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Home / Publications / Free Presbyterian Magazine / 1998 to 2003 / April 1999 / The Smitten Shepherd and His Flock
By Rev. John Kennedy, DD.
Preached at Dingwall. Taken from Sermons by John Kennedy, DD. For a biographical sketch of Dr Kennedy see The Prince of Preachers .
Text: Awake, O Lord, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Zechariah 13:7.
THERE are four remarkable verses quite near to one another in this and the preceding chapter. One of these is the first verse of this chapter, in which appears the 'fountain opened for sin and uncleanness'. The text informs us how that fountain was opened. In the tenth verse of the preceding chapter we are informed how sinners are led to the fountain, to be washed therein – even by 'the Spirit of grace and of supplications'. And in the last verse of this chapter we are told how the Lord deals with those on whom the Spirit has been poured, till He at last brings them, spotless and blessed, out of all their tribulations.
In addressing you from this text, I will call your attention: first, to the Shepherd of 'the Lord of hosts' and His flock; secondly, to the description given of His person; thirdly, to the way in which 'the Lord of hosts' dealt with Him; and fourthly, to the results of that dealing with Him by 'the Lord of hosts'.
First, the Shepherd of the 'Lord of hosts' and His flock. "My Shepherd," saith the 'Lord of hosts'. It is of Him of whom 'the Lord of hosts' also saith, "My fellow." He is His Shepherd as Mediator; and as He stands between 'the Lord of hosts' and His flock, He is claimed from both sides. The Lord of hosts saith, "My Shepherd," and David, one of His flock, saith, "My Shepherd." Think of the divine claim and the human, in the same words, meeting on the head of the same person.
Why did 'the Lord of hosts' require a shepherd? Because He had a flock to tend – a people whom He purposed to save. In order to fulfil His purpose with regard to them He had to provide a shepherd for them. None else was there to care for them. And even if there were, who could make a suitable provision for them? And even if there were one both able and willing to do so, who but the Lord was entitled to appoint a shepherd? But before the foundation of the world was laid, 'the Lord of hosts' set One apart to be the Shepherd of His flock.
"My Shepherd," saith 'the Lord of hosts', for He set Him apart to that office. He it was who found a Shepherd for the flock, His was the name whose glory was to be manifested, His the justice whose demands were to be satisfied, His the law which was to be magnified, and His the flock which the Shepherd had to tend. And He engaged Him, in the name of the Godhead, as representing the sovereign authority of Jehovah. He gave Him His commission to act the Shepherd's part, and 'Him hath God the Father sealed'. Well entitled, therefore, is 'the Lord of hosts' to claim the Shepherd as His own.
"My Shepherd," saith 'the Lord of hosts', for He delights to have Him. Who can conceive what it is to 'the Lord of hosts', as the Father, to have Him so that He can call Him, "My beloved Son." And who can conceive what it is to Him, as the Lord of all, whose pleasure is in Messiah's hands, to have Him so as to be entitled to call Him, "My Shepherd." And who can tell with what delight He, in His infinite love to His chosen people, contemplates Him in His relation to them? Before His view, in this wondrous Shepherd, is all that is required in order to His name being glorified in their everlasting salvation. That consummation is always present to the mind of God as associated with Him whom He has appointed to be 'the great Shepherd of the sheep'. In His sovereign authority He claims Him as His own, and in all the infinite intensity of His Fatherly love, in all His zeal for the glory of His name, and in all His everlasting love to His people, He rejoices to have Him so that He may claim Him as His own.
And this Shepherd has no flock except what the Father gave Him. "Thine they were," He says to the Father, "and thou gavest them me." He gave them, as loved ones, whom it was His purpose to save. We cannot think that it was because they were sinners He loved them, nor can we approach to think that there was any good, in His view, associated with them, which drew forth His love. He loved their persons, just because it 'seemed good in' His 'sight'; and never will other reason be found for His electing love, either in time or in eternity. If a consideration of misery, causing the exercise of pity, accounts for salvation, then all must be saved; and if only by a consideration of goodness could love have been induced, then no one could be saved. It was as loved ones, who were sinners, and whom it was Jehovah's purpose to save, that they were given by the Father, as the representative of the authority and resources of the Godhead, as a flock, to His Shepherd.
This flock was one company, as given by the Father to the Son, and shall be one company when finally presented by the Son to the Father. But, meantime, it is broken up into sections. There are two sections in heaven, two on earth, and one neither in heaven, earth, or hell. There are a few – two individuals, at any rate, (and if more, how many I cannot say) – who are there in glorified bodies; and besides these, there are in heaven 'the spirits of the just made perfect'. On earth there are some who have been effectually called into a state of grace, and there are others who are as yet in a state of nature, 'other sheep' who are not yet 'of this fold'. And there are many – we cannot but think them to be the largest section of the flock – neither born nor born again, who are neither in heaven nor on earth. And of all the flock, none ever was, and none ever shall be, in hell.
They were all given to Christ with a view to their salvation, and therefore they were all given to Him as sinners, and He knew them all as such. He knew all that He was required to do, and to endure, with a view to their redemption; what had to be done in order to their being gathered into the fold, that He might have them and know them as His sheep; and that they would have Him and know Him as their Shepherd. He knew also all that was implied in His caring for them, guiding them, feeding and healing them, and at last bringing them spotless to their place in glory; and He with infinite willingness undertook to be their Shepherd! Sing His praise, though it should be in very feeble bleating, all ye who are the sheep of His pasture!
Let us make a very extravagant supposition, for without doing so we can find no illustration that can help to indicate the greatness of Messiah's undertaking, as the Shepherd of 'the Lord of Hosts'. Suppose someone who wished to procure a shepherd had advertised for one, and that in reply to his advertisement a person appeared before him, accepted the wages which were offered, and was engaged. The shepherd asks to be shown the flock, and to be told what he is expected to do. It is all too late to ask this now, for he never had engaged if he had asked this before. He is shown an enclosure within which the flock is, the entrance to which is guarded by a force that will admit no one within the fence who does not pay a ransom in blood. Looking through the gate the new shepherd can see nothing but heaps of bones covering the enclosed ground, and wild beasts prowling among the heaps and feasting on the bones. "What am I to do?" he asks his master. "You must pay the ransom; you must destroy these wild beasts; you must bring these bones to life; you must bring them as living sheep out of the enclosure in which they are; you must take care of them thereafter, and see that they are fed and healed; and you must bring them to me, all whole and all without blemish, and then your wages shall be paid." This hireling thought only of the wages when he engaged as shepherd; he forgot about the work, and seeing that the first thing must be to lay down his life, ere he could have a flock to tend, he soon fled, turning his back right speedily, both on the master and the flock. I said that I was going to make an extravagant supposition, and I have surely done in this instance according to my promise. But all the extravagance is yet too little to indicate the greatness of the Good Shepherd's work.
All in the flock, given to His Shepherd by 'the Lord of hosts,' were under arrest as criminals and condemned to die, and He had to buy them by His blood. They were spiritually 'dead in trespasses and sins', and He had to quicken them by His spirit. They were under the cruel and destructive power of Satan with his hosts of spirits of darkness, and his vast army in the world, all bent on serving him as the murderer of souls, and He had to deliver them by His power. And they had, after being quickened and gathered, to be preserved from all destroyers, and fed, and healed, and guided, till at last they all were brought with gladness into glory. This was Christ's undertaking; and as this was all needed by the flock, it was not too much, either for his love or for His power.
Secondly, the description given of His Person. 'The Lord of hosts' calls Him, "The man that is my fellow." These are wondrous words from the mouth of the 'Lord of hosts'. One who is a 'man' He calls His 'fellow'. Surely the name of Him, whom He thus addresses, is 'Wonderful'.
'The man' He is, for He has true human nature subsisting in His Person. He had a real human body, and a real human soul; He was conceived and He was born; and He had all the sinless infirmities of human nature attached to the flesh and blood of which He partook. This made Him the kinsman of all whose shepherd he engaged to be, and gave Him an opportunity of acting as their Surety. He could, as 'the man', take their place under the law, as a covenant, to do and to die for them. And it gave Him joy to know Himself both as the kinsman, and the Surety, of the people whom the Father gave Him. He appeared often in human nature, under the Old Testament dispensation, loving to be near His people to speak to them with human lips. He loved the brotherhood which this gave Him in relation to His beloved ones; or, as some one once said, "He loved to try on the dress beforehand in which He was to appear in the fulness of time as 'God manifest in the flesh'." And when the fulness of the time came, hear His glad shout, "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God, a body hast Thou prepared me." How often He called Himself 'the Son of Man', when He was on the earth; and how careful He was to appear in human nature, in the act of ascension to heaven, to assure His disciples that He was to have it there 'in the midst of the throne' for ever.
And the Father loved to look on Him as 'the man Christ Jesus', and saw in Him, as such, all that was required for the accomplishment of His redemptive purpose bearing on the objects of His love. He delighted in seeing His Beloved Son as the kinsman of His beloved people; and delighted in contemplating what should arise to Himself of glory, and flow out to them of grace, because of the work to be done by One who was a partaker, in its perfect purity, of the very nature through which came, in the first Adam, dishonour to his name, and ruin to the race of mankind.
And with what unspeakable delight ought we to feast our eye, and through our eye our heart, on 'the man' of whom the text speaks. We have to look back on Adam, who was our covenant head, and who, in transacting with God in our behalf, ruined both himself and us. How can we, out of the depths in which the Fall has plunged us, lift up our eye directly to the holy majesty of Jehovah? But O, what is it to have One to look to, who is 'the mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus'! How delightful is the veil of His flesh tempering the light of the awful glory of Jehovah. And what bliss to know, that the fulness of the Godhead, in the person of Him who is 'the man', becomes an infinite fountain, whence, into His work as the kinsman Surety, comes infinite merit to make it all that I, as a sinner, require in order to have peace with God, and access to His presence. The more I realise the glory of Jehovah in my Elder Brother, the more I am encouraged to approach Him, for I know that because of His infinite riches of glory, He has infinite riches of merit to meet my guilt, and infinite riches of grace to meet my poverty.
And how sweet to our hearts it should be to follow 'the man' through all the experience of trial, which made Him 'a man of sorrows', and gave Him the power of sympathy which kinship and suffering alone could have given Him. He must have been 'in all points tempted like as we are', ere He could be 'touched with a feeling of our infirmities'. But O think of Him as now in the midst of the throne, with His perfect memory of all His suffering, seeing the accordance 'in all points' between what He endured and what is experienced of trial by His people, and associating with every exercise of His power in helping them, what makes it both the fruit of infinite divine love and an expression of perfect human sympathy.
"My fellow," saith 'the Lord of hosts' regarding Him, who is His 'shepherd' and 'the man'. This is one of the most striking ways in which, in all Scripture, the wonderfulness of Christ's Person, as Emmanuel, is presented to us.
The word rendered 'fellow' here occurs only besides in the book of Leviticus. There it occurs repeatedly, and is always rendered 'neighbour;' and so thoroughly relative a term is it, that it is never found without a suffix. It is applied in Leviticus to one who was of the same blood, the same people, the same tribe, the same locality with another. There must have been kinship and nearness to constitute one the 'fellow' or 'neighbour' of another. These ideas we must transfer to the relation which this word indicates between 'the Lord of hosts' and His 'Shepherd'.
He cannot be acknowledged as His 'fellow' by 'the Lord of hosts' without His being a partaker of the divine nature. He is so necessarily and eternally as a Person who is God, for there can be no divine person not equal to the other divine persons. The divine nature is one and undivided and indivisible, and subsists in its infinite fulness in each. O, what is it to have Jehovah as my Shepherd, who in respect of equality is the 'fellow' of Him who, as the 'Lord of hosts', is my Judge! Jehovah on my side, in my kinsman, who is engaged in atoning work! O, my soul, there is hope for thee after all, for it is a divine person who is the Surety of the unjust! And He is one with 'the Lord of hosts' as surely as He is His equal. He is in the Father and the Father in Him; and as 'the Lord of hosts' from heaven calls Him 'my fellow,' so He on the earth said, "I and the Father are one." And He is in a most intimate relationship of love to Him who claims Him as His Shepherd; for He is His eternal only begotten Son. Who can conceive of what the intimacy and love of this relation is? And what heart can contain the delight, occasioned by knowing that One, who is a kinsman, stands in such a relation to 'the Lord of hosts'?
And this fellowship of the Shepherd with 'the Lord of hosts' refers to their intimate association in the great scheme of redemption. Being one in love, both were equally interested in the fulfilment of the purpose of salvation bearing on the elect. If the Shepherd has come, it was the Father who sent Him. If the Shepherd carried on and finished the work of redemption, the Father upheld him during its process. His gathering of the flock is the Father's drawing; and all He does in defending, guiding, and healing them is connected with the Father's blessing them 'with all spiritual blessings'; if He baptiseth with the Holy Ghost, it is because He hath received the promise of the Spirit from the Father; and if He is 'all in all' to his flock, it is because 'in him it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell'. O, what ecstatic delight it gives to one's heart, to connect by faith this fellowship of the Mediator with the Father, and that which is His as Jehovah the Son! In His eternal divinity as 'the living God', in the exercise of His intercessory power as Priest, and in the potency of His reign as 'the Prince of Peace', we must not think of Him as the listless channel of the Father's grace, but as the earnest, ever loving, ever active 'fellow' of the Father, accomplishing the pleasure of 'the Lord of Hosts', in the salvation of all whom He bought by His blood.
Thirdly, the dealing of 'the Lord of hosts' with His Shepherd: 'Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, . . . smite the shepherd.'
The 'sword' is the instrument by which the sentence, passed by divine justice, is executed. The sword may be said to be the sword of divine justice, if we mean, that it is that by which the judgment, awarded by divine justice, is executed; but we must not approach to say that divine justice is the sword. Even among men, the judge never executes the sentence which he passes. In other days some great criminal was set apart for the hangman's work, and it was, by executing the sentence passed on others, that he escaped from enduring the sentence passed upon himself. It would be more according to truth to regard the arch-criminal, Satan, as the executioner than 'the Lord of hosts', for it is declared, that he has 'the power of death', having hosts under him to accomplish his awful work, in bringing his power to bear on those who are condemned to die. But whatever the blade and edge of the sword may be, around all its length and edge is the flame of divine wrath, which must burn into every wound which the stroke of the sword inflicts.
'Awake' and 'smite' are the words addressed to the sword by 'the Lord of hosts'. We are not to approach to thinking that these words are a justification of what is done by those who take part in the executioner's work. They certainly imply an approval of Jehovah's own judicial action – of this and of no more. No more, because although he 'who hath the power of death' is allowed to act, he has no commission from heaven for the work in which he is engaged, and is earning death, in common with all the slaves who serve under him, while inflicting the sentence of death on others.
"Awake, O sword," saith 'the Lord of hosts' to the instrument of vengeance against sin, because the greatest work that ever was done, or ever could be done, in carrying out the awards of justice, has now to be done. The vengeance demanded on sin requires that the work be thoroughly done. Never was there work for the sword which 'executes the vengeance due' like that which lies before it. The countless sins of each one of 'a multitude whom no man can number' have now to be atoned for, till the justice of 'the Lord of hosts' is satisfied.
"Awake, O sword, although it is my Shepherd, whom I have appointed to save a people whom I loved from everlasting, whom thou hast to smite." Think of Him bearing imputed sin, and think of the sins which He bears as the sins of God's chosen, and then think of how inflexible is the justice of 'the Lord of hosts'.
"Awake, although He who is my Shepherd is also the 'man that is my fellow'." He, even He, must die the death, because He is the Shepherd of a flock of sinners. O, sinner, if this was said in reference to Him, what, apart from Him, can intercept from thee the edge and flame of the devouring sword?
And what powers are brought into action in consequence of this summons? The power of hell, and the power of the world, of which Satan is the prince, are to do their utmost in the work of judgment. But He, on whom the sentence of death is to be executed, must know as an expression of the wrath of God, all that the action of hell and of the world are permitted to do against Him. The sword must always be a flaming as well as a piercing one in His experience.
"Smite the shepherd," saith the 'Lord of hosts'. Early began the smiting. The sentence was being executed all along His whole life in the flesh on earth, for throughout it all He bore the imputed sins of His people, and was suffering in consequence. He lived 'a man of sorrows' because He was a sin-bearer, and because in consequence the curse of the law was taking effect upon Him. It was this which gave Him a stable as a birthplace, and a manger as His cradle; it was this that caused his flight to Egypt, to escape from the cruelty of murderous Herod; it was this that caused the obscurity and poverty of His home in Nazareth; it was this that caused His experience of persecution because of the first sermon which He preached, and which, but for a miracle, would have ended in His death; it was this that accounted for His having no place whereon to lay His head, while the foxes had holes and the birds of the air had nests; it was this which exposed Him to all the storm of persecution which He encountered during all His public ministry; it was this which caused His agony in Gethsemane; it was this that accounted for His being betrayed by one disciple, denied by another, and forsaken by all; it was this that caused the humiliation of His being before court after court, as if He were the most criminal of malefactors; this it was which made Him 'the reproach of the people,' and the butt of cruel Roman soldiers; it was this that caused Him to be led forth from Jerusalem, under the burden and reproach of the cross. But the summons still is, "Smite!" O, has not all that is past been enough? All this, as the experience of the man who is the 'fellow' of the 'Lord of hosts', might surely suffice for Him. "For Him", do you say? Why, there was nothing of all such experience due to Him. To Him belongeth 'blessing and honour, and glory, and power', but to the people, whose Surety He was, dishonour and distress and death were due. He is experiencing according to their deserts. Therefore the summons still is, "Smite!" Smitten to death He must be. The justice of 'the Lord of hosts' demands this. The mad rage of hell, and the furious enmity of graceless men of no religion, and of graceless men of much religion, cry out for this. Both combine in the cry, "Crucify him, crucify him." And your redemption, believer, required His being smitten, till His soul and body were parted in dying. Hell's greatest feat, which proved to be the utter defeat of its power, the most awful murder, the killing of the 'Prince of Life', by the hands of wicked men, the full endurance of the law's penalty, for satisfaction to divine justice, the slaying of the Lamb of God, in order to there being 'a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour', the payment in His own blood of the ransom price, in order that the Shepherd may buy His flock – all this must take place – and the smiting dead of 'the man' who is the 'fellow' of 'the Lord of hosts', is the event, the only one, in which all this could be involved. O, yes, the word of God has taken effect, and the result is that His Beloved Son is on the accursed tree, in a lifeless body, which passed through torturing agony ere it parted with the soul, whose agony was greater still. Yes, Beloved, Thou wert smitten because Thou wouldst that Thy flock should live, and Thine was no vain display of love, for peace through Thy chastisement, and healing through Thy stripes, shall be theirs.
Fourthly, the results of the Shepherd having been smitten. 'The sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.'
'The sheep shall be scattered'. This is distinctly applied by Christ to the desertion of Him by His disciples at the time of His crucifixion. We cannot therefore but feel persuaded that here, in the prophecy, there was a reference to what is there in the history. Yes, the sheep are scattered. In this day of storm and tempest the Shepherd alone could stand – and the Shepherd stood alone. Of the people there was none with Him at any stage of His work as surety, and He must be manifestly alone when He is finishing it on the cross. I am not to excuse the desertion of Him by His disciples, but I rejoice in the providence of God, according to which the Beloved is solitary when, by pouring out His soul unto death, He is redeeming the flock given to Him by His Father.
Let none of us dare, in a self-complacent spirit, to condemn those deserters. How often, without any such fiery trial as that through which they had to pass, have we ourselves forsaken Him. But we are always more prone to strike on the sores of others, than to smite upon our own breasts. There are many like the horse-fly that finds its choicest sustenance in sores. It seems to be with the appetite of this kind of insect that these fly over the record of the Bible, to alight on the faults of the saints and to deepen them. These blood-suckers may find, as they follow their hell-born instinct, what shall make them strong to despise true godliness, and increase their contentment without it; but in gaining this, they have won only what it is a judgment to acquire. They need not boast of their might or their wisdom, who have power and skill only to attain what must yet add to their misery.
I am not concerned, as to the work in which the Shepherd is engaged, because He is left alone. He is able, all alone, to finish it. And the desertion of Him by the sheep tells us that beside Him, or besides Him, there is none to look to for redemption. All have been driven away by the storm except Himself, but when the tempest is at its wildest, the shout is heard from the solitary sufferer on the cross, "It is finished."
Are the sheep scattered? Then let all in the flock of the Good Shepherd, in every age and place, learn their dependence on the Shepherd's gracious care to preserve them, as well as on His death to redeem them. Did these forsake Him, then surely thou mayest; and if the Lord does not preserve thee, the smallest trial will suffice to scare thee away from His fellowship and service.
This scattering of the disciples, though evidently alluded to, may point our attention, further on, even to the scattering of the whole people of the land, who regarded themselves as the sheep of the Shepherd whom the Lord promised to Israel. This scattering of the disciples may be regarded as a prelude of the other, and more extensive, scattering, when threatened judgments would overtake the nation, by whom Messiah was denied and crucified. Or may it not point to the dispersion, because of national judgments, of the faithful witnesses, the true sheep of the Good Shepherd, to spread among 'all nations' the savour of His blessed name? Works of judgment occasioned the scattering of these sheep, but purposes of grace were fulfilled by their dispersion. In this scattering of the sheep, the Lord found an opportunity of turning His 'hand upon the little ones'.
"I will turn mine hand upon the little ones," saith 'the Lord of hosts'. The words, 'I will turn my hand', are sometimes used to describe divine action, in a work of judgment, and at other times a change of dealing in beginning a work of grace. In this latter sense it is to be understood in the promise, "I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin." This must be the meaning of this phrase in the text. It indicates a mode of dealing, different from that of which the Shepherd had experience. And the description given of those, on whom 'the Lord of hosts' promised to turn his hand, makes this altogether certain. Those called 'little ones' are tenderly referred to, and shall be tenderly treated.
These 'little ones' were undoubtedly, but not exclusively, the disciples who forsook the Shepherd and fled. How graciously was this promise fulfilled to them when 'the Lord of hosts' raised the Shepherd from the dead; secured to them, during forty days, occasional opportunities of converse with Him; and allowed them, at the close of that period, an opportunity of seeing Him go up to heaven. This was followed by an outpouring of the Spirit from on high, as the result of which 'the little ones' rallied again, took their stand in the name of Jesus as witnesses before the powers of darkness, and in the face of a persecuting world. 'Little ones' verily these were! How little they were when we think of the awakened sword, before which they were exposed in their guiltiness, and by which 'the Great Shepherd of the sheep' was smitten! How little as compared with the 'man who' was the 'fellow' of 'the Lord of Hosts', were these! But they were 'the little ones' who were cared for in love by God! O, yes, He did care for them – they were 'the little ones' of His love! How He delights in turning in His love towards them, while on the gift of His hand to them shines the brightness of the glory of all His name, as manifested in the smiting of 'the man' who was His 'fellow'.
But there were 'little ones' besides these towards whom the love of 'the Lord of hosts' went forth, and on whom, in order to make them subjects of a work of grace, He was to turn His hand. Among 'the little ones' were all included in the flock given to the Shepherd, bought by His blood, but not yet effectually called by His Spirit. Towards these all, according to the behests of His own love, and in reward of Messiah's obedience unto death, He promises to turn His hand in the gracious ministration of the Spirit. On these He would turn His hand in order to bring them to the Shepherd. "No man,"' says Christ, "can come to me except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him." And, in joyful expectation of the Father's promise of drawing being fulfilled, He says, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me." And the result of their being drawn to Him is that they become one Spirit with Him, and 'the righteousness of God in Him'. This gives to 'the Lord of hosts' an opportunity of placing them in such relation to Himself that He turns His hand on them in the exercise of His pardoning mercy. And their justification furnished the love of God with an opportunity of adopting them into His family, so that His dealing with them shall henceforth be that of a father with his children. O, what a turning of His hand is this! And the hand thus turned on them shall never be turned from them, for He hath bound Himself by His promise not to 'turn away from them, to do them good.' According to that promise, He will follow up by a course of blessing, that shall extend over all their life, the good which He did to them when they were called and justified.
Application. This text is well fitted to remind us of the words of Christ, "If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" How much more unlikely the 'green tree' is to be affected by fire than 'the dry'. And if the fire, which has greatly affected the former, comes in contact with the latter, how much more disastrous must the result be. But what does the text present to us? 'The holy one and the just', who is the Eternal Son of God, bears the imputed sins of a people whom Jehovah loved from everlasting, and the sword, by which vengeance is executed, is summoned to awake and smite Him. And awake it did, and it smote Him dead. O sinner, in thy meanness, weakness, guiltiness, loathsomeness, and proved hostility to God, what art thou that thou shouldst think of escaping from being 'devoured by the sword', if thou has not found refuge under the blood of the smitten Shepherd? O poor worm, what must befall thee if the sword is summoned to awake against, and to smite, thee! And smite thee it shall, if thou remainest away from the Good Shepherd, and if the merit of His death is not placed to thine account. Thou canst not dare to deny that thou art guilty of transgressing the law of God, and that 'cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them'. Surely, then, thou canst not think as a rational being, and give any credit to the truth of God's Word, without coming to the conclusion, that thou thyself – thy very self – art cursed; and that unless the curse, which now rests on thee, be removed, thou shalt encounter all the awfulness of enduring the infliction of that curse for ever. And art thou to remain easy in front of this? Art thou still to run on towards it? Art thou to rush on as if thou wert afraid the gate of hell would be closed before thou couldst reach it? Such fear, friend, is a groundless one, if it exists, for thou wilt, and soon, very soon, certainly reach, in an accursed death, the gate of an eternal hell, if thou movest on as thou hast been doing in the past. From the storm, which smote the Shepherd, thou carest not for shelter. Thou presentest thyself in thy guilt and weakness right before it. O, how awful, in thine experience, must the shock be, when it strikes thee outside the only shelter – the covert of the Great Shepherd's blood!
But to thee, as such a sinner as thou art, there is a way of escape opened up before thee. There could be no possible escape for thee if the justice of God were not fully satisfied, but the text shows thee that it was satisfied by the death of 'the man' who is the 'fellow' of 'the Lord of hosts'. And remember that He 'died for the ungodly'. And as thou lookest to Him acting as their surety, thou canst see how every stroke by which He was smitten, as He was rendering satisfaction, was opening up a way through which thou art called to flee to the bosom of God's everlasting mercy. O, friend, be not satisfied without seeing this with the eye of faith, to the wonder and joy of thy heart. There is much said in these days of 'finding peace', without the understanding being enlightened by the doctrine of the cross, the will embracing the divine person who died on the cross, the conscience being purged by the blood of the cross, or the heart being affected by the power of the cross; and without any persuasion of the need of being regenerated and anointed by the Holy Ghost, in order that all this may be attained. But, friend, do not consent to a slight probing or slight healing of thy wound by those who say, "Peace, peace," when there is no peace. Remember that thy one way of deliverance from guilt is that presented by the doctrine of the cross; that thou canst never appreciate what is there revealed without the teaching of the Holy Ghost; that thou must remain a 'child of darkness' if the divine glory of the crucified One shine not into thy soul; for only as thou lookest on the death of the cross, under that light, canst thou find sufficient atonement for the purging of thy conscience – and never be content to have conscience quieted without its first being purged as only divine blood can purge it – or canst thou discover love such as that thou, with all thine unworthiness, mayest expect a full salvation with a welcome from God. Remember, too, that without vital union to the Person of Christ thou canst have no benefit from His redemption. Although it is the work of the Holy Spirit to effect that union, it is thy duty – for the call of God in the gospel makes it so – to cast thyself, even as thou art, on Jesus. If thou dost so, there shall be nothing wanting on His side that is required to make it certain that thou shalt be 'one Spirit with Him'.
Art thou looking wistfully to a place among 'the little ones', of whom the Shepherd of 'the Lord of hosts' takes care. Well, friend, if thou wouldst fain be one of them, the way to attain this is, as a sinner, to accept the Shepherd to be thine. Take Him, as He is offered to thee in the gospel, and all that pertains to the flock shall be thine. What canst thou lack, if thou hast Him? Do not imagine that thou wilt ever discover that thou art one of the flock given to Him by the Father, till first, as a child of wrath, thou comest to Him who was sent 'to seek and to save that which was lost'. Let thy 'calling' be made sure, and then, and only then, can thine 'election' be made sure. Thine election must have been first as an act of God, and in the view of God that made thy calling certain. But thou hast to rise from the dust and dunghill, on which thou wert cast by the fall, through an effectual call, to the knowledge of that election of which all salvation is the fruit. Be content to take the place, which the law shows thee to be thine as a transgressor, and then receive Him to be thine own, who 'came into the world to save sinners'.
O what a feast is in this text for the sheep of the flock of which Messiah is the Shepherd! Here He is in the marvellous glory of His Person, as 'the man' who is Jehovah's 'fellow'. Here He is in the infinite merit of the death He died; here He is in matchless love; here He is in the efficiency of His finished work, 'the Lord of hosts' being pledged to put forth His power in order to give His 'fellow' a satisfying reward of all His travail, in the salvation of 'the little ones'! O, friend, is there not enough here, specially when around all this and through it shines forth, in its highest and fullest manifestation, the glory of 'the Lord of hosts'. O seek grace to be more eager in desiring, and more diligent in partaking of this wondrous feast. O how little thou hast known, and trusted, and loved, and praised, and obeyed, and suffered for 'the man' who is the 'fellow' of the Lord of hosts, and who for thy sins was smitten, that His chastisement might be 'the chastisement of' thy 'peace', and that thou, through His 'stripes' might have healing. O cleave to Him, for He is thy only Refuge, thy only guide, thy only Healer, the 'Friend that sticketh closer than a brother'. Seek to know His voice and to follow Him. Be content to pass in His company even 'through the fire'. And seek to be so purged, as to be made ready for being with Him, as He is in the midst of the throne on high, so showing Himself, from out of the glory in which He dwells, that He shall be recognised by thee as the Lamb slain, or as the Shepherd smitten, while His glory and His love shall so affect thee, that to sing His praise as thy Redeemer, shall be thy blissful exercise for ever. And O seek to be more and more lost in admiration of the glory of 'the Lord of Hosts' – of His wisdom, truth, righteousness, and love – and to be more hearty in thine acknowledgements of what thou owest to Him, 'of whom are all things' that reach thee through 'the Great Shepherd of the sheep'.
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Highlights from Tim's Favorite Movie Soundtracks (aka Your Next Study Playlist)
September 21, 2013 Tim Markatos
Music is about as important a component of a movie as anything else that goes into the production of a film. A good score has the power to take the images onscreen and the words being spoken and channel right into the heart of the viewer; likewise, the total absence of music in a film can heighten a sense of despair or elevate tensions in otherwise pedestrian situations (Eastern European "torture cinema", as I have come to call it, makes ample use of this technique).
Of course, you don't need me to tell you how great cinematic scores can be—from John Williams' blockbuster overtures to the iconic screeches of Bernard Herrmann's "Psycho" score, the genre of movie soundtrack comprises some of the most memorable and powerful songs of the last 120 years. To say nothing of the sort of brilliantly talented composers who find themselves adding their musical genius to the medium.
After watching Martin Scorsese's phenomenal Taxi Driver tonight, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorite made-for-movie music for your listening pleasure.
Bernard Herrmann, "Taxi Driver" : Main Theme
Scorsese's Palme d'Or-winner opens with dramatically building brass set against a haze of red light and fog. Then: that saxophone. That saxophone! I can't even think of anything more logical to say than that. A desultory, moody leitmotif that works perfectly throughout the film in whatever form it takes, this theme was the last score Herrmann completed before his death in 1975, just a few short months before the film's Cannes premiere.
Bernard Herrmann, "Vertigo" : Scène d'Amour
Borrowing heavily from Wagner, Herrmann's other famous movie theme is the spectacular theme of love that plays when Scotty watches Judy complete her transformation into Madeleine. As used in the film, the song is timed perfectly with every edit and movement of the camera, culminating in the unforgettable moment when Judeleine emerges from the bathroom, illuminated by the otherworldly glow of the neon green sign outside her apartment window.
Alex North , "Spartacus " : Love Theme
Speaking of love themes, the one Alex North composed for Stanley Kubrick's somewhat vanilla—but nevertheless enjoyable—sword-and-sandals epic really struck me and stuck with me (I can still be caught whistling it from time to time) (by which I mean, at least once a week).
Giovanni Fusco, "L'avventura" : Title Theme
According to one of the top comments on this video, Michelangelo Antonioni told Fusco to compose a main theme that would try to capture jazz as it would have been written in the Hellenistic age. Sure, why not—sounds like a good enough explanation behind this fantastic guitar piece to me!
Joe Hisaishi, "Howl's Moving Castle" : Main Theme
Hisashi's "One Summer's Day" from Spirited Away has the unique effect of making me want to break down and start sobbing every time I hear it; his waltz from Howl's Moving Castle similarly fills me with feels, but of a slightly happier sort. Then you get to the syncopation at 4:30 and all the emotions break lose.
Luis de Pablo, "The Spirit of the Beehive" : Title Theme
Toss this one in with the Spartacus love theme under "songs I catch myself whistling when I let my mind wander". The mysterious flute-and-piano theme of Víctor Erice's 1973 conflation of coming-of-age narrative with Mary Shelly's Frankenstein has that quality critics are wont to describe as "hauntingly beautiful". I wouldn't say it will keep you awake at night, but you'll definitely remember it for a long time to come.
Zbigniew Preisner , "Three Colors: Blue" , Song for the Unification of Eurpoe
And now at the opposite end of the spectrum, Zbigniew Presiner's symphonic masterwork for the great Krzystof Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy surely deserves more recognition Stateside. So here you go: the utterly triumphant opera used throughout Blue, the astonishing portrait of a widowed composer trying to reconcile the deaths of her husband and son with her duty to finish composing the symphony she and her partner were co-writing for the Unification of Europe.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross , "The Social Network" : Painted Sun in Abstract
Obviously, not all film music convenes to the standard "Hollywood score" we tend to think about and which I've highlighted above. Indeed, Reznor and Ross's collaborations on David Fincher's last two films have yielded some truly excellent music. Tending towards atmospheric over melodic, the duo's songs contribute to the effectiveness of Fincher's razor-sharp filmmaking and the themes of alienation he's been exploring as of late. This piece, from around the middle of The Social Network, has the distinction of being the most-listened to song in my music library; hopefully someone out there is on the same wavelength as I am on this one.
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A Look at Television in 2017
Posted on January 1, 2018 January 2, 2018 by Jess RogersIn Articles, Television6 Minutes Read
I watched a LOT of TV in 2017. My movie watching was down, but clearly TV stepped up in its place. Here are some thoughts on the series I enjoyed, and specific episodes worth seeking out if you haven't watched these shows before.
Star Trek: Discovery S1 Ep 7 – Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad (CBS All Access)
The new Star Trek series is definitely still finding its footing, but overall quite good, and this was the episode that convinced me to keep watching. Overall, the central story arc of the Federation battling Klingons is the weakest aspect (like all Star Trek series), and thankfully this episode begins to distinguish itself as a stand alone as you finally get a little more character development separate from how the overall story that affects them. Henry Mudd (Rainn Wilson as an EVIL Dwight) has a device that replays time, which gives him the opportunity to try and figure out how to destroy Discovery. We get to see how the only person to know that time is repeating, Paul (Anthony Rapp), convinces our heroine Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green) to help him.
The Crown S2 Ep 5 – Marionettes (Netflix)
The idea of the monarchy living out of the public eye seems like an impossible historic anachronism. Add to that an inherently shy Queen, and you get a 1960s monarchy that is as out of touch as it gets. When Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) gives a speech, that she clearly hasn't read before delivering it, at a car factory, we cringe with a knowingness that comes from decades of holding public figures accountable. The best thing to come from it is the opening of the monarchy – relating to the people. Watching actress Claire Foy go through the first televised royal Christmas address is priceless.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S1 Ep 1 – Pilot (Amazon)
While the whole series is really, really good, the pilot gives us the best of all possible worlds – we see the creation of Mrs. Miriam 'Midge' Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), from her courtship to wedding, followed by the lengths she's happy to go to for her marriage to Joel (Michael Zegen) and even how it falls apart. Of course, the best is the drunken comedy scene near the end of the episode. The beginner's luck aspect would make sense if she hadn't been honing the craft FOR her undeserving husband for so long. We really get to know Midge, what makes her tick and exactly how pissed off she's going to be.
This is Us S2 Ep 10 – Number Three (NBC)
This episode of This is Us is the culmination of the three views, by each sibling, of the same moments in time. In the past we observe when Kevin breaks his leg for the first time, redirecting him away from football and into acting, and in the present we see Kate dealing with her pregnancy, Kevin's drug addiction and Randall's situation with his foster daughter. This series has always balanced the competing storylines of the siblings with both their own past and their parents' past, but the creativity of these three episodes (Number One, Number Two, Number Three) and the way that all of these connect here are why this show has become so successful.
The Good Place S2 Ep 1 – Everything is Great! (NBC)
This is the second episode on this list that benefits from messing with time. However, since this is the afterlife, it's not exactly time, right. What this episode does is play with all the questions viewers might have had leftover from Season 1 – why frozen yogurt? Why Eleanor and Chidi? Who is in charge and how'd that happen? What is Janet? We get to see what was planned and what was random. For me, the best part of all the looping is the moment Eleanor (Kristin Bell) must examine whether she can trust herself (from a previous loop) or just go with her instincts. The hilarity of her curiosity about predestination vs the hell constructed for her is great. I never thought this show could survive its first season, but this proves it's got staying power.
Game of Thrones S7 Ep 6 – Beyond the Wall (HBO)
All of Season 7 is worth watching, but this was the only episode I rewatched before the next episode aired. The humor steps up by looking at the relationships between each of the characters who have "friends" in common, but have never met before (the discussion of Brienne of Tarth is epic). Plus, we get to see the dragons and the white walkers in action. The tension over who will survive is heightened as the series gets closer to its conclusion. Arguing over whether Gendry could run all the way back to the Wall in time or how fast the dragons could arrive will likely NEVER be settled.
The Handmaid's Tale S1 Ep 5 – Faithful (Hulu)
It's difficult to find a favorite in the season as it feels like normalizing the idea that women should be subjugated in this way. However, the badass nature of this episode as Ofglen (Alexis Bledel) returns to society (and leaves dramatically,) and the secret deal created between Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and Offred (Elizabeth Moss), shows the nature of women being stronger than the society that oppresses them. It offers a glimmer of hope. As Offred reclaims herself through this deal, we can see the seeds of a second season being sown even if the book itself ends.
One Day at a Time S1 Ep 6 – The Death of Mrs. Resnick (Netflix)
There are a lot of new series on this list, and often there's a moment when the series turns from a curiosity to something you must binge, stick with and defend. Mrs. Resnick is the family's car – something that Penelope (Justina Machado) has had through most of her adult life. It has memories and connections to her own strength. When she goes to get it fixed, we see so much deeper into her past as a soldier as she connects with the mechanic, also a female veteran. Watching her be vulnerable as she lets go of something that has been reliable and stable, while her life has changed, is much more moving than the death of a car should be.
Godless S1 Ep 7 – Homecoming (Netflix)
If you're hoping this series is a western with all women, you'll be disappointed. There are probably 25 more women, almost all of whom wear all their clothes, and most have actual names and speaking parts than the average western. But the main characters are still 2 men (Jeff Bridges and Jack O'Connell, both good). The show DOES deliver with the season finale (and since it's a limited series, it might just be the show finale) with a great big shoot out. And most of the people shooting guns are in fact women. And they're defending themselves. There's a lot about this show to like, Merritt Weaver as the town's mayor and resident badass is my favorite. The show is less than it could be, but the finale is more than it deserves.
1. The final season of Bones (yes, I watched all 12 seasons of Bones)
2. Scandal and Grey's Anatomy are still strong – if dysfunctional
3. The final season of Major Crimes so far – yes, I cried and cried.
4. Jane the Virgin has had a good season after Jane had to recover from a horrible loss and learn to date again.
5. Stranger Things Season 2 – not as strong as the first season, but the last 2 episodes make up for a LOT.
6. The Mindy Project – Anna & Jeremy's Meryl Streep Costume party (S6 Ep5) is worth every second of getting to that point.
7. The Crisis on Earth-X 4 cross over episodes of the CW Superhero shows (Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow) was possibly the best version of crossover ever done. I only actively watch The Flash, but followed all I needed for this epic battle.
8. Big Little Lies was really great – but I'm pretty sure I don't need a second season. Mystery solved.
9. Silicon Valley is still better than VEEP – sorry, but it is.
10. Casual is a series on Hulu you've likely never heard of. It has only it's 4th season left, but if you like screwed up family drama, this the show you've been missing.
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Day 100, Cartagena: Some insights and funny observations about the Colombian life.
Also, each time when paying by card they ask in how many parts, "cuantas cuotas?" I want to pay, as if I would not pay for all my grocery shopping, for example, at once.
Cash or card payment, in all possible places they always want to identify each client by asking their "cédula", which is an ID or passport number. I wonder what they do with that... Also, I sometimes hear them say "celular" and I think that they want my phone number. And then they laugh at me.
In grocery stores there is always an employee who packs your purchases. That is cool but what I hate is that they pack them in million separate small plastic bags and that they twist and knot the bags so tight that I don't know how to carry them.
So far it has been very challenging/impossible for me to find: fresh lettuce (like mache, batavia, roquette or anything to put in salads), spinach leaves, lemons, good yogurt, good chocolate, good cheese, nail polish remover, aloe vera gel. However, the fruit selection is so impressive that it compensates for almost anything (except for nail polish remover and aloe vera gel).
There are million different kinds of arepas (small breads made of corn) and they sell them on the street like crêpes in France. I loved all the arepas I tried in Bogota but I hate those they sell here in Cartagena, especially those with cheese.
Coconut rice and patacons are served with every traditional Colombian meal. And I've had enough.
Whenever you are being served (shop, restaurant, taxi, anything) or you have asked for help and you say thank you, the Colombians reply "A la orden", which means something like "Happy to serve you". Very polite, or pretending to be.
Even if people in general are very friendly, the service in restaurants is usually rude and veeery slow.
When you pay the bill they ask you if you want to pay the service fee (la propina), that has already been added. Even if the service has been bad (or inexistent) I never dare to say no so I obediently pay the tip.
Talking on the phone or listening others do so (at work for example) is hilarious. A phone call nearly always starts with a mutual question "Con quien hablo?", like if both parties wanted to be sure that they are talking with the person they intended to reach.
At work our kitchen staff serve us food and bring us morning and afternoon coffee/tea. If I try to get a coffee by myself or bring my plate back to the kitchen after lunch they look surprised, amused and somewhat annoyed. So maybe I should just let them do their work.
It also annoys me at work that it is totally normal not to be able to connect to Internet for a whole day or two. Then there is not much I can do except for spending time with the kids.
There are no bus tickets, each passenger pays the fee when they come in. I'm always afraid that we will crash into something when the driver takes his time looking for change and doesn't pay attention to the road.
An exception to all this trouble is a modern "Trans Caribe" line but I haven't tried it out yet.
When a bus ride to another city is said to be for example 5 hours it is definitely at least 7.
The Cartagena airport is in the city center and it takes me 10 minutes (3 euros) by taxi to get home from there. Luxury.
I never check the weather forecast because I know it is warm and sunny every day.
It still hasn't rained since I got here. Result: there is not much green areas in Cartagena.
In the evening it is crazy windy. If I wear I dress I have to hold on the hem when I walk.
Our apartment is always full of sand because we live so close to the beach and because it is windy.
Even windows open and fens on it is too hot to sleep.
Despite everything, I enjoy every minute I get to spend in the sun!
You can never throw any kind of paper in the toilet.
I have not yet been able to enjoy a hot shower (it would be nice sometimes, even if it's warm).
The day starts very early, like the earliest classes at our foundation start at 7.30 (and I know that there are schools which start at 6.30!). Luckily I don't have to get to work at that time.
When there is a football match and the Colombian team is playing, everyone leaves what they are doing to watch it.
The Colombians get furious if you make a mistake and write their country with a u, Columbia. Apparently it really causes them physical and mental discomfort and pain. Haha, poor Colombians.
The Colombians always seem to be happy and relaxed and live in the moment. Except for the often very unpleasant client service, people in general are super sweet. On the street they stop to talk with tourists and go out of their way to help them find what they are looking for. Life here may be complicated but whichever problem I have, I always get help.
Everything is Chévere. Chévere (emphasis on the first e) is an adjective that can be used to describe anything that is great, cool, awesome, wonderful and so on. "Que chévere!" is an appropriate comment when asked your opinion on basically anything.
Colombians also comment "En serio?" (= Really?) to everything and use the word "listo" instead of saying "ok".
The accurate formal greeting is "Buenos dias" in the morning and after 12pm "Hola, buenas". When leaving they simply say "Chao".
When meeting a new person, you always say "Mucho gusto", never "Encantado/a".
They never say diferente, always distinto and no one is ever bonita or bella, always hermosa or linda (or hermoso/lindo in masculin).
A "tinto" is not red wine but black coffee (that Colombians drink a lot, and me too now).


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Q: Configuring where jest searches for snapshots I start to use jest to write tests for a old product. There somewhere deep in the directories are .snap files which have nothing to do with jest. But my jest test runs are failing, because jest finds these files:
jest -- __tests__

 PASS  __tests__/userPreferences.test.js
 PASS  __tests__/hierachyCollapse.test.js

Snapshot Summary

› 35 obsolete snapshot files found, run with `npm test -- -u` to remove them..

Test Suites: 2 passed, 2 total
Tests:       4 passed, 4 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        1.556s
Ran all test suites matching /__tests__/i.
npm ERR! Test failed.  See above for more details.

How can I tell jest to look for snapshots in tests/snapshots as it is meant to be?
I've found this github issue but that does not really seem to fit my problem.

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Turkey ends Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria
#EuphratesShield
Turkey-backed FSA
Operation Euphrates Shield
What makes the Adana agreement significant?
Myopic US policy in Syria is forcing Turkey to conduct another operation
Turkey-backed operation to focus on Al-Bab after Dabiq
Opposition forces take more villages from Daesh in Syria
Syria regime forces shouldn't be allowed in Manbij – Turkey
The military action was launched in August 2016 to clear the Turkey-Syria border from Daesh and US-backed YPG, which Turkey considers to be the Syrian affiliate of the terror outfit.
Since the onset of the unprecedented operation, Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters captured several towns, including Jarabulus, Al Rai, Dabiq and Al Bab, from militants. August 25, 2016. (TRT World and Agencies)
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday that the Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield has come to an end.
The military operation was launched in August 2016 to eliminate the presence of Daesh in northern Syria, near the border of Turkey. Turkey sent ground troops, tanks and warplanes to support Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, push Daesh away from its border, and stop the advance of YPG, a Syrian opposition group which is supported by the US but is considered by Turkey to be affiliated with the PKK, a designated terror outfit.
"If something threatening our security happens in the future, regarding Daesh or something else, then there will be a new operation," Yildirim said in an interview with private Turkish broadcaster NTV. "Operation Euphrates Shield has ended, and any other future operations will be named differently."
Operation Euphrates Shield removed Daesh from the border town of Jarablus on the Euphrates River and secured a roughly 100-kilometre (60-mile) stretch of the border. The operation then moved south to Al Bab, previously a Daesh stronghold where, Yildirim said, "everything is under control."
Turkish troops are still stationed in the secured regions and along the border. The number of Turkish troops involved in Operation Euphrates Shield has not been disclosed.
"Operation Euphrates Shield aimed at ensuring our country's border security and thwarting the Daesh terror group's threat and attacks targeting our country ... has been concluded successfully," the National Security Council (MGK) said in a statement after a meeting in Ankara at Erdogan's presidential palace.
TRT World's Abubakr Al Shamahi has more from Gaziantep, near the Turkish-Syrian border.
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An event to support the 36th season of the Sunriver Music Festival and the Young Artists Scholarship Program, Festival Faire, on Sunday, August 4 at the historic Sunriver Resort Great Hall.
The theme for Festival Faire is Under a Western Sky and will feature an elegant and festive evening of dining specially prepared by the Sunriver Resort chefs. Guests will be greeted with hors d'oeuvres and beverages as they peruse the silent and live auction items. During the live auction, music will be provided by the 2013 Young Artists Scholarship winners.
Festival Faire begins at 4:30pm and tickets are $100 per guest. Guests can purchase tickets individually or create a full table of eight guests.
All Festival Faire proceeds directly support the Young Artists Scholarship program and the Sunriver Music Festival's 36th Season, bringing world-class musicians to Sunriver to perform as the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra.
The 36th Season of Sunriver Music Festival concerts begin Friday, August 9 with the Pops Concert at the Summit High School Auditorium featuring the Bill Ganz Western Band with the Festival Orchestra. The Closing Night Concert is on Wednesday, August 21 in the historic Great Hall at the Sunriver Resort. A full schedule of orchestra rehearsals, master classes and concerts is available in the Sunriver Music Festival office in the Sunriver Village Mall Building 13 or online at www.sunrivermusic.org.


INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL TUTORIAL 3 – TRANSFER FUNCTION MANIPULATION This tutorial is of interest to any student studying control systems and in particular the EC module D227 – Control System Engineering. On completion of this tutorial, you should be able to do the following. • Explain a basic open loop system.
6.1.2. What are Process Control Techniques?
The underlying concept of statistical process control is based on a comparison of what is happening today with what happened previously. We take a snapshot of how the process typically performs or build a model of how we think the process will perform and calculate control limits for the expected measurements of the output of the process.
Process & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) Purpose 1. To indicate the instruments or control devices attached to the process. 2. To indicate the control system architecture associated with the process.
Change Control is the process of handling proposed alterations to items that have been previously designated as fixed. This means that an item only becomes subject to change control once it has been signed-off, stored in a baseline and placed under configuration control.
For efficient, effective and economical operation in a manufacturing unit of an organization, it is essential to integrate the production planning and control system. Production planning and subsequent production control follow adaption of product design and finalization of a production process.
Basic packages provide basic knowledge covering a wide range of ... Notes on safety Process Control System • Festo Didactic. Part A ... P1 Filling level control – Process flow diagram A2 – 1 Exercise 2 Festo Didactic • Process Control System. Complete the PI flow diagram.
(Note: The hat over the sigma symbol indicates that this is an estimate of standard deviation, not the true population standard deviation.) Because control limits are calculated from process data, they are independent of customer expectations or specification limits.
Industrial process control involves a lot more than just Laplace transforms and loop tuning. Combination of both theory and practice. Understanding of core engineering principles is key (thermodynamics, mass transfer, etc) ... The basic process control system should be able to handle many disturbances, but not all.
Control system design varies from trivial to a separate specialty. Instrumentation engineers are responsible for integrating the sensors with the recorders, transmitters, displays or control systems, and producing the Piping and instrumentation diagram for the process. They may design or specify installation, wiring and signal conditioning.


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Das Ensemble Die Vier EvangCellisten ist ein Violoncelloquartett, das sich im Oktober 2008 in Weimar gründete. Seine Mitglieder (Markus Jung, Lukas Dihle, Mathias Beyer und Hanno Riehmann)
arbeiten in verschiedenen Orchestern und Theatern Deutschlands und waren alle Studenten an der Hochschule für Musik Weimar. Der Name des Quartetts spielt darauf an, dass die Vornamen der vier Cellisten denen der Vier Evangelisten (Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johannes) ähneln.

Diskographie
 2010: Jingle Cellos (EP als Audiofile)
 2011: cellopera (CD)
 2012: Take Five (EP als Audiofile)
 2013: O mio babbino caro (EP als Audiofile)
 2013: Jasmine Flower (Single als Audiofile)
 2013: Scarborough Fair (Single als Audiofile)
 2013: journey (CD)
 2015: Tango Brasileiro – Die Vier EvangCellisten spielen Hartlmaier (EP)
 2016: PROMO (EP als Audiofile)
 2016: Notturno (CD)
 2018: Al Son del Tango (CD)
 2018: Im schönsten Wiesengrunde /  Scarborough Fair (Noten-CD)
 2018: CELLISM (CD) (Die Vier EvangCellisten & friends)

Einzelne Titel erschienen auf:

 2012: Klassik Ballet Collection Vol. 1 (LP als Audiofile) ("Entr'acte - Belle nuit, O nuit d'amour")
 2014: Wolfram Graf – Kammermusik I / Chamber music I (CD) ("Innengang", opus 190a und "Some Folk", opus 191)
 2015: Classical Hours – Crossover (LP als Audiofile) ("Some Folk", opus 191)

Weblinks
 Website der Vier EvangCellisten

Musikgruppe (Thüringen)
Cello-Ensemble

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New look T-Wolves beat Bucks 117-96
Minnesota opened up the first of their two preseason games with Milwaukee Saturday, and fans longing to see the newest pack of Timberwolves were treated to a high-scoring affair.
I know it's only the preseason, but the T-Wolves look like a fun team going forward.
A svelte Kevin Love could probably sell a diet-program in his name. The forward lost 25 pounds in the offseason and didn't miss a beat, scoring 21 points and grabbing 15 boards.
Rookies Derrick Williams and Ricky Rubio looked more than willing to try for alley-oops during the exhibition, even connecting in the second half.
And how about Minnesota's range? The team hit 16 0f 24 from the three-point line. Not too shabby.
Minnesota is young and looks poised to play uptempo basketball, so buckle up for an interesting 2011-2012 season.
The T-Wolves will get another crack at Milwaukee Wednesday when they meet for their final warm-up before the season.
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Love, Wolves beat Clippers for win No. 20
The Timberwolves reached 20 wins on the season with Monday's 95-94 win over the visiting L.A. Clippers. Chris Paul missed a free-throw to tie the game with a little more than two seconds remaining and the Wolves held on for the win.
Love leads Wolves to comeback win over Bucks
The Timberwolves scored the final 12 points of Wednesday night's pre-season finale and beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 85-84. Kevin Love led the Wolves with 22 points and 16 rebounds.
Love, Wolves pound Portland for third straight win
The Timberwolves pounded Portland, 106-94 Wednesday night at Target Center for their third straight win, and fifth straight at home. Kevin Love continued his torrid pace with 29 points and 16 rebounds and Wes Johnson had his best game as a pro, scoring 19 points on 8-11 shooting.
Road-weary Wolves host Bucks
Wolves drop season opener to OKC in front of sellout crowd, Rubio scores six-points in debut
The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 104-100, in the season-opener Monday night. A sellout crowd at Target Center got its first look at Ricky Rubio and Derrick Williams. Rubio, who came off the bench, finished with six points, six assists and five rebounds. Williams scored 13 points off the bench.
Rubio, Pekovic lead Wolves over Kings
Kevin Love served the first of his two game suspension Tuesday night, and the Wolves still found a way to win. They beat the Kings at Target Center, 86-84. The Wolves are now one game over .500 at 13-12. Nikola Pekovic had a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio tied a career-high with 14 assists.
Pekovic: T-Wolves' next dominant force?
Kevin Love is putting up MVP numbers, and Ricky Rubio is a rookie sensation. The Wolves next star? It could very well be center Nikola Pekovic, who tells USA Today that "If I keep getting the minutes and opportunity, I will score points.
Fans flocking back to see the new-look Timberwolves play
It's been a long time since Minnesota Timberwolves tickets were hard to get, but that's exactly the case this season. Fans have flocked back to Target Center to see the exciting play of Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love. Plus, this year's team might be on the verge of winning quite a few games.


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Single use plastics charge for UAE 'in the pipeline'
A compulsory charge for single use plastics is "in the pipeline", a senior environment agency official has confirmed.
Discussions about the policy are ongoing with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Shaikha Al Hosani, executive director of the environment quality sector at the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi,
"We have an initiative around the recycling of plastic waste, to put more incentives and constraints at the same time on plastic waste,"
Abu Dhabi environment agency praised for its emissions report
The UN agency dealing with climate change has praised Abu Dhabi's environment authority for its work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Patricia Espinosa, executive...
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Dubai community bans plastic bottles from restaurants and cafes
A residential community in Dubai is banning the sale of plastic water bottles in restaurant and coffee shops. Senior figures at Sustainable City, which was built to promote ethically responsible living in the emirate, said the ban on bottles was part of a wider scheme to reduce plastic use in the community by 90 per cent over the next six months. The first phase of the project...
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Navigating Our Way Towards A Sustainable Plastics Future -Belinda McFadgen, for OEC When Victor Vescovo was about to dive into the deepest part of the world's oceans, he was probably not expecting any plastic to beat him to it. However, deep down in the Pacific Ocean there exists the Mariana Trench, where Victor spotted a plastic bag and several sweet wrappersfloating almost 7...
How the succulent salicornia is powering UAE biofuels
In January an Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam was powered on locally-made biofuel. The key ingredient? Salicornia plants grown on a two-hectare farm in Masdar City. The...
Basically everything you're given on an airplane is wrapped in plastic. That's a huge environmental problem.
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Delta Air Lines to take 20 carbon-neutral new aircraft deliveries from the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile, Ala. Using biofuels and carbon offsets in coordination with Air BP, this move is Delta's latest sustainability action toward its long-term goal of a 50 percent carbon emission reduction by 2050. The newest A321 in Delta's fleet will make its initial flight today -...
Coles relaunches Little Shop promotion despite criticism over plastic waste
Coles is relaunching its Little Shop promotion with 30 new mini replicas, despite ongoing criticism from environmental groups about plastic waste. The promotion helped deliver the company record growth when it ran in 2018. The new line of mini replicas includes Arnott's Barbecue Shapes, a Coles gift card, Campbell's tomato soup, Eclipse spearmints, Chobani Greek yoghurt,...
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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF UAE SUNG & PERFORMED BY THE STUDENTS OF DAR AL MAREFA PRIVATE SCHOOL IN Dubai - MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCED BY ABDULAZIZ ISSA - SIGN LANGUAGE BY FATIMAH AL-KAABI. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher. National Anthem of UAE - \"Ishy Bilady\" (\"عيشي بلادي\") النشيد الوطني الاماراتي - غناء طلاب مدرسة دار المعرفة الخاصة في دبي - التوزيع الموسيقي والاخراج التصويري للاستاذ عبدالعزيزعيسى \"The national anthem was officially endorsed as the UAE national anthem after the formation of the federation in 1971. The anthem was composed by Sa\'ad Abdul Wahab, who also composed the national anthem of Libya. The lyrics, officially adopted in 1996, were written by Arif Al Shaikh Abdullah Al Hassan.\" Lyrics: Arabic: عيشي بلادي عاش اتحاد إماراتنا عشت لشعب دينه الإسلام هديه القرآن حصنتك باسم الله يا وطن بلادي بلادي بلادي بلادي حماك الإله شرور الزمان أقسمنا أن نبني نعمل نعمل نخلص نعمل نخلص مهما عشنا نخلص نخلص دام الأمان و عاش العلم يا إماراتنا رمز العروبة كلنا نفديك بالدما نرويك نفديك بالأرواح يا وطن English: Long live my country, the unity of our Emirates lives You have lived for a nation Whose religion is Islam and guide is the Qur'an I made you stronger in Allah's name, oh homeland My country, My country, My country, My country God has protected you from the evils of the time We have sworn to build and work Work sincerely, work sincerely As long as w...
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Before the UAE introduced the Dirham in 1973 the major currency of the country and the region was the Indian Rupee, which ties back to the strong relationship between the United Arab Emirates and India, so how has that relationship shaped the UAE? Music: Mango by Wonki https://soundcloud.com/wonkimusic...
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There's more to the UAE than just Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Don\'t believe me? Then let me show you the best places to visit in the UAE! Even though Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the two largest Emirates making up more than 90% of the UAE, there are still five other Emirates you can visit. After my most recen
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The UAE is a military linchpin in Yemen. A crucial component of the Saudi led coalition, providing thousands of ground troops, weapons and financial assistance as they fight Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Now the Emiratis say they want to wind down their involvement in one of the Middle East\'s most b
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Before the UAE introduced the Dirham in 1973 the major currency of the country and the region was the Indian Rupee, which ties back to the strong relationship between the United Arab Emirates and India, so how has that relationship shaped the UAE? Music: Mango by Wonki https://soundcloud.com/wonki