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Cargo ship docks with space station; Soyuz issue assessed

CBS News

After a two-day orbital chase, an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment carried out a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Friday evening as the two spacecraft sailed into orbital darkness off the east coast of Brazil.

The view from a television camera aboard a Russian Progress supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA TV)
Russian engineers, meanwhile, reportedly are assessing the possible impact of a problem with systems used by the descent module of the next manned Soyuz spacecraft, scheduled for launch March 30 to ferry three fresh crew members to the space station.

Alexi Krasnov, director of manned spaceflight for the Russian space agency, told the Itar-Tass news agency the problem with "service elements" of the Soyuz TMA-04M descent module was discovered after tests in an altitude chamber. He said it was too early to say whether the next launching will be delayed.

He noted, however, that three station crew members scheduled to return to Earth in mid March were launched two months later than originally planned and could easily extend their stay aboard the lab if the TMA-04M launch is, in fact, delayed.

"It is very good that (the problem was found) before the spaceship was brought to the Baikonur spaceport, because we have some time and possibilities to examine everything in detail," Krasnov said in an Itar-Tass translation.

The Progress M-14M/46P spacecraft was launched from Baikonur at 6:06:40 p.m. EST Wednesday (GMT-5; 5:06:40 a.m. Thursday local time). It was the first of five Progress flights planned for 2012 and the second successful launch in a row following a third stage failure last August that destroyed the M-12M spacecraft and disrupted the space station traffic schedule.

The M-14M cargo craft, carrying 2,050 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen and air, 926 pounds of water and 2,778 pounds of supplies, spare parts and science gear, carried out a problem-free automated approach to the space station, easing into the docking port on the Pirs airlock module at 7:09 p.m. as the spacecraft passed 240 miles above the Atlantic Ocean just northeast of Rio de Janeiro.


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A Message From God To His Church And People

"O Lord, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy." Habakkuk 3:2.

"O LORD, I have heard Your speech!" This is the language of reverent obedience and is a fit preface to a fervent prayer. If we are not willing to hear God's voice, we cannot expect Him to hear our voice. It is an admirable preparation for prayer, first to hearken diligently to what God the Lord shall speak, and then to be obedient to His commands. He who would hear God speak needs not to wait long, for God speaks to men continually by the Scriptures, which are given to us by Inspiration. Alas that we should be so deaf to its teachings! This wonderful volume, so full of wisdom, is so little read that few of us could dare to gaze upon its pages and say, "O Lord, in this Book I have heard Your speech."

At other times, the Lord speaks by Providence. Both national Providences and personal Providences have a meaning. Providences that are afflicting, and Providences which are comforting all have a voice. But, alas, I fear that oftentimes to us Providence is dumb because we are deaf. How often, in our stubbornness, we are like the horse and the mule which have no understanding, and when God speaks to us we do not regard Him? He therefore multiplies our afflictions, and holds us in with the bit and bridle of adversity because we will not be governed by gentler means. Look, my Brethren, at the Providence of God throughout the whole of your lives, and I am afraid few of you can say of it, "O Lord, in Providence I have heard Your speech."

The God of Heaven speaks to men by His Holy Spirit. He does this, at times, in those common operations of the Spirit upon the ungodly, which they, as did also their fathers, resist. The Spirit strives with men. He calls, and they refuse. He stretches out His hands, and they regard Him not. The unregenerate man is like the deaf adder that will not hear, charm we ever so wisely. Even when the Holy Spirit speaks to us, His people, we are not always willing and obedient. And though we have ears to hear we frequently quench the Spirit. We grieve Him. We neglect His monitions, and, if we do not despise His teachings, yet too often we forget them, and listen to the follies of earth instead of regarding the wisdom of the skies. I am afraid that in looking into our own hearts and studying them in connection with the operations of the Holy Spirit, not one of us could dare to say, without exception, "O Lord, I have heard Your speech."

In the text before us we meet with a Prophet whose ears had been spiritually opened and who, therefore, heard the still, small voice of Jehovah where others perceived neither sound nor utterance. There are times even with us when, being under the influence of the Holy Spirit, we hold near communion with our God. Then are our hearts like wax to His seal, receiving the impression of the Divine Mind! Are you not conscious of having been in such a state? It must be so, dear Hearer, in a measure, with all the Lord's servants! But especially must it be often so with those of us who are called to bear His messages to the people!

I have most solemnly sought to hear the speech of Jehovah in my own soul before I came into this pulpit, and pray that His Divine power may enable me to convey that speech to you. I have been afraid, this week, as I have heard the voice of God in this land. Trembling has taken hold upon me as Jehovah has spoken in thunderclaps and made the whole land to echo with His terrible accents! I may be to some of you as an interpreter, and you who are spiritual men, you will discern and judge whether I have heard the speech of God or not. If you shall find it to be God's voice to you, I hope you will be led to the farther carrying out of the language of the text in that much-needed prayer, "O Lord, revive Your work."

There are three things in the text—an alarming voice, an appropriate prayer, and a potent argument—"in wrath remember mercy."

I. Hear, with solemn awe, THE ALARMING VOICE! The speech of God demands your humblest attention. We need not enter into particulars of the heavy tidings which came to the ear of Habakkuk when he set upon the tower and watched to see what the Lord would say to him.

Our business, this morning, is to tell you, in all solemnity, what the voice of God has been saying to us. In my lonely meditations I heard a voice, as of one that spoke in the name of the Lord. I bowed my head to receive the message, and the voice said, "Cry," and when I said, "What shall I cry?" the answer came to me as to Isaiah of old, "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass."

Then I thought I saw before me a great meadow reaching far and wide, and it was like a rainbow for its many colors, for the flowers of summer were in their beauty. In the midst of it I marked a mower of dark and cruel aspect, who with a scythe most sharp and glittering, was clearing mighty stretches of the field at each sweep and laying the fair flowers in withering heaps. He advanced with huge strides of leagues at once, leaving desolation behind him, and I understood that the mower's name was Death!

As I looked I was afraid for my house, and my children, for my kinsfolk and acquaintance, and for myself also—for the mower drew nearer and nearer—and as he came onward a voice was heard as of a trumpet, "Prepare to meet your God." Moreover, as I mused on I heard a rumbling in the bowels of the earth, as though the Destroyer were traversing the dark pathways which the miner has dug, and doing his fearful work among the stones of darkness which are at the roots of the mountains. I wondered with sore amazement, and behold, there came up from the mouth of the pit a thundering cloud of vapor, of smoke and fire, and dust, and rushing whirlwind, which told to wailing women that they were widows and their children fatherless! And the Angel of Death again cried in my ears, "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass."

I have come here this morning sorely afraid and much bowed down because of the mortality of man, and the certainty of death. We shall soon be gone, every one of us, to his grave. If not by such an alarming catastrophe as that which has amazed and troubled us during this week, yet by the common processes of decay. You whom I now see before me are the meadows, and death is in your midst! You are the flowers, and I hear the terrible blast, which, alas, must wither even you! I see you, but there is no joy in my eyes, for the cheek of beauty shall pale, and the eyes of youth shall grow dim, and the sinews of the strong shall fail them, and the arms of the mighty shall be powerless in the tomb!

As the autumn leaves are gone, so are our fathers! And as the floods hasten to the ocean, even so are we hastening away. An irresistible torrent hurries us to our doom! A mighty wind from the Lord sweeps us forever onward. While we thus quietly consider it, the great mystery is being enacted—a thousand graves are being dug and a thousand corpses are being laid in new-made sepulchers! At this moment hundreds are wading into the cold, chill stream of Jordan—passing into the disembodied state to hear the judgment of the Great King.

As I thought upon this matter, and desired to hear God's speech therein, I saw a precipice whose frowning steep overhung a sea of fire. Leading up to its brink I saw a road exceedingly broad. A road which was crowded from side to side with a thronging multitude who pressed and trod one upon another in their raging zeal to reach the summit of the crag. They went gaily on, merrily laughing, singing to sprightly music, many of them dancing, some of them pushing aside their fellows that they might reach sooner than was imperative upon them the end of which they knew so little. As I looked at that end which none of them could see, I saw a waterfall of souls falling in ceaseless, headlong stream into depths unutterably profound!

As the crowd came on, rank by rank, to the edge of this precipice, they fell, they leaped over, or were dashed from the treacherous crag and descended amid cries and shrieks surpassing all imagination into a lake of fire where they were submerged with an everlasting baptism—overwhelmed with destruction from the presence of the Lord! I thought I heard their groans and moans, their shrieks and sighs as they first caught sight of the terrible abyss and would have shrunk back from it but were quite unable, for the time to pause was past.

Even now I see before my eyes that terrific Niagara of souls descending by thousands every hour into the gulf unknown. This is the broad road of which we had heard so often, where multitudes delight to walk. "Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are they that go in it." Sure and terrible is the doom of everyone who treads there. Oh that men would forsake it at once and forever! Alas! Alas! Are not the great mass of our fellow citizens beneath the scepter of our Queen traveling on this broad road? Even if we could conceive that all who attend the places of worship were in the narrow way that leads to eternal life—if we could be charitable enough to believe that—yet look at the multitude of outsiders!

Look at this city, with far more than a million for whom the sound of the church-going bell is meaningless! They know not God, neither regard Him! To them the name of Christ is but a word to curse or to ridicule! They are going, my Brethren, men of the same country as yourselves, men of the same race and tribe, speaking our own language—they are going downward to destruction! Among them your own children! Perhaps your wives, your husbands, your sons, your daughters, your parents—going in that motley crew, onward, swiftly onward, towards their dreadful end! My God will cast them away! Their end will be destruction! They will be driven from the Presence of the Lord forever!

Let these two thoughts, my Brethren, burn in your souls until all coldness and indifference are consumed. Men die, and their souls are lost! Men die and their bodies are laid in the grave, but their souls descend into Hell! Scarcely were the first death a thing to be mourned over, if it were not for the second! It might be superfluous to shed so much as a single tear for all the men that died if we knew that they rested in the arms of Jesus and were forever blessed. But this is the sting of death, its bitterness, its wormwood and its gall—that sinners are condemned by Justice, and driven by Vengeance from the Presence of Mercy into the place where hope can never follow them! Christian Brothers and Sisters, hear this voice of God and be afraid!

Over and above all this, there came upon me a horror of great darkness as I perceived something even more terrible than this! You will say to me, "How can it possibly be more terrible?" In certain aspects it seemed so to me. Hear it and judge. What if it is true that within the last twelve months the Church of the living God has scarcely made the slightest approach to an advance? What if this is true as respects a far longer period? Let the first sad fact rise before us with its proof. For the last twelve months no apparent increase has been made to the number of professed disciples of the Lord Jesus.

Do you ask me for the proofs? I can prove it, alas, too surely. Our own body, the Baptist denomination, is, upon the whole, and all things considered, in as sound and healthy a state as any Christian community now existing. I am persuaded that in some respects it is more sound and more healthy. But do you know what will have been the increase during the twelve months of the entire denomination in England, Scotland, and Ireland, so far as we can ascertain it? Well, with the exception of London and the county of Glamorgan, in Wales, there will be no increase worthy of the name. In many parts of Wales, where we are strongest, there will be a positive decrease, and I think, in fifteen counties of England, we shall have lost numbers instead of making any advance!

And when the whole are put together, the good with the bad, and this London of ours, wherein God has greatly blessed us of late, is counted with the rest, our entire increase for all the Churches with all their ministers will not make up four thousand souls. It is true that our statistics are not very accurate, but if they were more accurate I believe the result would be more unfavorable. This is the more fearful to me to contemplate, because the increase of the denomination, which, by God's Grace, we might naturally look for merely from the increase of population, should have been very much more than this.

If other Christian Churches have not increased more, and I am persuaded that most of them have increased less, far less than we have, then I am correct in saying that positively the Church of God in Great Britain and Ireland, instead of making any real advance, has, in proportion to the increase of population, absolutely gone back! And I believe it would be accurate and truthful, and could be borne out by statistics, that if at this day there were taken a census of the number of persons who commune at the Lord's Table, it would be found to be smaller instead of larger than the number at the corresponding period of last year.

As for abroad, what have our missions done? Brethren, if there were but one soul we ought to rejoice, but the result of missions has been of late so terribly little as to call for great searching of heart. Is it not a fact that there are missionaries of ten years' standing who have never had a convert? Is it not also a sad fact that the number of members in all our native Churches is probably less now than it was twelve months ago? Where is the nation that has been born in a day in this year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six? Where are the kings that have bowed down before King Jesus? Where are the nations that have called Him "Blessed"?

Is there so much as one little tribe, however insignificant, that has owned Christ during the past year? Not one, not one! There has been no visible advance! The armies of the living God have rather suffered a repulse than gained a victory, and instead of the morning coming and the light arising, and the sun advancing to a noonday height, it seems as though at the best he stood still, if the light did not even retrograde. Surely there is a voice from God here, and as I hear it I am afraid.

Meanwhile, what kind of an age has this been in which we have lived? Is it so impassive and thoughtless that progress is impossible? Are we living in one of those dark ages in which mind is rocked to sleep and the soul is stupefied? Has this last year been one in which the sleepiness of the human intellect has prevented our presenting the Truth of God to the sons of men? I think not! I believe, Brethren, that this year has been one of the most wakeful in the annals of human history! At this moment London is like the city of which the Prophet said, "It is full of stirs." There are political stirs in which the Christian minister finds no theme for sorrow, for when men's minds are but awake for anything there is then an opportunity for the propagation of the Truth of God.

Truth dreads nothing so much as a sleepy audience! Give her but minds on the wing, and she will train them to the skies. This has been a year in which both upon politics and religion the human mind has been active, and had the Christian Churches been filled with the Spirit, and therefore zealous and faithful, I cannot comprehend that she would, at the close of the year, have had to cry, "Who has believed our report?" We have indulged the fancy that we have had a general revival, and that our churches are in a healthy state, but is it so? Let our non-success answer the question! In the meantime, while truth slumbers, the legions of evil spirits cease not their mischievous endeavors.

How swiftly have the locusts of priest-craft ascended from the smoke of the bottomless pit and covered the land! While we are compelled to fear that evangelical Truth has made no advance, we cannot say this of ritualism, for its progress has been perfectly astounding! Though a Prophet should have told us that this Anglican Popery would have made so great an advance in so short a time, we would have said, "Impossible! England is soundly Protestant! She will never bear to have incense smoking under her nose, and to see the millinery of the Church of Rome flaunted before her face!"

But she has borne it, and she likes it well. Despite much that has been said concerning Puseyism being non-English, we are inclined to question the statement. Where are the greatest crowds in the Establishment? Are they not at the feet of these priests of Baal? Do not rank and fashion gather most readily in those places where their senses are delighted while their souls are deluded? Yes, through the means of our Popish establishment there has been an onward rush of error which is perfectly appalling! Watchman, when they ask you, "What of the night?" can you say, "the morning comes"?

You that love the Savior, will you open your ears to catch the meaning of all these things? Men dying! Men perishing! The Church slumbering and error covering the land—does not God say something in all this? Do you not hear out of this thick darkness the voice saying, "O My people, I have somewhat against you"? Did I not hear the Lord saying, "They shall perish, but their blood will I require at the watchman's hands?" I saw the Church of God folding her hands, given to slumber, saying, "I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing."

And all the while she was suffering multitudes to perish for lack of knowledge, leaving the banner of Truth to be moth-eaten, or to be trailed in the mire, and permitting the friends of error to ride roughshod over all the land! As I saw her thus I said within my heart, Surely the Lord will chasten such a people as this! And I feared that He would send judgments upon His Church, and perhaps take away her candlestick out of the place, and give the light unto another people that might serve Him more faithfully!

Then I felt as Habakkuk did. I heard the voice of the Lord, and I was afraid. I was afraid for my fellow men, thinking of the multitudes of them that had already gone beyond recall to the land of darkness and to the regions of doom, and for the millions hastening to the same end! I was afraid for the Christian Church, lest it should have a name to live and be dead, lest the Lord should give up the Church in Britain as He did His Church in Shiloh, of which He said, "Go you now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel."

I feared lest He might do for the Church in Britain as He has to the church in Rome—given it over to become an antichrist, and an abomination before the eyes of God and men! I was afraid, with exceedingly great fear, for my fellow ministers, for I feared that all this people could not have perished without their being guilty of some of their blood! How could all this ignorance have remained in this land if the preachers had been faithful? I fear that the blood of souls will be required at the hands of many a minister. What do I see? A gathering of ministers. And what is this I see upon their garments? I see blood on them!

I see blood sprinkled on gray heads, and alas, I see blood upon the brows of young men who have but lately entered into the work—blood upon them all! Here do I much fear for myself, lest I, also, addressing this multitude so constantly, should have much blood upon my clothes because of my many responsibilities! O God! It is enough to make us afraid! Why look, my Brethren, when God's servants were truly active, as the first twelve were, did the cause stand still? Did they win here and there a soul, and have now and then a conversion? Did the cause of Christ go back like an army put to the rout? On the contrary, did they not as soon as ever they received the Truth of God use it like a fire-brand to set the nations on a blaze?

They met with persecutions which do not stand in our way. They were assaulted by threats of death which we have not to brave, and yet nothing could stand against their indomitable zeal! The Omnipotence of the Holy Spirit rested on them and they went on conquering and to conquer! And what are we? Oh we are cold and dead where they were full of fire and life! We are the degenerate sons of glorious fathers. Do you think the Church could have had it said that she remained a year without increase if there were not blame somewhere? You may remind me of Divine sovereignty, if you will, but I remember that Divine sovereignty always acts with wisdom and with love, and that the Lord has not said to us, "Labor in vain." If we had labored, and if all the Christian Church had labored as they should have labored, I believe the promise would have been proved, "Your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

II. When one is thus bowed down with the voice of God, the most natural prompting of the regenerate soul is to pray. So we turn to the second part of the text which has in it AN APPROPRIATE PRAYER. I wish I had power this morning to make you feel the weight of what I have already brought before you! I know I have not put it in such language as I should have chosen, but it seems to me to be perfectly dreadful that there should be this constant dying, this constant ruin, this constant spread of error—and no progress in the Church. I am sure when I heard it, if a messenger had told me that I was a beggar, that I had lost everything on earth, I would have been more pleased with such an announcement than to know that God's Church had not increased in the space of twelve months.

It seems to me to be a thing to mourn over, a thing to make us go to God with a humble heart and to feel as if one had been sorely chastened by the Most High. For the Lord knows some of us have worked with all our might, and we hope it is not pride when we say the blame does not rest with us, and yet the question must go to us all. We must deal faithfully with ourselves and not be flattered. We would honestly enquire, How much of this lies at my door? How much of this burden of God ought I to bear today?

Certainly enough to lead us to such prayer as that before us! Habakkuk, being bowed down, first turns himself to God. His first word is, "O Lord." To the Most High we must carry both our own and our Church's troubles. Habakkuk turns not to another Prophet to ask of him, "My Brother, what shall we do?" He turns to the Master, "O Lord, what will You do?" It will be well for us to confer with one another as to the causes of defeat and the means for securing success, but all conference with flesh and blood is idle unless it be preceded by solemn conferences with God. For God's Church, God is needed! For God's work, God's own arm must be made bare!

Is it not delightful to notice how heavy trials drive us to God when we might not have gone to Him otherwise? The little child, when walking abroad, runs before his father. But if he meets some strange man of whom he is afraid, he runs back and takes his father's hand—so should it be with us. If God had prospered all our Churches, and everything had gone on as we had desired, we might, perhaps, have grown self-confident, and have said, "O Lord, You have given us power in ourselves."

But now that we see the contrary, let us run back to closer fellowship and nearer communion with our God than ever! And taking hold upon the arm of His strength, let us stir Him up by our continued and fervent prayers. Notice next that the prayer of Habakkuk is about God's Church. He knew that there were dark days coming over Palestine, but he does not pray about that land in particular. "O Lord," he said, "revive Your work." Certain would-be prophets tell us that many wonders will occur in 1866 and 1867, though I notice a propensity to postpone the whole business to 1877. Is this postponement intended that there may be ten years longer in which to sell their books?

But whatever is to come—whether the Turkish empire is to be destroyed, or Louis Napoleon is to annex Germany or whether Rome is to be swallowed up by an earthquake—it does not seem, to me, to matter so much as the turn of a button! The great thing to a Christian is not the fate of earthly empires, but the state of the heavenly kingdom. As to what is to become of this principality or that empire—what have you and I to do with these things? We are the servants of a spiritual King whose kingdom is not of this world! Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth, and break each other as they will—our business is with King Jesus and His throne!

It is delightful to see the Prophet rising beyond the narrow range of the Jew, getting out of nationalities and praying, "O Lord, revive Your work." That is the one ship we care for in the storm, that one vessel in which Jesus Christ is riding at the helm, the Captain of salvation, and the Lord High Admiral of the seas. Let the nations mix in dire confusion as they will, God rules over all and brings out His Church in triumph from all the strife of earth. The one anxiety of our souls should be the blood-stained banner of the Cross! Will it wave high? Will King Jesus get to Himself the crown, for we have neither will nor wish beyond that.

So, Christian men, if you have heard God's voice in the great judgments that are abroad, let those judgments lead you to pray, "Lord, remember Your Church—Your Church in England, Your Church in America, Your Church in France, Your Church in Germany, Your Church anywhere, Your Church everywhere. O God, look upon Your elect ones! Let the separate ones, scattered through all nations, receive of Your benediction! As for all else, in Providence, we leave it to Your will, for You know what is best."

Observe next that the Prophet uses a word which is singularly discriminative: "O Lord, revive Your work." He does not say, "Lord, prosper my work." How often do I go to God in concern about the work that is going on in this Tabernacle! I am thankful for all the blessing we have seen, and I grow increasingly anxious lest the Lord should withdraw His hand. But when one looks abroad upon the world, and upon all the Lord's people in different denominations, one cannot pray, "Lord, prosper my work!" At least, one can pray that, but then cover that over with another—"O Lord, revive YOUR work."

For what about my work? Well, as far as it is mine it is very faulty. And what about the work of the Baptists? Well, there is doubtless much that is wrong about it. And what about the work of the Methodists, and the work of the Congregationalists, and so on? May God prosper them according as they walk in His Truth! But the way to come to the core of our prayer is to cry, "O Lord, revive Your work! Whatever is of You, whatever is Your Truth, whatever is Your Spirit's work in the hearts of men, whatever is genuine conversion and vital godliness—Lord, revive it!"

Cannot you, dear Friends, in the presence of death which we have been speaking of, and in the presence of judgment, and in the presence of the fact that the Christian Church has not been increased these twelve months, shake off all the bitterness of everything that has to do with self, or with party, and now pray, "Lord, revive Your work, and if Your work happens to be more in one branch of the Church than in another, Lord, give that the most reviving! Give us all the blessing, but let Your own purposes be accomplished, and Your own glory come of it and we shall be well content, though we should be forgotten and unknown. 'O Lord, revive Your work.' "

Note that the particular blessing he asks for is a revival of God's work, by which we mean, in our time, that there should be a revival of the old Gospel preaching. We must have it back! It comes to this—our ministers must return to the same Gospel which John Bunyan and George Whitfield preached. We cannot get on with philosophical gospels—we must bring together all these new geological gospels and neological gospels, and semi-Pelagian gospels, and do with them as the people of Ephesus did with the books—we must burn them, and let Paul preach again to us! We can do without modern learning, but we cannot do without the ancient Gospel! We can do without oratory and eloquence, but we cannot do without Christ Crucified! Lord, revive Your work by giving us the old-fashioned Gospel back again in our pulpits!

It is to be lamented that there are so many who are considered not to be bad preachers who scarcely ever mention Christ's name, and are very loose concerning atonement by His precious blood. You will hear people say they have gone to such-and-such a Chapel, and whatever the sermon might have been about it certainly was not about the Gospel. Oh may that cease to be the case! May our pulpits ring with the name of Jesus! May Christ be lifted up and His precious blood be the daily theme of the ministry! Oh that thousands might be brought to put their trust in the Lamb slain, and to find salvation by faith in Him whom God has appointed to be the Savior of men!

This, however, would not bring back a revival unless there came with it a revival of the Gospel spirit. If you read the story of the Reformation, or the later story of the new Reformation under Whitfield and Wesley, you are struck with the singular spirit that went with the preachers. The world said they were mad! The caricaturists drew them as being fanatical beyond all endurance. But there it was, their zeal was their power! Of course the world scoffed at that of which it was afraid. The world fears enthusiasm—the sacred enthusiasm which love to Christ kindles—the enthusiasm which is kindled by the thought of the ruin of men and by the desire to pluck the firebrands from the flame! The world fears the enthusiasm which believes in the Holy Spirit, which believes that God is still present with His Church to do wonders! This is what the world dreads, and what the Church wants. Pray for it! Pray to be baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire! O Lord, send forth Your unconquerable Spirit! O God, revive Your work!

You perceive that the Prophet desires this gift at once. He does not say, "at the end of the years," but "in the midst of the years." His prayer is for a present and immediate revival of genuine religion. Let it be ours, not from the teeth outward but from the heart outward to pray for revival! Let us long for it with heart and soul and strength, and God will give it to us! Once more note that the prayer of Habakkuk is a very intelligent one, for he indicates the means by which he expects to have it fulfilled—in the midst of the years make known. It is by making known the Gospel that men are saved, not by mere thumping of the pulpit and stamping of the feet, but by telling out something which the understanding may grasp and the memory may retain.

To publish the doctrine of a reconciled God! To tell men that the Lord has laid Hell upon Jesus by punishing Him instead of us! To proclaim that there is life in a look at the Crucified One! To tell them that the Holy Spirit creates men new creatures in Christ Jesus! To give a full and comprehensive view of the Doctrines of Grace—these are some of the surest ways, under God, of promoting a revival of religion! I cannot talk to you but I think I could pray to God, and I hope many of you will do so today. O God, send us a revival! This will purge the blood of souls from our garments— nothing else will! This will roll back the tides of error—nothing else can! This will give to the Christian Church triumph of an unusual kind! This will cover the earth with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the deep—nothing else can or will!

Gracious God, revive Your work!

III. And now we close with A POTENT ARGUMENT. He uses the argument of mercy—"in wrath remember mercy." If God were to say to the Churches in England, "I will have nothing to do with you. You have been so idle, so worldly, so purse-proud, so prayerless, so quarrelsome, so inconsistent that I will never bless you again." If God were to say that, the churches of God in England might remain as astounding monuments of the justice of God towards the people who forsake His ways.

Sorrowfully, not wishing to be an accuser of the Brethren, it does seem to me that considering the responsibilities which were laid upon us, and the means which God has given us, the Church generally, (there are blessed exceptions!), has done so little for Christ that if "Ichabod" were written right across its brow, and it were banished from God's House, it would have its just deserts. We cannot, therefore, appeal to merit—it must be to mercy. O God, have mercy upon Your poor Church, and visit her and revive her. She has but a little strength. She has desired to keep Your Word. Oh, refresh her! Restore to her Your power, and give her yet to be great in this land.

Mercy is also wanted for the land itself. This is a wicked nation, this England. Its wickedness belongs not to one class only, but to all classes. Sin runs down our streets. We have a fringe of elegant morality, but behind it we have a mass of rottenness. There is not only the immorality of the streets at night, but look at the dishonesty of business men in high places! Cheating and thieving upon the grandest scale are winked at. Little thieves are punished, and great thieves are untouched! This is a wicked city, this city of London, and the land is full of drunkenness, and the land is full of fornication, and the land is full of theft, and the land is full of all manner of Popish idolatry!

I am not the proper prophet to take up this burden, and to utter a wailing. My temperament is not that of Jeremiah, and therefore am I not well-called to such a mission. But I may at least, with Habakkuk, having heard the Lord's speech concerning it, be afraid and exhort you to pray for this land, and be asking that God would revive His work in order that this drunkenness may be given up. That this dishonesty may be purged out. That this great social evil may be cut out from the body politic as a deadly cancer is cut out by the surgeon's knife.

God, for mercy's sake, cast not off this island of the seas! Give her not up to internal distraction! Leave her not in darkness and blackness forever, but "revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy." While I have been addressing Christians, my object has been to bless the ungodly, too, and I do trust that some here who are not converted will enquire, "What, then, is God's voice to me?" May you be led to seek salvation, and remember you shall find it—for whoever trusts Christ shall be saved!

If there is a man, woman, or child among you who will now humble himself under the hand of God and look to the crucified Savior, you shall not perish! Neither shall the wrath of God abide upon you, but you shall be found of Him in peace in the day of His appearing. God accept this humble weak testimony for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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China’s English Language Environment

Jeffrey Gil

Chinese students and teachers often say that the major challenge they face in acquiring English is that “China does not have a good English language environment” (zhong guo de ying yu huan jing bu tai hao) by which they mean there are insufficient opportunities to use English in real life situations and a lack of exposure to authentic English language material. Based on a review of the use of English in China and the author’s own experiences living and teaching there, this paper will show that China’s English language environment is actually much richer than is commonly believed. It argues that the two main issues which need to be addressed are raising awareness of the amount and type of English language material and opportunities to use the language available and developing ways for students and teachers to use such material and opportunities, both in and outside of the classroom.

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Having transcended childhood TV infamy to become a breakout model of her generation, Kendall Jenner was picked to adorn the September 2016 issue of Vogue magazine.

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Welcoming the latest addition to their growing brood, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have welcomed their third son!

The Transformers beauty gave birth to Journey River Green on August 4th, according to E! News, with the bundle of joy joining siblings Noah, 3, and Bodhi, 2.

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Never one to divulge too much about her personal life, Kristen Stewart made a surprise move when she confirmed she’s in a relationship with Alicia Cargile in her cover story for the August 2016 issue of ELLE UK magazine.

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Showing up for a week-ending talk show appearance, Bethenny Frankel was spotted leaving the NBC Studios in New York City on Friday evening (March 23).

The reality TV mogul looked stunning in a structured black cocktail dress with bronze platform heels as she strolled out to an awaiting ride after her interview on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

As for her talk with Fallon, Miss Frankel opened up about her reality show, "Bethenny Ever After," and her commitment to being as real as possible when the cameras are around, saying, "When I signed up to do reality television years ago, I made a commitment, if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it and it's going to be honest."

Adding that her life, too, has it's ups and downs, Bethenny continued, "whether it was having my baby or wearing the dress and, you know, women saying, 'Oh my God, you got the fairy tale.' My life is amazing, but no one's life is really a fairy tale and I want to be honest about it. So I've kind of gone full monty on the show."

Aside from her Skinnygirl empire and current reality show, the 41 year-old entrepreneur is also getting ready to release her first fiction novel, Skinnydipping, which is set to hit shelves May 1st.

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Monica Seles (Serbian: Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; Hungarian: Szeles Mónika (pronounced /sɛlɛʃ/) was born in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day, Serbia) to ethnic Hungarian parents.

Seles began playing tennis at the age of six, coached by her father, Károly Szeles. Her nickname was "Mala Mo" or "Little Mo".[citation needed] She won her first tournament at the age of nine, despite not fully understanding the scoring system of the game and having only a vague idea of whether she was leading or trailing her opponents during matches.[citation needed] In 1985 at the age of 11, she won the Orange Bowl tournament in Miami, Florida, and caught the attention of tennis coach Nick Bollettieri. In 1986, the Seles family moved from SFR Yugoslavia to the United States, and Seles enrolled in the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, where she trained for two years. In her early years, a famous[citation needed] singer Đorđe Balašević helped her by building a tennis court in his backyard where she could practice. She attended Sonja Marinkovic elementary school in Grbavica, Novi Sad.

Seles played her first professional tournament in 1988 at the age of 14. The following year, she joined the professional tour full-time and won her first career title at Houston in May 1989, where she beat Chris Evert in the final. A month later, Seles reached the semifinals in her first Grand Slam singles tournament at the French Open, where she lost to World No. 1 Steffi Graf, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 . Seles finished her first year on the tour ranked World No. 6.

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First and foremost, I would like to thank JR for inviting me to become a member of the Celtics Life Team! After reading JR's post about whether you would rather have a "dirty" Kevin Garnett or a crying Chris Bosh on your team, I decided to put together some video footage comparing the two players.

The video compiles clips and images of KG, who is often criticized for his overly passionate and sometimes dirty play, and a crying and flopping Chris Bosh, who probably sheds as many tears on the court as KG does sweat drops. Note: the video contains music with adult language.

Enjoy, and feel free to let me know if you have any other ideas for funny videos. And if you missed my last video creation, feel free to check out LeBrick House, which is a tribute to LeBron's 4th quarter shortcomings to the tune "Brick House."

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  1. tb727 says:

    Great video DH. I bet there could easily be a similar one of Bosh flopping and pouting for Gasol.

    Welcome aboard.

  2. Reean says:

    Wow Great Job DH!

    Nice 1st Post :D

  3. QD says:

    Great vid, but I had to mute the song... couldn't stop laughing.

  4. Tim says:

    haha this vid made my day, put this in your next one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k588ZsHs9Ds&NR=1&feature=fvwp

  5. DH says:

    Thanks guys!

    QD - the song is from the movie Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. It's hilarious. I used it to imply that KG's manhood is bigger than Bosh's. Haha.

    Tim, great clip! If I make another video about Bosh I'll def use it. I forgot to add the one of Rondo posterizing Bosh as well.

    Since my videos have dissed Lebron and Bosh, it might be time for a Wade video. Or Kobe. I need to think of some good concepts!

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    Haha.. Forgot to add the part when he moves out the way so a 6' 1 Rondo could dunk on him

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Strong passwords as defined by CompTIA objectives

Strong passwords as defined by CompTIA objectives

CompTIA takes strong passwords so seriously that you find them in the objectives of the three main leading CompTIA certification tracks:

A+ 220-902: 3.2  Compare and contrast common prevention methods.

A+ 220-802: 2.1 Apply and use common prevention methods, and 2.3 Implement security best practices to secure a workstation.

Security+ SY0-401: 5.3 Install and configure security controls when performing account management, based on best practices.

Network+ N10-006: 3.3 Given a scenario, implement network hardening techniques

There are good reasons for this as your password is the main means that you can verify and access your online accounts including your banking! The problem is that a great many people have very weak passwords. Examples of weak passwords? 123456 and password1 are actually the most used passwords out there. As a result there has been a steady increase in the number of accounts that have been breached and user account data stolen. If a hacker was to get his hands on your username, and you have a weak password, it will only be a matter of time before they are in your account.

We are constantly reminded that thousands of accounts are stolen be it at Home Depot, Target or even the IRS where over 100,000 accounts were recently breached.

So clearly it makes a lot of sense for CompTIA to make sure that anyone with the A+ Certification credential is well versed in this potential threat to system security.

Under A+ 220-801 exam-objective 2.1 it shows up under: “User authentication/strong passwords” and under exam-objective 2.1 it shows up under “Setting strong passwords”. Under either of those you are likely to get a question relating to strong passwords. When we say “strong password” we are not formulating an opinion but addressing a definition as per the A+ exam (and Network+ & Security+). That definition is one that also happens to be widely accepted in the industry. So how are these “strong passwords” defined?

Here are the elements:

A minimum of 8 characters

No more than 15 characters (because if a password is too long then it will put may 1) have to be copied in too many places just to be available when needed and that’s a security issue in and by itself, and 2 it may result in too high a burden on support by users forgetting them).

Include at least one capitalized letter

Include at least one lower case letter

Include at least one number

Include at least one special character such as @ # % ^ or any other of those

Do NOT use the following anything that can easily be identified or associated to you:

  • Your name or the name of anyone close to you
  • Yours or any other license plate number
  • Any of the above spelled backwards or with either a leading or a trailing number
  • Any dictionary words

The challenge, of course, is to find a strong password that is also easily remembered. There are few mnemonic methods that can assist in achieving this. Use the first address you remember living at “House on 1061 Baker Road. Rent was $600 monthly.” You then turn that into a password by using the first digits of each word which would make your password: Ho1061br.Rw$6m

This is a strong password as it has 14 characters (more than 8 but no more than 15). It has upper case. Lower case letters, a number and a special character (the period) and you have a good shot at remembering it. The address is not the only way to go you could apply variations on this method to say your favorite sports team and the first or last ticket price and come up with strong passwords you actually will be able to remember. If you have a hard time coming up with anything on your own then you can use resources such as Diceware.

Although very important, strong passwords are just one of a great many items required on the A+ exam. As you can see in the exam objectives document it comes with 44 pages of lists of objectives you could get a question on. If you need a better idea of what the exam is like practice tests can come in handy. CertBlaster offers a practice test software for A+ Practice test bundle of both the A+ 220-801 (Hardware) and A+ 220-802 (Software) that include over a 1,040 practice questions of which 2 – 3 are strong password questions so there is a lot more to discover in there.

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Stop Motion Stage Intern – Fall 2013

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Company: Laika
Location: Portland (United States)
Start Date: immediately

Job Description

LAIKA/house, located in Portland, Oregon, is an eclectic team of passionate artists focused on crafting memorable content across all mediums of animation (CG, 2D and Stop Motion), live action and visual effects. Acclaimed visual storytellers, we collaborate with global advertising agencies to spark life into branded characters and enrich creative concepts across tangible and digital realities. If you’ve watched prime-time TV or spent any time online in the past 30 years, you’ve experienced our work with clients including Apple, Coca-Cola, ESPN, M&M’S, Kellogg’s, Honda, Planters and Frito Lay.

General Summary

LAIKA/house’s Stop Motion Stage Intern will gain valuable hands-on production experience and training by working 40 hours a week with our skilled professionals, who are renowned for their stop-motion animation expertise. The Stop Motion Stage Intern will work with artists who prep/program motion control rigs, light sets and assist camera.

Essential Job Functions

Work closely with the Director and DP to establish lighting for stop motion sets and puppets.
Under the supervision of the DP, prep motion control rigs and align equipment for animation. Program camera moves using the Kuper System.
Assist DP with camera setups. Launch and publish shots using stage capture systems.
Set up and shoot assets for still photography.
Prep stages for live action shoots.
Wrap, clean, and organize equipment on stages and grip area.
Communicate effectively with art department and production teams.
General maintenance on equipment.
Adhere to rigorous safety standards.
Actively safeguard LAIKA/house’s Proprietary and Confidential Information.

Completed Junior year or has graduated within the last two years with a Bachelor’s degree in Animation or Filmmaking.
Good sense of color, with an eye for perspective, composition and lighting.
Extensive knowledge of digital camera equipment and technology.
Working knowledge of Dragonframe and Kuper.
Experience working on-set with shoot crews.
Able to work both collaboratively and independently.
Open to taking direction and able to embrace change.
Exhibit a strong attention to detail, communication skills, a great attitude, and work ethic.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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All laundry detergent leverages social media in mobile ad campaign

All laundry detergent’s most recent ad campaign, called “Summer Play,” encourages consumers to turn their mobile devices into a movie-making machine, thanks to Magisto’s cloud-based smart technology.

“We know moms depend on All laundry detergent to get out tough kid stains, now we’re connecting with moms in a new way through their mobile devices and Magisto,” said Lora Van Velsor, VP marketing, Sun Products. “We’re combining the power of new technology and creative storytelling to help mom celebrate kids being kids, which is what all is all about.”

The Magisto campaign enables parents to document, preserve and share their kids’ summertime moments in videos set to custom-themed music, and to select imagery to inspire sharing across multiple social platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. According to Magisto, more than 40 million people are currently engaged in its user base.

As the official detergent of Little League Baseball, All’s first phase of the “Summer Play” promotion, which launched in June, encouraged parents to capture the dirtiest moments from Little League games across the country. The July promotion phase expanded to all summer sports and in August the campaign is encouraging participants to submit video that captures the very best memories from summer 2014. By entering videos into the campaign, parents can win prizes such as a trip to the Little League Baseball World Series.

“Magisto is proud to be engaged in this campaign with an iconic American brand like all. The melding of our technology and the all brand’s customer base of families who want to capture special moments is a great combination,” said Reid Genauer, chief marketing officer, Magisto. “A sponsored theme provides a platform for families to connect with all, create branded stories about the people and moments that matter most to them, and share their videos with a qualified and trusted audience.”

Thus far the campaign has created 305,527 all branded “Summer Play” movies and garnered 1,208,544 movie views. The project is on target to hit 600,000 movies by the end of the summer.

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Costco takes designer wedding gowns down South

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Costco announced that it is bringing its Kirstie Kelly wedding gowns to the South during limited-time trunk shows at select locations.

According to the company, the Kirstie Kelly Signature collection offers gorgeous wedding gowns starting at 40% off retail. Brides who visit the trunk show are treated to a complete salon experience with a charming, carpeted lounge and fitting room complete with full length, three-way mirrors and expert bridal consultants from Kirstie Kelly's bridal team to help brides find their perfect wedding gown.

"When we started the Kirstie Kelly Signature program with Costco, it was important to me that brides did not have to compromise the salon experience in their search for the perfect gown," said Kirstie Kelly, designer of the Kirstie Kelly Signature collection. "The jewel-box salons within Costco offer brides a personalized experience where they will find the splendor of finding the perfect wedding gown, but at an affordable price. I am so excited to share this opportunity with the beautiful Southern Belles."

Throughout the month of September, the Kirstie Kelly Signature line of wedding gowns will be available exclusively at the following Costco locations:

  •  Jacksonville, Fla.: September 1-4 (4901 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32246)

  • Brentwood, Tenn.: September 8-11 (98 Seaboard Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027)

  • Cumberland, Ga.: September 15-18 (2900 Cumberland Mall, Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30339)

  • Matthews, N.C.: September 22-25 (2125 Matthews Township PK, Matthews, NC 28105)

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Channel 4 explores Small Space Revolution

Channel 4 has commissioned brand new series George Clarke's Small Space Revolution (w/t) which will see the architect celebrate the extraordinary world of small design spaces.

Across Britain there is a small space revolution under way. From sheds to campervans and even shipping containers, people are finding inventive ways of creating beautiful spaces in the most unlikely places.

George Clarke sets out to create his own small hideaway, a secret escape for his family that doesn't come with the expense of a second home. This series follows George as he searches for, restores and designs his tiny getaway - that British design classic, the caravan.

Throughout the series, George will visit six small builds across the UK and look at other completed micro spaces to get inspiration for his own project. The programme will show how to squeeze rooms into spaces you never thought possible and demonstrate how you don't have to blow the budget to get an amazing second home.

Packed full of inspirational design ideas and some of the characters behind them, this series explains how finding just an extra few square feet can open up a world of possibilities and completely change your life in the process.

George Clarke's Small Space Revolution (w/t) was commissioned by Features Commissioning Editor Kate Teckman and is a Plum Pictures production, executive produced by Will Daws. The 6X60 series will air on Channel 4 later this year.

Kate Teckman said: "This series couldn't be more timely and shows that people can have big dreams and ambitions for the smallest of spaces. We can all still aspire to a having our own private getaway - it may just be a bit rusty and come on wheels. I defy anyone not to log onto Ebay in search for a caravan after they've watched the programme."

Will Daws said: "The spaces that people are building with may be small but, as George is discovering, their dreams and their plans are anything but."

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  • Release: Oct 25, 2011
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The Goal of Trials

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross. —Hebrews 12:2

The goal of trials is to look to Jesus. This happens when you are shut off from all here below so that only God knows.

As long as you envisage external vindication below, it is your hint that you are not ready yet. Are you like that young man who just wanted to be vindicated before his father, and when his father died, he had nothing else to live for? God is a jealous God, and He wants you to enjoy Him, alone.

Sometimes I say to my wife, "Let's go out for a meal. Let's go to a restaurant."

"Fine," she says.

Then I ask, "Whom shall we take with us?"

"Don't you just want to be with me?" she asks.

That is what God is saying, and Jesus responded in getting His joy from the Father alone.

If this is your pattern, I will tell you what it will mean. It will mean that your best and closest friends may not understand. It was a trial for Jesus that He could not explain to the disciples all that He was up to. Yet His joy was internal, and when you begin to react to criticism and praise in much the same way, you are beginning to get free. When you begin to react to criticism and praise without taking either seriously, that signifies that you are passing the tests as Jesus did. The goal of trials is contentment with the glory that comes from God only.

A friend, Jon Bush, asked me once in connection with this, "Is it that ambition takes us so far and the glory of the Lord the rest of the way?" I agreed with him.

The goal is reached when our ambition dissolves and all we want is for Him to say, "Good. Well done."

Excerpted from Meekness and Majesty (Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1992, 2000).

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Obama’s Visit: What Is the Real Purpose?

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) and U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

When Barack Obama became president of the United States in 2008, his first foreign trip was to Cairo, Egypt where he proclaimed the wonders of Islam and its glorious history and religious tolerance, and related his own close personal heritage with Islam. He was there, he said, to start a new chapter between Islam and America.

But, alas, his olive branch to Islam has not been reciprocated. In fact, since his visit to the Middle East, the Islamic countries of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia have discarded their secular dictators in exchange for Islamic governments and jihadist militias.

According to Israeli pundits, Obama in his 2009 trip to Cairo reflected a worldview that focused on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as the core issue causing the violence and turbulence in the entire Middle East. Obama felt that he needed closure to the Palestinian issue in order to forge a strong anti-Iran Arab coalition. “Israel was perceived as a secondary ally, at best, and a burden at worst.”

Furthermore, as part of his display of placation toward the Islamic world—in the belief that addressing this part of the world would be a catalyst for a process of democratization—he turned a cold shoulder to Israel.

So the purpose of this upcoming trip to Israel is seen optimistically by some—a reformed Obama, who this time is making his first foreign trip of his new term to Israel.

“The answer is simple,” says Israel’s media. “Obama decided to visit Israel to fix what he spoiled during his first term in office, primarily during the first half of his term. He recognizes his rookie mistakes, typical of someone with a disproportionate sense of self-confidence. Now as a more seasoned statesman, he has come to understand the world and has perhaps adopted a more humble approach.”

Israelis hope that “today he is well aware his policy was an utter failure; that his policy of appeasement radicalized Islamic and Arab fanaticism and its hate for the U.S. and the West. He knows that turning his back on Israel exacerbated Arab and Palestinian extremism.” (Israel Hayom, 2013)

Iran Tops the Agenda
Others think Obama is coming to again pressure Israel, but on another front—Iran.

According to Obama’s officials, Iran will be at the top of the list for discussion. Israel’s Army Radio reported that the president was coming to Israel in order to personally tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a clear manner not to order an independent Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

According to these officials, the urgency of the trip is because in Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations in September, he had flagged the spring of 2013 as a significant time in the context of the Iranian nuclear threat.

And the latest news is Netanyahu has intel revealing that with new Iranian centrifuges, Iran is shortening by one-third the time it will take to make enough uranium for nuclear weapons. Besides, the West is now deeply concerned that Iran and North Korea are in cahoots as they develop not only nuclear weapons, but the missiles to fly them anywhere.

There is no doubt that D-Day is nearing. Even this week in our suburb of Tel Aviv, the authorities have twice checked out the sirens that would announce incoming destruction of some kind.

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Babysitter Dilemma

Recently, I was on a Mom Talk Radio Roundtable.  There were three of us on the call, with only seven minutes to chat, about the topic of finding a babysitter AND the challenges presented if the babysitter was a family member.  Needless to say, there was only time for me to share my worries and […]

Seeking Simplification

I just quit my job. Today. The one I have had for three years. I must be nuts, but I resigned to start my consulting business.  Doing so enables me to be home with my 12 week old son. Admirable from a Mommy point of view, but it comes with another set of life challenges. […]

Best New Mama Gift

When I had my son a few months ago, I made the decision to give nursing a try.  Those early days turned out to be really hard, primarily because of the sheer time consumption.  I often found myself segregated in the nursery, hungry and thirsty, and frankly, it was not fun. What would have made it […]

Scrub A Dub (Without the Tub)

Between drool, spit-up, eye gunk, dog licks, poop, pee, kisses and general grime, your baby probably gets pretty dirty!  Yet, if you are like me, you don’t necessarily give your baby a bath everyday. Now you can feel guilt free, and have your baby squeaky clean, with these Baby Silk Gentle All Over Clean cleansing […]

Nursing Trinket

Seeing that my chest was scratched by the little bitty nails of my nursing son, I needed to find something that could keep his wandering fingers occupied during our breastfeeding sessions.  So I recently picked up the Mooma Nursing Necklace at Magic Beans. Created by a Magic Beans staffer, the Mooma Nursing Necklace just slips right […]

Rising Temperatures

I dread the day my son gets sick, but when that day comes, I am so glad I have the Safety 1st Complete Family Thermometer.  I got this Thermometer as a token for participating in a focus group.  I have already tried it and think it is so nifty that I had to spread the […]

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Ditch the Socks

I cannot believe the holidays are over, but it was super fun having a new baby to introduce to family and friends.  I got to dress my son in outfits, rather than sleepsacks, and have people fuss over him (and me) during the various festivities.  Not a bad deal. Yet, having a son usually does […]

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My Real Baby Registry Wish List

There are ten baby items I wish I had known I would need before I had my baby.  Many of my picks are not found in the big chain baby registry stores, which is why I never came across them for my baby registry.  But since my baby has been born, these are products that […]

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I am only three months into being a first time Mom.  I am trying to shed the pregnancy weight, figure out if I will get sleep again in this lifetime, and still gape at someone who asks how I am settling in as a Mom.  Despite it all, I am already thinking of baby number […]

Baby Thank You Notes

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The association will honor its adult students who received their General Educational Development (GED) and WorkKeys certificates in the past year.

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