Personally, we've encountered it for years before figuring out budgeting on a low income is possible!
It does take some sacrifices, especially until all debt is paid off, but good financial money management is definitely worth it in the long run!
First things first: it's extremely important to know exactly how much money comes in, and how much goes out.
When on a low income, it's easy to get distracted and spend more than you can afford.
Create a spreadsheet, use a downloaded app or just take a pen and paper and start figuring out how much income you have available and how exactly are you spending it each and every month.
Budgeting isn't always fun (at least not for everyone), but keep accurate track of your money for 1 month.
Yes, write down how much your chewing gum even costs.
You'll be amazed by how much money you probably spend on 'crap'.
Being in debt on a low income can certainly be a challenge.
I distinctly remember the days we 'woke up' with less money in our accounts because the bank took what's rightfully theirs + interest.
In order to have more money available, you'd have to get rid of debt as soon as possible. And stay away from financial problems from now on.
They first loan we managed to pay off meant having an extra $200 available each month!
It may not seem like a lot of money, but live without it for a couple of years and you'll understand how much every penny actually counts!
Also, cut off your credit cards immediately. There's no easier way to get back in debt than overspend 'by mistake'.
In some cases, living paycheck to paycheck means having to make certain sacrifices.
It took us a while to realize it ourselves, but downsizing a few years back was one of the best financial decisions we ever made!
Saving money on rent, utility bills and home maintenance costs can mean a lot for a strict budget!
If you're not keen on the idea or are unable to downsize because you're already 'crowded' as it is, try negotiating with your landlord to lower the rent (sometimes it's possible, our friends 'chopped off' $600 a year just by being good tenants) or rent out a room if you're a homeowner.
Cable costs, magazine subscriptions, landline plans.
These are only a few ideas of where you could start cutting expenses.
Personally, I've also noticed that paying more attention to what you eat comes a long way (both financially and health wise).
Chocolate chip cookies or chocolate, chips and cookies are not exactly nutritious, yet many keep buying them on a regular basis.
However, by reducing the amount of junk food and sugary drinks purchased on a regular basis, we've actually cut our grocery bill almost in half!
Not to mention the health benefits are amazing!
Spending money on a whim is never a good idea, especially if you're on a low income budget.
The smart thing to do is to always plan ahead.
Whether you go grocery shopping or need some new clothes, make a list of what is it you actually need and stick to your plan.
Plan on paying with cash as well.
By spending only your available funds in your wallet, you'll know exactly when to stop and you won't risk being tempted to overspend.
Use coupons when shopping for food.
While you're at it, plan to eat less meat during the week. Meat usually drives your grocery bill up.
Skip on meat products a couple of days a week and you'll definitely save money.
Buy less or used items.
We got some perfectly functional gym equipment and saved hundreds by buying used!
Plus, we also skipped the cost of paying for a gym membership.
There are countless ways to start saving money and sticking to your budget.
Related article: Stop keeping up with the Joneses. Become them!
Taking advantage of 'free money' is a must if you're on a low income.
Do you qualify for an EITC?
An earned income tax credit is specifically designed for low-income families, especially those with children.
Food stamps could also be a great help. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp program) is aimed to help low income families.
There's no shame in claiming your rights, especially if you're having a hard time making ends meet.
If budgeting on a low income is too difficult and you're tired of sacrificing everything to save money, look for ways to earn more.
Starting a side hustle could help bring in extra income on a regular basis.
Do you have a hobby that could potentially earn you money? Go for it and turn your hobby into a business!
Babysitting or helping the elderly with their shopping is also a way to bring in some money. I've done both and managed to earn a good side income for a while.
Charity work could also qualify you for certain tax deductions.
Donating items to Goodwill could entitle you to claim a charitable deduction for your generous donation.
Having a fun time with friends is great, but when it turns your budget into mush, things stop being fun anymore.
Some people realize this and start saying 'no' when it comes to a night out or lunch with co-workers.
While going out less is not a bad idea, people might not appreciate you avoiding them all the time.
So, try to find ways to have fun without spending too much.
Invite people over for game night, take advantage of the outdoors and find free fun activities to enjoy.
Sacrifices are mandatory when on a low income, but we're human beings after all, budgeting for entertainment is mandatory too!
You might think talking about your financial situation has nothing to do with budgeting, but you're wrong!
Being honest about how much you can afford to spend will help you avoid embarrassing situations.
It sounds clichè, but real friends will understand if you're having financial difficulties and won't put you on the spot if they know you can't afford to spend.
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I think that sometimes it's hard to keep up frugal ways if it seems like there is too much sacrifice and very little progress (debt repayment can be slooooow!) I would suggest coming up with a list of free, or inexpensive, fun things to do to when what you really feel like is splurging. Having them already thought out will make it easier to resist temptations. Things like hiking, going to free galleries or free museum days, programs at the library, etc.
That's a great idea, we also take advantage of 'free fun'. There are actually a few museums over here that offer free entrance every first Sunday of every month, it's a great way to spend a frugal weekend!
Cut your cellphone bill. That's a big one. I see so many people on low incomes who have the latest iPhone with 10 gb a month. Here in Australia, that's like $100 a month! I've stuck to my old phone and pay $40 for the plan. It's so much cheaper.
Cutting your cellphone bill is indeed a big money saver. I also kept my old phone (I have no interest in changing them as often as underwear 😀 ) and cut my cell phone bill in half when switching providers just a few weeks ago!
I used to pay more and actually had less benefits! So, low income or not, I also think cutting the cellphone bill is a great money saving idea! Especially if you get more minutes/Gb included.
We've cut cable, streaming providers, and several other subscriptions which adds up to a lot of savings each month, which surprised us.
I don't remember ever paying for magazine subscriptions myself, I realized everything I need or want to know, I can find online. And this does help save a lot of money in the long run.
Always planning your shopping is such a great one!! Especially when it comes to food, if I don't plan I ALWAYS end up going over what I initially wanted to spend. Really great tips in this article!


Looked at one way, your solar charts for the coming year describe you as being guided by the fates and the winds of fortune, subject to their whims. But seen another way, you've never been more firmly grounded in your sense of commitment and drive. How can both exist at the same time?
The answer, in a word, is perception. Fate, fortune, and purpose may be stories you tell yourself, but they are not equal in value. It's your mind, your observations, and your choices that determine the course of your life. Even if there are other forces at work, you are the person guiding yourself among them. This calls for rising to a new level of responsibility in 2016.
You must also proceed with some confidence, even though you might feel a bit (or more) out of your element. As you grow accustomed to your new level of self-direction and decision-making, you'll begin to naturally feel more comfortable with where you are. As that happens, fate will feel more like warm, caring spiritual guidance.


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Prince Philip Retires After Attending His Final Official Engagement
Brandi Fowler
In addition to her extensive fashion, lifestyle, and beauty coverage for InStyle, Brandi has worked as a writer and editor for E! Online, a fashion and lifestyle writer for Hello! US, an editor/on-camera host for AOL, contributing writer and red carpet correspondent for Variety and Cosmopolitan, and has also served as the Hollywood correspondent for Australia's 9News' TheFIX. Her editorial features can also be found on Vitruvi, MTV News, Madame Noire, Hello Beautiful and more covering fashion, beauty, lifestyle, travel, and entertainment news. Her articles have been syndicated by the likes of Health, Marie Claire, Essence, Shape, Yahoo!, People, and more.
Updated on August 2, 2017 @ 05:15PM
After 65 years of service, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attended his last official engagement at the age of 96.
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Ahead of his retirement, the duke attended the Royal Marines' parade Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, where he met with troops who participated in the Royal Marines Global 1664 Challenge. During the challenge, which kicked off April 24 and wrapped up Aug. 2, Royal Marines from around the world took part in various events (such as one company running 10,000 kilometers over the course of 20 days) to fundraise for the Royal Marines Charity.
During the festivities, the Prince Philip took the royal salute and met veterans and members of the Royal Marine's Association—of which he has been honorary president since 1948.
He was also met with cheers as he was handed the Challenge baton. Watch footage from the event here:
Philip's wife, Queen Elizabeth, wasn't in attendance due to a prior commitment, but this won't be the last opportunity to see Philip by her side. While the duke will no longer undertake royal engagements on his own, he still may attend events with her in the future from time to time, the Palace confirmed.
During Philip's years of service, he completed 22,219 solo engagements and made 637 solo overseas visits since 1952, according to Buckingham Palace. He has also authored 14 books, has given 5,496 speeches, and served as patron to 785 organizations.
VIDEO: Prince Philip Makes His Final Solo Charity Appearance Before Retirement
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Once he retires, Philip is expected to spend more time at Windsor Castle, according to the Palace.
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According to the Christian research group , 51% of America's 95 million Christians believe global warming is a 'major' problem affecting the country. By comparison, 62% of people in other religions believed it was a major issue, and so did 69% of atheists and agnostics. Hmm.
Narrow it down to '' Christians, and just 33% are concerned about climate change. "That qualifies evangelicals as the least concerned segment among more than 50 population groups studied", say Barna.
Not surprising with figureheads like Jerry Falwell delivering sermons called 'the myth of global warming', in which he righteously : "I am today raising a flag of opposition to this alarmism about global warming and urging all believers to refuse to be duped by these 'earthism' worshippers." Or from the Evangel Society: "Christians should not worry that their transportation choices might harm other people. Christians can choose to drive how they wish without fearing that their actions contribute to Global Warming". Search Dr James Dobson's Focus on the Family website for global warming, and amongst the hundreds of articles on marriage and homosexuality and prayer in schools you'll find headlines like 'Stoplight: global warming and the nation-sized error', 'Scientists renounce global warming alarmism', and 'Study: no global consensus on global warming'.
Of course, there are climate change believers in the US too – a group of 86 evangelical leaders issued on the issue not long ago that is worth reading. But why is it so difficult for American Christians to embrace climate change science? I have a few ideas.