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3 c. instant rice, cooked according to package directions
6 slices bacon
4 eggs
1/8 t. pepper
3 T. canola oil
1 T. ground ginger
8 green onions, chopped
4 T. soy sauce
Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp in a wok (or large frying pan). Drain bacon. Keep 1 T. drippings in the wok. Cook green onion in the drippings for 1 minute. In a small bowl mix eggs and pepper–add to wok and cook over medium heat until set. Set aside cooked eggs on a plate and cut into thin strips.
In wok, add 3 T. canola oil and ginger. Cook 1 minute and add cooked rice and soy sauce. Stir until hot all the way through. Add egg strips and gently mix together. Serves 6-8
Grocery list:
minute rice
6 slices bacon
ground ginger
8 green onions
soy sauce
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Bodhi Linux 1.2.1 and other Updates
If you already installed Bodhi 1.2.0 (or an earlier release) and your system is working fine (odds are it is, this issue was only affecting some users) there is no reason to install this new release. It is simply a bug fix release so the ISO image has the updated kernel by default.
You can find the new ISO image in high speed torrent download here or via direct download here.
Speaking of the nVidia driver - we know that jockey-gtk did not play nicely with Bodhi because we do not force kernel updates as Ubuntu does. Because of this we developed our own GUI tool that automates the installation of the current nVidia driver. You can find that here.
I would also like to publicly announce that our new browser based "App Center" is ready for use. While it may not look terribly different from the software page we had been using for the past several months, this new "App Center" has been written from scratch and no longer utilizes Doku Wiki. Currently the most notable new features are an RSS feed for new applications added and an "instant" search box.
We plan to add more features to the App Center in the future including user accounts that will integrate with our forums. While having an account on the App Center will be optional, it will eventually allow users to rate/comment on applications and most importantly it will allow them to save "App Sets" so that if they install Bodhi on another computer (or reinstall on the same one) they can easily re-download all their software with a single click.
~Jeff Hoogland
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- AnonymousOctober 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Thanks for the fix!ReplyDelete
I know you may not like closed source stuff, but the best virtual client for me happens to be VmWare and I was wondering if you could do a screencast on how to install the .pl file in it's Tool folder so I could fully use your distro, thank you!
Building kernel modules should be as simple as:ReplyDelete
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
Then installing as normal.
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 4:00 AM
You can run .pl file by doing.ReplyDelete
chmod +x your_pl_file
Hey Jeff,ReplyDelete
Thought you should know there are problems with the Bodhi Linux site. The forums appear to be gone and other links are not working as well. I assume this must be a server issue.
I'm using Bodhi 1.2 and am downloading the 1.2.1 update, but not sure if that means a reinstall of the OS or not to fix the issues it addresses.
I type this as I am barely awake this morning. Have a great day! :)
Waiting on DNS updates - http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/2686-notice-websitesforums-server-migration/ReplyDelete
Thanks, Jeff.ReplyDelete
Is it necessary to reinstall the system to get the update? Is there an update application available like Ubuntu or Mint has?
I am really liking Bodhi, but E17 is new to me.
Bodhi Linux is semi rolling-release. Meaning you only have to reinstall for our major release (never a point update). Please see here for information on updating your Bodhi install.ReplyDelete
All went well with the update. Thanks, Jeff!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2011 at 12:14 AM
I am not able to subscribe to rss feed of app center. While I managed to subscribe to your blog feed.ReplyDelete
What could be wrong.
Using Opera 11.5
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Was a stray white space in the rss feed code. Fixed now,ReplyDelete
tried 1.20 but couldn't get K9copy and wine to work. Shame because Bohdi is fast and beautiful.ReplyDelete
You should drop a post on our forums Tom. I personally use Wine and K9copy on Bodhi so I know they work :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Is there a way to install fglrx driver with the kernel 3 used in bodhi ?ReplyDelete
ATI does not provide a functional driver for the 3.x series kernel.ReplyDelete
If you want ATI closed source drivers you will need to install the 2.6.35 kernel from our official repositories.
One issue that I have had with Bodhi 1.2 is that the Places gadget no longer works. I upgraded from 1.1 to 1.2 and then it stopped working. Did a fresh install of 1.2 on another machine and same problem. Adding the gadget just shows a box (the move/resize one) on the desktop but it can't be seen or used afterwards. Is there any fix? I'd appreciate any help.ReplyDelete
Check our user forums, the placed gadget is currently broken in the E SVN. This means it will not work with a current E revision until the code is corrected.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 7:56 AM
After visiting 'DistroWatch' and perusing your sites I am quite awe struck by the meteoric rise of your distro... It is exquisite...ReplyDelete
Worse, I am leaving my beloved 'Slackware' (4yrs of marital bliss) tonight to 'shack up' with 'Bodhi'...
John (email@example.com)
Let me know what you think John :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 6:19 AM
Well, Bodhi seems to be what an operating system should be - aesthetically pleasing, responsive and stable. I alternate between Bodhi and Slackware as I compile most of the packages I use using the latter.
I think it likely Bodhi will gain further ground as the "Unity" malcontents decamp to other Ubuntu forks.
If you made it even easier i.e produced specific versions of Bodhi for different users: e.g. one tailored for artists and graphic designers, another for developers and programmers etc. With a .bod package to enable said functionality... Then you would certainly outflank rival forks!
Keep up the good work!
John (email@example.com)


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Using skylights rather than windows in the extrended area has freed up wall space while offering plenty of light.
You moved the kitchen to a different position…
The front of the house didn't seem the right place for it and, as we were able to renovate the whole house before we moved in, it was the perfect opportunity to make major changes to the layout. We thought about knocking a wall down to make it bigger, but after a lot of thought we decided to create a new kitchen at the back of the house extending an L-shaped living/dining room to create a larger, all-purpose space.
Was the build straightforward?
Yes. We used an architect to help us come up with a design for the extension with a pitched roof over the kitchen area. An external wall was knocked down and propped until a huge steel support beam was put in, allowing us to create one large room. This area was then sealed off while the extension walls were built. We installed a full-length window and double doors onto the garden, so we could enjoy the view and move easily between indoors and out.
The kitchen is now a relaxing space
I love baking so wanted two ovens, a large work surface and lots of storage space to hide the cookware. We didn't want it to look utilitarian or cluttered so we decided to have all the appliances in one section and open shelves instead of wall units. A friend of ours, a cabinetmaker, put in the carcasses and we chose matt white doors so we can change the wall colour in the future. The quartz worktop was cut and polished on site.
How long did it take?
The building work started the day after Evie's birthday in March and we had the floor down just in time for Thomas's birthday two months later. We held his party in the empty space – it felt like a village hall! It then took a further two months to fit the kitchen units and finish decorating.
The color scheme is lovely and light and bright
As an artist I often paint pictures to work with a specific colour scheme. Two of my paintings were the starting point for the blue and white theme in the kitchen area and then I added purple accent colours to identify the living and dining areas. I wanted a white background so I could create interest with accessories, which can be changed easily when we're ready for a different look.
Above: Family photos in different size frames create an eye-catching gallery. Right: Toys are stored in an old wood chest, which doubles as a coffee table.
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It's the Stupid Republicans, Stupid
Progressives shouldn't be shy about mobilizing voters around singe-issue passions.
Susan J. Douglas
I have a love/hate relationship with Rolling Stone, which isn't surprising given that I never was, and certainly am not now, part of the magazine's desired demographic. On the one hand, nearly every woman who appears on the cover must be dressed like a stripper in the final stages of her act. By contrast, Jon Stewart, Steven Tyler and other men on the cover actually wear clothes. On the other hand, how could we have gotten through the final years of the Bush administration, not to mention the financial crisis, without the indispensible Matt Taibbi, or the political reporting of Tim Dickinson? In its in-depth articles about the environment, the war in Afghanistan, the Fox News echo chamber, and, of course, electoral politics, Rolling Stone publishes some of the liveliest and most outraged exposés in America.
Dickinson's article "The GOP's Crackpot Agenda" should be required reading for everyone. Unlike some of the overly circumspect – one might say timorous – coverage of the House Republicans and presidential aspirants, whose completely outrageous positions are reported with a straight face, Dickinson tells it like it is. What is their agenda? "Promote Dirty Jobs; Trash the Environment; Unleash Wall Street; Destroy the Safety Net; Wreck the Economy; Wage Endless War; Cut Taxes on the Rich; Attack Abortion Rights; and Bash Immigrants." He left out one crucial item: "Wage War on Gays and Lesbians."
Let's focus first on the word "crackpot." Various commentators have resorted to the word "sideshow" to characterize the truly bizarre parade of serial Republican front-runners who brandish their ignorance like Olympic medals and promote the most extremist, numbskull policies to be heard in years. But it was Elayne Rapping who really nailed it: In the age of reality TV, when the Jersey Shore cast unabashedly goes looking for the Vatican in Florence, the Kardashians stage a highly profitable charade of a wedding and stupidity, meanness and dissimulation are a centerpiece of entertainment; it's how you get and sustain attention these days. If it works for the "Real Housewives" of wherever, why not for presidential aspirants? As Rapping noted, "Mistakes of fact, and ignorance of even the boldest headline news issues, have been displayed throughout, in many cases even creating short term bumps in their poll numbers."
Yes, it was entertaining to watch Herman Cain wonder what or where Libya is and Rick Perry give a speech in which he appeared to have mainlined a cocktail of roofies and Robitussin. But the carnivalesque nature of the Republican debates and campaign can numb us to how dangerous these candidates are.
So the Dickinson piece, with its bold-faced laying out of issue after issue, got me thinking. In the past, Republicans have successfully used single-issue passions – homophobia, opposition to abortion, creationism – to mobilize particular voters in crucial districts. Maybe it's time for progressives to do the same. Take any single issue you care about the most – the environment, gay rights, income inequality, reproductive freedom, judicial appointments, healthcare. Things will get worse under a Republican president and Congress. Of course, most of us care about all these issues. But to avoid the so-called "enthusiasm gap" of 2010 that brought us this crowd of obstructionist Neanderthals, activists and progressive PACs need to target people's hot-button issues much more aggressively, especially given the titanic amount of money that will get poured into Republican coffers courtesy of the Citizens United decision.
There are plenty of voters disappointed by or indifferent to President Obama. But these same people may have strong feelings about the dangers of global warming (which Mitt Romney no longer knows the cause of), have a desperate need to preserve Social Security, have gay friends or relatives whose rights they are sick of seeing trampled, and so on. And they will vote on these issues if galvanized.
Even President Obama seems to be getting it. Despite the staggering number of people still out of work, this election year's mantra should not be, "It's the economy, stupid," but, "It's the Republican Congress, stupid." Reports suggest that's how Obama will campaign, which would be an overdue change. In the meantime, let's tack Dickinson's article up on our walls and strategize how to use single issues to keep fanatical bums out of office.
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i have a bit of wanderlust. and grew up in a small town with railroad tracks cutting through it. this combination has instilled in me a romance for trains. they are always on the move, traveling from town to town or even within a city. i've ridden several trains & enjoyed each one for various reasons. there's an excitement while holding on to a train ticket for the first time. it's possibility, to see & experience something new. it's hope for an adventure... then it's comfort, knowing you're headed home. this card is inspired by railway travel.
this card can be customized! simply hole punch, color in, or stamp the day & month of the birthday.
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The Shootools AutoPan is a clever product from Shootools that adds a motorized second axis to any linear slider (or crane). A simple device that has it's own built in rechargeable battery and can quickly be setup and programmed to repeat keyframe positions.
My video only shows the basic use of the Shootools AutoPan, as their Wireless App is not yet available. Once it becomes available you'll be able to remotely control and configure the AutoPan and perform more advanced Timelapse movements. There is even a Table Top that can be added on the AutoPan transforming it into a Motorized Rotating Product Table.
Now as I have mentioned in my video, there is noise when the AutoPan is tracking. So for audio sensitive projects like 'sit down interviews' this is probably not ideal. But for certain types of projects focused mainly on imagery such as Products, Food, Car Shows, Weddings details, Real Estate, Architecture, and Music Videos, I can really see the Shootools AutoPan adding a lot of benefit simplifying tracking and that unique parallax effect. These types of moves on a slider certainly add a bit more production value to your final project.
You can get additional information about the Shootools AutoPan over at their website https://Shootools.com (here).
The AutoPan is also available at B&H Photo (below).
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"So consider the crocodiles, sharks and snakes, the small and the squirmy, the smelly, slimy and scaly. Consider the fanged and the hairy, the ugly and the cute alike. The more we degrade this astonishing diversity of evolved life and all its interactions on our only home, the more we expose ourselves to the ravages of a universe that is inherently hostile to life."
excerpt from 'Biowealth: all creatures great and small' The Curious Country (C.J.A. Bradshaw 2013).
I've spent the last few days on the east coast with my science partner-in-crime, Barry Brook, and one of our newest research associates (Marta Rodrigues-Rey Gomez). We first flew into Sydney at sparrow's on Monday, then drove a hire car down to The 'Gong to follow up on some Australian megafauna databasing & writing with Bert Roberts & Zenobia Jacobs. On Tuesday morning we then flitted over to Canberra where we had the opportunity to attend the official launch of a new book that Barry and I had co-authored.
The book, The Curious Country, is an interesting experiment in science communication and teaching dreamed up by Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb. Realising that the average Aussie has quite a few questions about 'how stuff works', but has little idea how to answer those questions, Ian engaged former Quantum star and science editor, Leigh Dayton, to put together a short, punchy, topical and easily understood book about why science is good for the country.
Yes, intuitive for most of you out there reading this, but science appreciation isn't always as high as it should be amongst the so-called 'general public'. Ian thought this might be one way to get more people engaged.
When honoured with the request to write an interesting chapter on biodiversity for the book, I naturally accepted. It turns out Barry was asked to do one on energy provision at the same time (but we didn't know we had both been asked at the time). Our former lab head, Professor David Bowman, was also asked to write a chapter about fire risk, so it was like a mini-reunion yesterday for the three of us.
I entitled my chapter "Biowealth – all creatures great and small", which is in direct reference to a concept I've proposed before that "… without biodiversity we are poor. With it we are 'biorich'." Often called 'biodiversity', 'natural capital' or that most horrible and impenetrable of terms, 'ecosystem services', I think a much better term to describe how we absolutely depend on all life for our own survival, prosperity and well-being is 'biowealth'.
It was an interesting ceremony held in the Great Hall of University House on the Australian National University campus. First, Ian Chubb talked about the book's genesis and need, then Leigh Dayton explained how it all came together and why it was so important. We also heard from two Liberal (current Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry Bob Baldwin, and former Leader of the Opposition Dr. Brendan Nelson) and one Labor politician (Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten), which is interesting in its own right considering the Liberal government currently in power has no dedicated Science Minister. That major gripe aside, it was largely a non-partisan celebration of why science is essential for humanity (not just Australians).
Another great thing about the book is that it's absolutely free and available online in PDF form (apparently hard copies do cost something though). You can access the full book here, or specific sections here depending on your interest. I'd be keen to hear about your impressions of the book and my chapter in particular. Also, perhaps you know someone who might benefit from reading such a book?


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Two months had passed since 9/11, and at the highest levels of government, officials were worrying about a second wave of attacks. CIA Director George Tenet was briefing Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in the White House Situation Room on the agency's latest concern: intelligence reports suggesting that Osama bin Laden and his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had met with a radical Pakistani nuclear scientist around a campfire in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Absorbing the possibility that al-Qaeda was trying to acquire a nuclear weapon, Cheney remarked that America had to deal with a new type of threat...
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Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlē´tō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2006–), b. Trenton, N.J., grad. Princeton (A.B., 1972), Yale Law School (J.D., 1975). In 1977 he became an assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey, and he subsequently served in the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush administrations as assistant to the U.S. solicitor general (1981–85), deputy assistant U.S. attorney general (1985–87), and U.S. attorney for New Jersey (1987–90). He was appointed in 1990 to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, where his opinions were solidly but thoughtfully conservative and generally respectful of precedent. Alito was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 by President George W. Bush.
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1 Kings Chapter 18 - King James Version of The Holy Bible
We left the prophet Elijah wrapt up in obscurity. It does not appear that either the increase of the provision or the raising of the child had caused him to be taken notice of at Zarephath, for then Ahab would have discovered him; he would rather do good than be known to do it. But in this chapter his appearance was as public as before his retirement was close; the days appointed for his concealment (which was part of the judgment upon Israel) being finished, he is not commanded to show himself to Ahab, and to expect rain upon the earth (v. 1). Pursuant to this order we have here, I. His interview with Obadiah, one of Ahab's servants, by whom he sends notice to Ahab of his coming (v. 2–16). II. His interview with Ahab himself (v. 17–20). III. His interview with all Israel upon Mount Carmel, in order to a public trial of titles between the Lord and Baal; a most distinguished solemnity it was, in which, 1. Baal and his prophets were confounded. 2. God and Elijah were honoured (v. 21–39). IV. The execution he did upon the prophets of Baal (v. 40). V. The return of the mercy of rain, at the word of Elijah (v. 41–46). It is a chapter in which are many things very observable.
Verses 1-16
In these verses we find,
I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:—
1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (v. 4), slew them, v. 13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one. Even in those bad times, when the calves were worshipped and the temple at Jerusalem deserted, yet there were some good people that feared God and served him, and some good prophets that instructed them in the knowledge of him and assisted them in their devotions. The priests and the Levites had all gone to Judah and Jerusalem (2 Chr. 11:13, 14), but, instead of them, God raised up these prophets, who read and expounded the law in private meetings, or in the families that retained their integrity, for we read not of any synagogues at this time; they had not the spirit of prophecy as Elijah, nor did they offer sacrifice, or burn incense, but taught people to live well, and keep close to the God of Israel. These Jezebel aimed to extirpate, and put many of them to death, which was as much a public calamity as a public iniquity, and threatened the utter ruin of religion's poor remains in Israel. Those few that escaped the sword were forced to abscond, and hide themselves in caves, where they were buried alive and cut off, though not from life, yet from usefulness, which is the end and comfort of life; and, when the prophets were persecuted and driven into corners, no doubt their friends, those few good people that were in the land, were treated in like manner. Yet, bad as things were,
(1.) There was one very good man, who was a great man at court, Obadiah, who answered his name—a servant of the Lord, one who feared God and was faithful to him, and yet was steward of the household to Ahab. Observe his character: He feared the Lord greatly (v. 3), was not only a good man, but zealously and eminently good; his great place put a lustre upon his goodness, and gave him great opportunities of doing good; and he feared the Lord from his youth (v. 12), he began betimes to be religious and had continued long. Note, Early piety, it is to be hoped, will be eminent piety; those that are good betimes are likely to be very good; he that feared God from his youth came to fear him greatly. He that will thrive must rise betimes. But it is strange to find such an eminently good man governor of Ahab's house, an office of great honour, power, and trust. [1.] It was strange that so wicked a man as Ahab would prefer him to it and continue him in it; certainly it was because he was a man of celebrated honesty, industry, and ingenuity, and one in whom he could repose a confidence, whose eyes he could trust as much as his own, as appears here, v. 5. Joseph and Daniel were preferred because there were none so fit as they for the places they were preferred to. Note, Those who profess religion should study to recommend themselves to the esteem even of those that are without by their integrity, fidelity, and application to business. [2.] It was strange that so good a man as Obadiah would accept of preferment in a court so addicted to idolatry and all manner of wickedness. We may be sure it was not made necessary to qualify him for preferment that he should be of the king's religion, that he should conform to the statues of Omri, or the law of the house of Ahab. Obadiah would not have accepted the place if he could not have had it without bowing the knee to Baal, nor was Ahab so impolitic as to exclude those from offices that were fit to serve him, merely because they would not join with him in his devotions. That man that is true to his God will be faithful to his prince. Obadiah therefore could with a good conscience enjoy the place, and therefore would not decline it, nor give it up, though he foresaw he could not do the good he desired to do in it. Those that fear God need not go out of the world, bad as it is. [3.] It was strange that either he did not reform Ahab or Ahab corrupt him; but it seems they were both fixed; he that was filthy would be filthy still, and he that was holy would be holy still. Those fear God greatly that keep up the fear of him in bad times and places; thus Obadiah did. God has his remnant among all sorts, high and low; there were saints in Nero's household, and in Ahab's.
(2.) This great good man used his power for the protection of God's prophets. He hid 100 of them in two caves, when the persecution was hot, and fed them with bread and water, v. 4. He did not think it enough to fear God himself, but, having wealth and power wherewith to do it, he thought himself obliged to assist and countenance others that feared God; nor did he think his being kind to them would excuse him from being good himself, but he did both, he both feared God greatly himself and patronised those that feared him likewise. See how wonderfully God raises up friends for his ministers and people, for their shelter in difficult times, even where one would least expect them. Bread and water were now scarce commodities, yet Obadiah will find a competence of both for God's prophets, to keep them alive for service hereafter, though now they were laid aside.
2. When Jezebel cut off God's prophets God cut off the necessary provisions by the extremity of the drought. Perhaps Jezebel persecuted God's prophets under pretence that they were the cause of the judgment, because Elijah had foretold it. Christianos ad leones—Away with Christians to the lions. But God made them know the contrary, for the famine continued till Baal's prophets were sacrificed, and so great a scarcity of water there was that the king himself and Obadiah went in person throughout the land to seek for grass for the cattle, v. 5, 6. Providence ordered it so, that Ahab might, with his own eyes, see how bad the consequences of this judgment were, that so he might be the better inclined to hearken to Elijah, who would direct him into the only way to put an end to it. Ahab's care was not to lose all the beasts, many being already lost; but he took no care about his soul, not to lose that; he took a deal of pains to seek grass, but none to seek the favour of God, fencing against the effect, but not enquiring how to remove the cause. The land of Judah lay close to the land of Israel, yet we find no complaint there of the want of rain; for Judah yet ruled with God, and was faithful with the saints and prophets (Hos. 11:12), by which distinction Israel might plainly have seen the ground of God's controversy, when God caused it to rain upon one city and not upon another (Amos 4:7, 8); but they blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, and would not see.
II. The steps taken towards redressing the grievance, by Elijah's appearing again upon the stage, to act as a Tishbite, a converter or reformer of Israel, for so (some think) that title of his signifies. Turn them again to the Lord God of hosts, from whom they have revolted, and all will be well quickly; this must be Elijah's doing. See Lu. 1:16, 17.
1. Ahab had made diligent search for him (v. 10), had offered rewards to any one that would discover him, sent spies into every tribe and lordship of his own dominions, as some understand it, or, as others, into all the neighbouring nations and kingdoms that were in alliance with him; and, when they denied that they knew any thing of him, he would not believe them unless they swore it, and, as should seem, promised likewise upon oath that, if ever they found him among them, they would discover him and deliver him up. It should seem, he made this diligent search for him, not so much that he might punish him for what he had done in denouncing the judgment as that he might oblige him to undo it again, by recalling the sentence, because he had said it should be according to his word, having such an opinion of him as men foolishly conceive of witches (that, if they can but compel them to bless that which they have bewitched, it will be well again), or such as the king of Moab had of Balaam. I incline to this because we find, when they came together, Elijah, knowing what Ahab wanted him for, appointed him to meet him on Mount Carmel, and Ahab complied with the appointment, though Elijah took such a way to revoke the sentence and bless the land as perhaps he little thought of.
2. God, at length, ordered Elijah to present himself to Ahab, because the time had now come when he would send rain upon the earth (v. 1), or rather upon the land. Above two years he had lain hid with the widow at Zarephath, after he had been concealed one year by the brook Cherith; so that the third year of his sojourning there, here spoken of (v. 1), was the fourth of the famine, which lasted in all three years and six months, as we find, Lu. 4:25; James 5:17. Such was Elijah's zeal, no doubt, against the idolatry of Baal, and such his compassion to his people, that he thought it long to be thus confined to a corner; yet he appeared not till God bade him: "Go and show thyself to Ahab, for now thy hour has come, even the time to favour Israel.'' Note, It bodes well to any people when God calls his ministers out of their corners, and bids them show themselves—a sign that he will give rain on the earth; at least we may the better be content with the bread of affliction while our eyes see our teachers, Isa. 30:20, 21.
3. Elijah first surrendered, or rather discovered, himself to Obadiah. He knew, by the Spirit, where to meet him, and we are here told what passed between them.
(1.) Obadiah saluted him with great respect, fell on his face, and humbly asked, Art thou that my lord Elijah? v. 7. As he had shown the tenderness of a father to the sons of the prophets, so he showed the reverence of a son to this father of the prophets; and by this made it appear that he did indeed fear God greatly, that he did honour to one that was his extraordinary ambassador and had a great interest in heaven.
(2.) Elijah, in answer to him, [1.] Transfers the title of honour he gave him to Ahab: "Call him thy lord, not me;'' that is a fitter title for a prince than for a prophet, who seeks not honour from men. Prophets should be called seers, and shepherds, and watchmen, and ministers, rather than lords, as those that mind duty more than dominion. [2.] He bids Obadiah go and tell the king that he is there to speak with him: Tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is forth-coming, v. 8. He would have the king know before, that it might not be a surprise to him and that he might be sure it was the prophet's own act to present himself to him.
(3.) Obadiah begs to be excused from carrying this message to Ahab, for it might prove as much as his life was worth. [1.] He tells Elijah what great search Ahab had made for him and how much his heart was upon it to find him out, v. 10. [2.] He takes it for granted that Elijah would again withdraw (v. 12): The Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee (as it is likely he had done sometimes, when Ahab thought he had been sure of him) whither I know not. See 2 Ki. 2:16. He thought Elijah was not in good earnest when he bade him tell Ahab where he was, but intended only to expose the impotency of his malice; for he knew Ahab was not worthy to receive any kindness from the prophet and it was not fit that the prophet should receive any mischief from him. [3.] He is sure Ahab would be so enraged at the disappointment that he would put him to death for making a fool of him, or for not laying hands on Elijah himself, when he had him in his reach, v. 12. Tyrants and persecutors, in their passion, are often unreasonably outrageous, even towards their friends and confidants. [4.] He pleads that he did not deserve to be thus exposed, and put in peril of his life: What have I said amiss? v. 9. Nay (v. 13), Was it not told my lord how I hid the prophets? He mentions this, not in pride or ostentation, but to convince Elijah that though he was Ahab's servant he was not in his interest, and therefore deserved not to be bantered as one of the tools of his persecution. He that had protected so many prophets, he hoped, should not have his own life hazarded by so great a prophet.
(4.) Elijah satisfied him that he might with safety deliver this message to Ahab, by assuring him, with an oath, that he would, this very day, present himself to Ahab, v. 15. Let but Obadiah know that he spoke seriously and really intended it, and he will make no scruple to carry the message to Ahab. Elijah swears by the Lord of hosts, who has all power in his hands, and is therefore able to protect his servants against all the powers of hell and earth.
(5.) Notice is hereby soon brought to Ahab that Elijah had sent him a challenge to meet him immediately at such a place, and Ahab accepts the challenge: He went to meet Elijah, v. 16. We may suppose it was a great surprise to Ahab to hear that Elijah, whom he had so long sought and not found, was now found without seeking. He went in quest of grass, and found him from whose word, at God's mouth, he must expect rain. Yet his guilty conscience gave him little reason to hope for it, but, rather, to fear some other more dreadful judgment. Had he, by his spies, surprised Elijah, he would have triumphed over him; but, now that he was thus surprised by him, we may suppose he even trembled to look him in the face, hated him, and yet feared him, as Herod did John.
Verses 17-20
We have here the meeting between Ahab and Elijah, as bad a king as ever the world was plagued with and as good a prophet as ever the church was blessed with. 1. Ahab, like himself, basely accused Elijah. He durst not strike him, remembering that Jeroboam's hand withered when it was stretched out against a prophet, but gave him bad language, which was no less an affront to him that sent him. It was a very coarse compliment with which he accosted him at the first word: Art thou he that troubleth Israel? v. 17. How unlike was this to that with which his servant Obadiah saluted him (v. 7): Art thou that my lord Elijah? Obadiah feared God greatly; Ahab had sold himself to work wickedness; and both discovered their character by the manner of their address to the prophet. One may guess how people stand affected to God by observing how they stand affected to his people and ministers. Elijah now came to bring blessings to Israel, tidings of the return of the rain; yet he was thus affronted. Had it been true that he was the troubler of Israel, Ahab, as king, would have been bound to animadvert upon him. There are those who trouble Israel by their wickedness, whom the conservators of the public peace are concerned to enquire after. But it was utterly false concerning Elijah; so far was he from being an enemy to Israel's welfare that he as the stay of it, the chariots and horsemen of Israel. Note, It has been the lot of the best and most useful men to be called and counted the troublers of the land, and to be run down as public grievances. Even Christ and his apostles were thus misrepresented, Acts 17:6. 2. Elijah, like himself, boldly returned the charge upon the king, and proved it upon him, that he was the troubler of Israel, v. 18. Elijah is not the Achan: "I have not troubled Israel, have neither done them any wrong nor designed them any hurt.'' Those that procure God's judgments do the mischief, not he that merely foretels them and gives warning of them, that the nation may repent and prevent them. I would have healed Israel, but they would not be healed. Ahab is the Achan, the troubler, who follows Baalim, those accursed things. Nothing creates more trouble to a land than the impiety and profaneness of princes and their families. 3. As one having authority immediately from the King of kings, he ordered a convention of the states to be forthwith summoned to meet at Mount Carmel, where there had been an altar built to God, v. 30. Probably on that mountain they had an eminent high place, where formerly the pure worship of God had been kept up as well as it could be any where but at Jerusalem. Thither all Israel must come, to give Elijah the meeting; and the prophets of Baal who were dispersed all the country over, with those of the groves who were Jezebel's domestic chaplains, must there make their personal appearance. 4. Ahab issued out writs accordingly, for the convening of this great assembly (v. 20), either because he feared Elijah and durst not oppose him (Saul stood in awe of Samuel more than of God), or because he hoped Elijah would bless the land, and speak the word that they might have rain, and upon those terms they would be all at his beck. Those that slighted and hated his counsels would gladly be beholden to him for his prayers. Now God made those who said they were Jews and were not, but were of the synagogue of Satan, to come, and, in effect, to worship at his feet, and to know that God had loved him, Rev. 3:9.
Verses 21-40
Ahab and the people expected that Elijah would, in this solemn assembly, bless the land, and pray for rain; but he had other work to do first. The people must be brought to repent and reform, and then they may look for the removal of the judgment, but not till then. This is the right method. God will first prepare our heart, and then cause his ear to hear, will first turn us to him, and then turn to us, Ps. 10:17; 80:3. Deserters must not look for God's favour till they return to their allegiance. Elijah might have looked for rain seventy times seven times, and not have seen it, if he had not thus begun his work at the right end. Three years and a half's famine would not bring them back to God. Elijah would endeavour to convince their judgments, and no doubt it was by special warrant and direction from heaven that he put the controversy between God and Baal upon a public trial. It was great condescension in God that he would suffer so plain a case to be disputed, and would permit Baal to be a competitor with him; but thus God would have every mouth to be stopped and all flesh to become silent before him. God's cause is so incontestably just that it needs not fear to have the evidences of its equity searched into and weighed.
I. Elijah reproved the people for mixing the worship of God and the worship of Baal together. Not only some Israelites worshipped God and others Baal, but the same Israelites sometimes worshipped one and sometimes the other. This he calls (v. 21) halting between two opinions, or thoughts. They worshipped God to please the prophets, but worshipped Baal to please Jezebel and curry favour at court. They thought to trim the matter, and play on both sides, as the Samaritans, 2 Ki. 17:33. Now Elijah shows them the absurdity of this. He does not insist upon their relation to Jehovah—"Is he not yours, and the God of your fathers, while Baal is the god of the Sidonians? And will a nation change their god?'' Jer. 2:11. No, he waives the prescription, and enters upon the merits of the cause:—"There can be but one God, but one infinite and but one supreme: there needs but one God, one omnipotent, one all-sufficient. What occasion for addition to that which is perfect? Now if, upon trial, it appears that Baal is that one infinite omnipotent Being, that one supreme Lord and all-sufficient benefactor, you ought to renounce Jehovah and cleave to Baal only: but, if Jehovah be that one God, Baal is a cheat, and you must have no more to do with him.'' Note, 1. It is a very bad thing to halt between God and Baal. "In reconcilable differences (says bishop Hall) nothing more safe than indifferency both of practice and opinion; but, in cases of such necessary hostility as betwixt God and Baal, he that is not with God is against him.'' Compare Mk. 9:38, 39, with Mt. 21:30. The service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the dominion of our lusts, these are the two thoughts which it is dangerous halting between. Those halt between them that are unresolved under their convictions, unstable and unsteady in their purposes, promise fair, but do not perform, begin well, but do not hold on, that are inconsistent with themselves, or indifferent and lukewarm in that which is good. Their heart is divided (Hos. 10:2), whereas God will have all or none. 2. We are fairly put to our choice whom we will serve, Jos. 24:15. If we can find one that has more right to us, or will be a better master to us, than God, we may take him at our peril. God demands no more from us than he can make out a title to. To this fair proposal of the case, which Elijah here makes, the people knew not what to say: They answered him not a word. They could say nothing to justify themselves, and they would say nothing to condemn themselves, but, as people confounded, let him say what he would.
II. He proposed to bring the matter to a fair trial; and it was so much the fairer because Baal had all the external advantages on his side. The king and court were all for Baal; so was the body of the people. The managers of Baal's cause were 450 men, fat and well fed (v. 22), besides 400 more, their supporters or seconds, v. 19. The manager of God's cause was but one man, lately a poor exile, hardly kept from starving; so that God's cause has nothing to support it but its own right. However, it is put to this experiment, "Let each side prepare a sacrifice, and pray to its God, and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God; if neither shall thus answer, let the people turn Atheists; if both, let them continue to halt between two.'' Elijah, doubtless, had a special commission from God to put it to this test, otherwise he would have tempted God and affronted religion; but the case was extraordinary, and the judgment upon it would be of use, not only then, but in all ages. It is an instance of the courage of Elijah that he durst stand alone in the cause of God against such powers and numbers; and the issue encourages all God's witnesses and advocates never to fear the face of man. Elijah does not say, "The God that answers by water'' (though that was the thing the country needed), but "that answers by fire, let him be God;'' because the atonement was to be made by sacrifice, before the judgment could be removed in mercy. The God therefore that has power to pardon sin, and to signify it by consuming the sin-offering, must needs be the God that can relieve us against the calamity. He that can give fire can give rain; see Mt. 9:2, 6.
III. The people join issue with him: It is well spoken, v. 24. They allow the proposal to be fair and unexceptionable "God has often answered by fire; if Baal cannot do so, let him be cast out for a usurper.'' They were very desirous to see the experiment tried, and seemed resolved to abide by the issue, whatever it should be. Those that were firm for God doubted not but it would end to his honour; those that were indifferent were willing to be determined; and Ahab and the prophets of Baal durst not oppose for fear of the people, and hoped that either they could obtain fire from heaven (though they never had yet), and the rather because, as some think, they worshipped the sun in Baal, or that Elijah could not, because not at the temple, where God was wont thus to manifest his glory. If, in this trial, they could but bring it to a drawn battle, their other advantages would give them the victory. Let it go on therefore to a trial.
IV. The prophets of Baal try first, but in vain, with their god. They covet the precedency, not only for the honour of it, but that, if they can but in the least seem to gain their point, Elijah may not be admitted to make the trial. Elijah allows it to them (v. 25), gives them the lead for their greater confusion; only, knowing that the working of Satan is with lying wonders, he takes care to prevent a fraud: Be sure to put no fire under. Now in their experiment observe,
I. How importunate and noisy the prophets of Baal were in their applications to him. They got their sacrifices ready; and we may well imagine what a noise 450 men made, when they cried as one man, and with all their might, O Baal! hear us, O Baal! answer us; as it is in the margin: and this for some hours together, longer than Diana's worshippers made their cry, Great is Diana of the Ephesians, Acts 19:34. How senseless, how brutish, were they in their addresses to Baal! (1.) Like fools, they leaped upon the altar, as if they would themselves become sacrifices with their bullock; or thus they expressed their great earnestness of mind. They leaped up and down, or danced about the altar (so some): they hoped, by their dancing, to please their deity, as Herodias did Herod, and so to obtain their request. (2.) Like madmen they cut themselves in pieces with knives and lancets (v. 28) for vexation that they were not answered, or in a sort of prophetic fury, hoping to obtain the favour of their god by offering to him their own blood, when they could not obtain it with the blood of their bullock. God never required his worshippers thus to honour him; but the service of the devil, though in some instances it pleases and pampers the body, yet in other things it is really cruel to it, as in envy and drunkenness. It seems, this was the manner of the worshippers of Baal. God expressly forbade his worshippers to cut themselves, Deu. 14:1. He insists upon it that we mortify our lusts and corruptions; but corporeal penances and severities, such as the Papists use, which have no tendency to that, are no pleasure to him. Who has required these things at your hands?
2. How sharp Elijah was upon them, v. 27. He stood by them, and patiently heard them for so many hours praying to an idol, yet with secret indignation and disdain; and at noon, when the sun was at the hottest, and they too expecting fire (then if ever), he upbraided them with their folly; and notwithstanding the gravity of his office, and the seriousness of the work he had before him, bantered them: "Cry aloud, for he is a god, a goodly god that cannot be made to hear without all this clamour. Surely you think he is talking or meditating (as the word is) or he is pursuing some deep thoughts, (in a brown study, as we say), thinking of somewhat else and not minding his own matter, when not your credit only, but all his honour lies at stake, and his interest in Israel. His new conquest will be lost if he do not look about him quickly.'' Note, The worship of idols is a most ridiculous thing, and it is but justice to represent it so and expose it to scorn. This will, by no means, justify those who ridicule the worshippers of God in Christ because the worship is not performed just in their way. Baal's prophets were so far from being convinced and put to shame by the just reproach Elijah cast upon them that it made them the more violent and led them to act more ridiculously. A deceived heart had turned them aside, they could not deliver their souls by saying, Is there not a lie in our right hand?
3. How deaf Baal was to them. Elijah did not interrupt them, but let them go on till they were tired, and quite despaired of success, which was not till the time of the evening sacrifice, v. 29. During all that time some of them prayed, while others of them prophesied, sang hymns, perhaps to the praise of Baal, or rather encouraged those that were praying to proceed, telling them that Baal would answer them at last; but there was no answer, nor any that regarded. Idols could do neither good nor evil. The prince of the power of the air, if God has permitted him, could have caused fire to come down from heaven on this occasion, and gladly would have done it for the support of his Baal. We find that the beast which deceived the world does it. He maketh fire come down from heaven in the sight of men and so deceiveth them, Rev. 13:13, 14. But God would not suffer the devil to do it now, because the trial of his title was put on that issue by consent of parties.
V. Elijah soon obtains from his God an answer by fire. The Baalites are forced to give up their cause, and now it is Elijah's turn to produce his. Let us see if he speed better.
1. He fitted up an altar. He would not make use of theirs, which had been polluted with their prayers to Baal, but, finding the ruins of an altar there, which had formerly been used in the service of the Lord, he chose to repair that (v. 30), to intimate to them that he was not about to introduce any new religion, but to revive the faith and worship of their fathers' God, and reduce them to their first love, their first works. He could not bring them to the altar at Jerusalem unless he could unite the two kingdoms again (which, for correction to both, God designed should not now be done), therefore, by his prophetic authority, he builds an altar on Mount Carmel, and so owns that which had formerly been built there. When we cannot carry a reformation so far as we would we must do what we can, and rather comply with some corruptions than not do our utmost towards the extirpation of Baal. He repaired this altar with twelve stones, according to the number of the twelve tribes, v. 31. Though ten of the tribes had revolted to Baal, he would look upon them as belonging to God still, by virtue of the ancient covenant with their fathers: and, though those ten were unhappily divided from the other two in civil interest, yet in the worship of the God of Israel they had communion with each other, and they twelve were one. Mention is made of God's calling their father Jacob by the name of Israel, a prince with God (v. 31), to shame his degenerate seed, who worshipped a god which they saw could not hear nor answer them, and to encourage the prophet who was now to wrestle with God as Jacob did; he also shall be a prince with God. Ps. 24:6, Thy face, O Jacob! Hos. 12:4. There he spoke with us.
2. Having built his altar in the name of the Lord (v. 32), by direction from him and with an eye to him, and not for his own honour, he prepared his sacrifice, v. 33. Behold the bullock and the wood; but where is the fire? Gen. 22:7, 8. God will provide himself fire. If we, in sincerity, offer our hearts to God, he will, by his grace, kindle a holy fire in them. Elijah was no priest, nor were his attendants Levites. Carmel had neither tabernacle nor temple; it was a great way distant from the ark of the testimony and the place God had chosen; this was not the altar that sanctified the gift; yet never was any sacrifice more acceptable to God than this. The particular Levitical institutions were so often dispensed with (as in the time of the Judges, Samuel's time, and now) that one would be tempted to think they were more designed for types to be fulfilled in the evangelical anti-types than for laws to be fulfilled in the strict observance of them. Their perishing thus is the using, as the apostle speaks of them (Col. 2:22), was to intimate the utter abolition of them after a little while, Heb. 8:13.
3. He ordered abundance of water to be poured upon his altar, which he had prepared a trench for the reception of (v. 32), and, some think, made the altar hollow. Twelve barrels of water (probably sea-water, for the sea was near, and so much fresh water in this time of drought was too precious for him to be so prodigal of it), thrice four, he poured upon his sacrifice, to prevent the suspicion of any fire under (for, if there had been any, this would have put it out), and to make the expected miracle the more illustrious.
4. He then solemnly addressed himself to God by prayer before his altar, humbly beseeching him to turn to ashes his burnt-offering (as the phrase is, Ps. 20:3), and to testify his acceptance of it. His prayer was not long, for he used no vain repetitions, nor thought he should be heard for his much speaking; but it was very grave and composed, and showed his mind to be calm and sedate, and far from the heats and disorders that Baal's prophets were in, v. 36, 37. Though he was not at the place appointed, he chose the appointed time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, thereby to testify his communion with the altar at Jerusalem. Though he expected an answer by fire, yet he came near to the altar with boldness, and feared not that fire. He addressed himself to God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, acting faith on God's ancient covenant, and reminding people too (for prayer may prevail) of their relation both to God and to the patriarchs. Two things he pleads here:—(1.) The glory of God: "Lord, hear me, and answer me, that it may be known (for it is now by the most denied or forgotten) that thou art God in Israel, to whom alone the homage and devotion of Israel are due, and that I am thy servant, and do all that I have done, am doing, and shall do, as thy agent, at thy word, and not to gratify any humour or passion of my own. Thou employest me; Lord, make it appear that thou dost so;'' see Num. 16:28, 29. Elijah sought not his own glory but in subserviency to God's, and for his own necessary vindication. (2.) The edification of the people: "That they may know that thou art the Lord, and may experience thy grace, turning their heart, by this miracle, as a means, back again to thee, in order to thy return in a way of mercy to them.''
5. God immediately answered him by fire, v. 38. Elijah's God was neither talking nor pursuing, needed not to be either awakened or quickened; while he was yet speaking, the fire of the Lord fell, and not only, as at other times (Lev. 9:24; 1 Chr. 21:26; 2 Chr. 7:1) consumed the sacrifice and the wood, in token of God's acceptance of the offering, but licked up all the water in the trench, exhaling that, and drawing it up as a vapour, in order to the intended rain, which was to be the fruit of this sacrifice and prayer, more than the product of natural causes. Compare Ps. 135:7. He causeth vapours to ascend, and maketh lightnings for the rain; for this rain he did both. As for those who fall as victims to the fire of God's wrath, no water can shelter them from it, any more than briers or thorns, Isa. 27:4, 5. But this was not all; to complete the miracle, the fire consumed the stones of the altar, and the very dust, to show that it was no ordinary fire, and perhaps to intimate that, though God accepted this occasional sacrifice from this altar, yet for the future they ought to demolish all the altars on their high places, and, for their constant sacrifices, make use of that at Jerusalem only. Moses's altar and Solomon's were consecrated by the fire from heaven; but this was destroyed, because no more to be used. We may well imagine what a terror the fire struck on guilty Ahab and all the worshippers of Baal, and how they fled from it as far and as fast as they could, saying, Lest it consume us also, alluding to Num. 16:34.
VI. What was the result of this fair trial. The prophets of Baal had failed in their proof, and could give no evidence at all to make out their pretensions on behalf of their god, but were perfectly non-suited Elijah had, by the most convincing and undeniable evidence, proved his claims on behalf of the God of Israel. And now, 1. The people, as the jury, gave in their verdict upon the trial, and they are all agreed in it; the case is so plain that they need not go from the bar to consider of their verdict or consult about it: They fell on their faces, and all, as one man, said, "Jehovah, he is the God, and not Baal; we are convinced and satisfied of it: Jehovah, he is the God'' (v. 39), whence, one would think, they should have inferred, "If he be the God, he shall be our God, and we will serve him only,'' as Jos. 24:24. Some, we hope, had their hearts thus turned back, but the generality of them were convinced only, not converted, yielded to the truth of God, that he is the God, but consented not to his covenant, that he should be theirs. Blessed are those that have not seen what they saw and yet have believed and been wrought upon by it more than those that saw it. Let it for ever be looked upon as a point adjudged against all pretenders (for it was carried, upon a full hearing, against one of the most daring and threatening competitors that ever the God of Israel was affronted by) that Jehovah, he is God, God alone. 2. The prophets of Baal, as criminals, are seized, condemned, and executed, according to law, v. 40. If Jehovah be the true God, Baal is a false God, to whom these Israelites had revolted, and seduced others to the worship of him; and therefore, by the express law of God, they were to be put to death, Deu. 13:1–11. There needed no proof of the fact; all Israel were witnesses of it: and therefore Elijah (acting still by an extraordinary commission, which is not to be drawn into a precedent) orders them all to be slain immediately as the troublers of the land, and Ahab himself is so terrified, for the present, with the fire from heaven, that he dares not oppose it. These were the 450 prophets of Baal; the 400 prophets of the groves (who, some think, were Sidonians), though summoned (v. 19), yet, as it should seem, did not attend, and so escaped this execution, which fair escape perhaps Ahab and Jezebel thought themselves happy in; but it proved they were reserved to be the instruments of Ahab's destruction, some time after, by encouraging him to go up to Ramoth-Gilead, ch. 22:6.
Verses 41-46
Israel being thus far reformed that they had acknowledged the Lord to be God, and had consented to the execution of Baal's prophets, that they might not seduce them any more, though this was far short of a thorough reformation, yet it was so far accepted that God thereupon opened the bottles of heaven, and poured out blessings upon his land, that very evening (as it should seem) on which they did this good work, which should have confirmed them in their reformation; see Hag. 2:18, 19.
I. Elijah sent Ahab to eat and drink, for joy that God had now accepted his works, and that rain was coming; see Eccl. 9:7. Ahab had continued fasting all day, either religiously, it being a day of prayer, or for want of leisure, it being a day of great expectation; but now let him eat and rink for, though others perceive no sign of it, Elijah, by faith, hears the sound of abundance of rain, v. 41. God reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets; and yet, without a revelation, we may foresee that when man's judgments run down like a river God's mercy will. Rain is the river of God, Ps. 65:9.
II. He himself retired to pray (for though God had promised rain, he must ask it, Zec. 10:1), and to give thanks for God's answer by fire, now hoping for an answer by water. What he said we are not told; but, 1. He withdrew to a strange place, to the top of Carmel, which was very high and very private. Hence we read of those that hide themselves in the top of Carmel, Amos 9:3. There he would be alone. Those who are called to appear and act in public for God must yet find time to be private with him and keep up their converse with him in solitude. There he set himself, as it were, upon his watch-tower, like the prophet, Hab. 2:1. 2. He put himself into a strange posture. He cast himself down on his knees upon the earth, in token of humility, reverence, and importunity, and put his face between his knees (that is, bowed his head so low that it touched his knees), thus abasing himself in the sense of his own meanness now that God had thus honoured him.
III. He ordered his servant to bring him notice as soon as he discerned a cloud arising out of the sea, the Mediterranean Sea, which he had a large prospect of from the top of Carmel. The sailors at this day call it Cape Carmel. Six times his servant goes to the point of the hill and sees nothing, brings no good news to his master; yet Elijah continues praying, will not be diverted so far as to go and see with his own eyes, but still sends his servant to see if he can discover any hopeful cloud, while he keeps his mind close and intent in prayer, and abides by it, as one that has taken up his father Jacob's resolution, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. Note, Though the answer of our fervent and believing supplications may not come quickly, yet we must continue instant in prayer, and not faint nor desist; for at the end it shall speak and not lie.
IV. A little cloud at length appeared, no bigger than a man's hand, which presently overspread the heavens and watered the earth, v. 44, 45. Great blessings often arise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. Let us therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for great things from it. This was not as a morning cloud, which passes away (though Israel's goodness was so), but one that produced a plentiful rain (Ps. 68:9), and an earnest of more.
V. Elijah hereupon hastened Ahab home, and attended him himself. Ahab rode in his chariot, at ease and in state, v. 45. Elijah ran on foot before him. If Ahab had paid the respect to Elijah that he deserved he would have taken him into his chariot, as the eunuch did Philip, that he might honour him before the elders of Israel, and confer with him further about the reformation of the kingdom. But his corruptions got the better of his convictions, and he was glad to get clear of him, as Felix of Paul, when he dismissed him, and adjourned his conference with him to a more convenient season. But, since Ahab invites him not to ride with him, he will run before him (v. 46) as one of his footmen, that he may not seem to be lifted up with the great honour God had put upon him or to abate in his civil respect to his prince, though he reproved him faithfully. God's ministers should make it appear that, how great soever they look when they deliver God's message, yet they are far from affecting worldly grandeur: let them leave that to the kings of the earth.
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Even the "it's not you; it's me" speech is better than these.
By Lois Tarter — Written on Feb 11, 2013
As the old saying goes, "breaking up is hard to do" ... especially if you're on the receiving end of a breakup. If you're the one ending the relationship, compassion is key. With that in mind, here are five ways you should never choose to end a relationship:
1. A hired hand. Some people ask a friend to do their dirty work for them, but having a friend tell your signiicant other that it's over is incredibly cowardly. Do it yourself and deal with the backlash that comes with it like an adult.
2. The breakup text. Texting your significant other "I love you" is adorable. Texting him/her to say "I don't want to see you anymore" is cruel. A text message breakup breeds regret. If you are inclined to text someone to end a relationship, take a deep breath and call him/her instead.
3. The sticky note. Who could forget that episode of Sex and the City when Carrie's boyfriend Berger breaks up with her on a Post-It Note. He wrote, "I'm sorry ... I can't ... Don't hate me." Can you imagine anything worse? Instead, tell the person yourself; don't let a little piece of paper do it for you!
4. Facebook. An affectionate message by your beau is something you would love to see on your Facebook wall, but breaking up with you on your Facebook wall is something you may never get over. Plus, if anyone hits "like" for that post they're really asking for it.
5. Disappearing act. Avoiding a conversation and instead just pulling a disappearing act might be the worst way to end a relationship. Breaking things off that way is simply unacceptable. Face your fears and break up with some compassion.
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Until May 14, we have access to three Chinese history collections:
China: Culture and Society
Spanning three centuries (1750-1929), this resource makes available rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library's Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. In addition, China: Culture and Society features a host of secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors' choices from the collection.
China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980
This digital collection offers English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980, including: papers of key individuals involved in the Chinese Maritime Customs service; papers of missionaries active in all regions of China; fully searchable run of the Chinese Recorder, 1867-1941, and more.
Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980
The complete British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan during these decades of 1919-1980. The documents cover politics, industry, trade and cultural affairs and include eyewitness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, and economic assessments and synopses on leading Chinese personalities.
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A colheita amêndoas -the almond harvest
Here we go gathering nuts in September.That is when the fruit of the almond tree – both bitter and sweet varieties - are ready for harvesting. A common sound, as well as sight, in the Algarve at this time of year is that of men with long poles knocking the nuts from the branches.Today saw a slightly different sight,a variation on the theme of men with long poles in the form yours truly, O cozinheiro, precariously balanced atop a metal step ladder(totally the wrong apparatus for such a job) devoid of pole, more daintily picking the almonds from our tree with my own fair cooks hands.
After their laborious collection, the fruits are laid out to dry in the sun.This could be a tad difficult as heavy rains,the first for a year, are forecast for tomorrow.In the sun the leathery outer hull splits open,curls outwards and discharges the inner nut, which then has to be shelled.I am lucky enough to have harvested the nuts rather late and this process has already started before I picked them.So all in all I am now well on way to bringing my squirrel nutkin horde into the larder in readiness for all those tempting seasonal cakes and confectioneries.Turrón de guirlache, christmas cake, panforte, Florentines and much more.As the Hairy Bikers would say "I just can'at waaaiiittt"!!!


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In this poignant invitation to the government to support an initiative that helps keep families together after forced adoption, and allow children to know their heritage and the parents and extended family members they lost, Children Screaming To Be Heard have written a letter to the government.
It is very much worth a read and makes several very thought-provoking points about children's rights and the importance of acknowledging that adoption does not mean a child forgets about their first family or sheds the desire to know them. Indeed, knowing all they can about their biological families is a vital part of any child's development.
Please do read the letter below when you have a moment. The initiative, called Families Forever Storybooks is just lovely.
"Families forever storybooks"
The British children taken into care now includes many children from the EU countries, and in 2014 many of the EU countries held meetings to raise their concerns about the British attitudes to state-sponsored child abuse and forced adoption.
Present day figures state approx 1.000 children are taken into care every month, mostly on false allegations. Once a child is in care, that child is left all alone with strangers, frightened, then only to be bombarded with questions by the court 'experts'. Many children are used for medical experiments, most children are moved many times from different foster carers; some children are sexually abused.
When foster carers take their yearly paid holidays the children are sent to live with more strangers with a respite carer. There is no stability for these children, they are all alone. So, "In a child's best interest" thousands of these children are going from pillar to post and lose all contact with their families and grandparents. For those children who are ALLOWED contact they are supervised, mostly in a tiny room in a contact centre. Many contacts are limited to nine hours a year with most grandparents told 'your grandchildren do not want to see you'. This is not "In a child's best interest"; this is destroying the families. We have thousands of adults who are discarded from the care system left to live on the streets. Most tell me that when they were in care the social workers told them their families did not want them or any contact, and this was the reason they were in care. For many children this was an outright lie, which they only discovered after leaving the system and on finding their families when they were told the truth. It is time that the care system supported the families and children "In a child's best interest".
For 100s of years the British children in care have been screaming to be heard they have no human rights, no family and are still the silent witnesses.
Prisoners have more rights then any child in care and all prisoners are allowed contact with their children. They are allowed to write them a story as can be seen at http://www.storybookdads.co.uk. If prisoners are allowed family contact and are able to write stories for their children then the families of those children in care should have the same rights.
I, on behalf of the children screaming to be heard, who are all alone, frightened, and living with strangers, demand that they have contact by "Families Forever storybooks" from their families to give the children the support and to let them know they are still part of a family wanted, loved and missed.
In this link is Ben, just one of the thousands of adults from the care system who was left to live on the streets. He is one of the hundreds of adults I interviewed and filmed. He was told his family did not want him or to have any contact and for this reason he was in care. It is time for the system to stop the lies and to support the families and to bring change in the 21st Century for the kids in care. Ben will shortly be recording one of his songs he wrote about the care system. This will be in support of the children in care and also to support
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I ask the British Government, the media, social services, the courts, lawyers, Barristers, celebrities and all who purport to work "In a child's best interest" to support Families Forever Storybooks so that the children can know they are still loved and wanted, and by Families Forever Storybooks the children will be able to stay in touch with their biological families.
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As Egyptians protest Morsi's new powers, U.S. expresses concern
The president issued a decree that puts his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament is elected, causing angry protests by his opponents and violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities on Friday.
Protesters demonstrating against Egyptian President Morsi run from tear gas fired by riot police, November 23, 2012. Photo by AFP
The United States is concerned about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's decision to assume sweeping powers, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
Morsi on Thursday issued a decree that puts his decisions above legal challenge until a new parliament is elected, causing angry protests by his opponents and violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities on Friday.
Morsi's aides said the decree was intended to speed up a protracted transition that has been hindered by legal obstacles, but rivals condemned Morsi as an autocratic "pharaoh" who wanted to impose his Islamist vision on Egypt.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Morsi in Cairo on Wednesday and thanked him for his mediation efforts to establish a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip.
"The decisions and declarations announced on November 22 raise concerns for many Egyptians and for the international community," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
"The current constitutional vacuum in Egypt can only be resolved by the adoption of a constitution that includes checks and balances, and respects fundamental freedoms, individual rights, and the rule of law consistent with Egypt's international commitments.
"We call for calm and encourage all parties to work together and call for all Egyptians to resolve their differences over these important issues peacefully and through democratic dialogue."
Egyptian police on Friday fired teargas near Cairo's Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Thousands demanded Morsi quit and accused him of launching a "coup." There were also violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez.
Mubarak was an ally of the United States for decades. His downfall has thrown into doubt the United States' long-standing reliance on Egypt, the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, as a strategic partner in the region.
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2011 HD Trucks - First Look
'11 Chevrolet And GMC HDs
If you've been paying attention to new truck releases, you've no doubt seen photos of the latest Chevy and GMC Heavy Duty trucks. Ever since their unveiling at the Chicago Auto Show, all of us at Truckin' have been eagerly awaiting our chance to put one through its paces. Our waiting finally ended at a media event that began in Baltimore, Maryland, and had us travelling across three states, racking up over 500 miles in the latest 2500 and 3500 models from Chevrolet and GMC.
Upon first glance, the 2011 HDs look a lot like their 2010 counterparts, but inexplicably more brawny. New bumpers, grilles, and hoods are responsible for the improved looks, but like your mom always said, "it's what's inside that counts," and the new chassis is responsible for not only an improved stance that's a bit wider, but the enormous strides made in capability. Before we can tell you how the trucks stack up against their competition, we need to explain exactly what the freshened-up bodywork is hiding, or "keeping dry" as the chassis and powertrain engineers like to say. GM has 45 percent of the 3/4-ton market but only 28 percent of the 1-ton market. They knew that the payload and towing capability of their 3500s was trailing Ford and Dodge, so they beefed up their chassis and powertrains to offer class-leading payload and towing in several cab configurations, not just one oddball model. Underneath it all, the HD chassis is 99.9 percent new. Until now, the HD trucks used a frame that carried over from the previous-generation HD trucks. Not anymore. A fully-boxed frame that has five times the torsional rigidity of the old HD frame made it easier to tune the suspension, and chassis engineers did just that, with five unique torsion bars depending on cab configuration. Yes, the HDs retain independent front suspension (IFS) in their 4WD models, unlike the Ram HD and Ford Super Duty which rely on a live axle. GM believes that IFS gives them the edge in ride and handling. It does. Their strengthened front axle, with Gross Axle Weight Ratings (GAWR) of over 6,000 pounds, allows for snowplow equipment to be attached to the front of any of their 4WD model and gives users the ability to tune ride height after the heavy equipment has been bolted on. By the way, the 0.1 percent of the chassis that remains, which is my math, not theirs, are the two sway bar end links in the front suspension.
After flying into Baltimore, we had a little over 130 miles from the airport to our destination at the Rocky Gap Lodge in Flintstone, Maryland, but we chose to simply ride as passengers for this portion and sling questions at the GM engineer sitting in the back seat, rather than drive. With 2,000-lbs of ballast in the bed, our 2500 rode amazingly well. We don't often find ourselves in luxury cars, so we can't quite make that comparison, but the ride felt as good or better than any 1/2-ton we've been in. The following morning, we had our first shot behind the wheel on the HD pulling a 9,500-lb camp trailer up and down the steep and winding grades of western Maryland. We were actually warned that this part of the drive should be reserved for those of us with trailering experience, but we've hauled vehicles on trailers, so we figured it would be a cinch. It turns out that the roads were narrow and we were on our toes with oncoming lumber trucks taking more than their share of the road. The engine braking of the Duramax's variable-geometry turbo dramatically reduced the amount of downshifting necessary on the steep grades we encountered and wasn't intrusive, but when we did need more braking, a tap on the pedal would let the Allison transmission know what we wanted. If more braking was needed, another tap got us another downshift. It impressed us, as well as several other drivers, with how intuitive the system worked. We don't really have much else to say about the new Allison six-speed transmission, and in our opinion, that's a good thing. When it comes to towing, we don't want to think about gear selection if we don't have to, and once we pulled the shifter into "D" and hit the tow/haul button on the dash, we didn't have to. Improved shifts and additional clutches increased the capacity of the Allison to match the Duramax, and they work perfectly together.
Unfortunately, for all of the engineers that worked so hard getting the Allison to work seamlessly and be more efficient, the Duramax stole the show. It's been on the scene for 10 years now, and it's no stranger to the diesel community. The aftermarket welcomed it with open arms, as did a large number of drag racers, sled pullers, and everyday, average trailer users. The LML is definitely worthy of carrying the torch for the current HD trucks, it's nothing short of a beast. Merging uphill onto highways was not a problem, even with a big load behind us, as the Duramax pulled steadily no matter the engine speed. The fact that Duramax engineers were able to coax an additional 30 hp and 100 lb-ft out of the same engine platform is impressive, but the fact that the new engine is quieter, cleaner, more fuel efficient, and under no more stress than previous versions is proof that this wasn't just a simple engine software upgrade. With new injectors, pistons, bearings, and oiling characteristics, the LML Duramax offers several small, but significant, upgrades over the previous generation. The only new factor that owners will have to deal with is the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) system that reduces the Duramax's NoX emissions by over 60 percent. A 5.3-gallon tank under the passenger-side footwell is accessed through a filler neck under the hood, which is appropriate since the fluid will only need to be topped off every 5,000 miles (about every oil change). Further improvements in the emissions system include a diesel particulate filter system with an extended regeneration cycle. The system can go as far as 700 miles before the downstream injector supplies extra fuel to clean the filter. The extended regeneration cycles cut fuel usage, and the use of a downstream injector keeps additional unburned fuel from seeping past the rings and contaminating the oil.
Another improvement that was soon appreciated was in the steering. We didn't have a 2010 Chevy HD on hand for a direct comparison, but a quicker steering ratio and larger steering gear eliminated any play and felt nicely dialed in. The steering response, engine power, engine braking, and exhaust brake all translated to immediate driver confidence. The truck never got out of balance or felt like it had a mind of its own. In fact, we set the cruise control and let the truck handle the speed going up as well as going down the 8 percent grades, making for a relaxing drive even though we had over 35 feet of trailer hanging off the back.
After a suggestion from a colleague, we drove identical loops back-to-back, first with 2,000 pounds in the bed of a single-rear-wheel Chevrolet 3500 4x4 with the brand-new Duramax and then again with 2,000 pounds in the bed of a single-rear-wheel Ford F-350 4x4 with Ford's brand-new Power Stroke. Both trucks are remarkably powerful. Chevrolet and GMC have the bragging rights for now with a 7 hp and 30 lb-ft advantage over Ford, with 397 hp and 765lb-ft of torque, so both have enough power to haul just about any tool or toy you'd care to load on a trailer, and it's practically too close to call from the seat of the pants feel. What's easier to perceive is engine noise and ride quality. Cruising on an even stretch of highway with the engine at around 1,700 rpm you'll struggle to hear the Duramax, while the Power Stroke has a noticeable rumble as well as turbo whine. We didn't really mind the engine noise from the Ford on our short time behind the wheel, but it's one of the factors that GM engineers addressed in their HDs to reduce driver fatigue. The fewer distractions and annoyances, the better. As for ride and handling, the IFS certainly has its advantages compared to the solid axle front suspension in the Ford and Ram. IFS allows for a better contact patch for steering and braking, and obviously each side can react to bumps on its own. On the relatively new asphalt highways we were on the difference was subtle, but noticeable. Where the Ford and Dodge solid axles prevail is in the sort of off-road environments where extreme wheel travel and low speeds are the way to go, but on the highway there's no question that IFS rules. Before we get hate mail from Ram HD or Super Duty owners, we're not trashing the ride of your trucks, we put thousands of miles in a Ram HD earlier this year and didn't have a complaint,-it's just that these trucks are even better in that regard.
With so much attention paid to the Allison's shifting to take advantage of engine braking and the turbo's exhaust braking, we hardly had cause to test the truck's traditional brakes. Remember, I said hardly. With 14-inch rotors on each corner that are thicker than before, stiffer calipers, and revised hydraboost calibration, the 2011's pack some powerful binders. On our final driving session of the trip we stepped into a Duramax crew cab dually that was carrying 2,000 pounds in the bed and had over 10,000 pounds of skid steer loader on a conventional trailer. My copilot, so confident in my skills and so comfortable in the passenger seat, fell asleep (he obviously doesn't know you well-Ed. Dan). The ride was completely uneventful and I felt perfectly at ease towing the heavy trailer, but a wayward tourist was bound and determined to shake things up. The confused driver, who was nearly totally committed to exiting the highway, changed their mind and their lane, simultaneously it seemed, into the one we were occupying. I'd use the term "merge", but that would imply at least some attempt on their part to match our speed. I don't know how an earlier version of the HD would have handled the situation, but the truck didn't miss a beat as we were able to quickly reduce our speed without any unexpected feedback from the truck or trailer and all parties were able to continue unscathed. Uncharacteristically, I didn't even feel the need to shout obscenities.
No doubt the Chevy and GMC faithful will fall in love with the newest iteration of their HDs; they've improved on everything that they already had done quite well, but will this new HD pry owners out of their Ram HD or Super Duty? Even GM's engineers and marketing admit that Ford and Ram offer competitive products, in fact they enjoy the rivalry because competition drives them all to produce the best product they possibly can. What GM focused on was trying to capture the segment of the market that they call "free agents", those buyers who aren't fiercely brand loyal. Never has their decision been more difficult, as the Big 3 have some amazing HD offerings, but if ride quality, steering feel, and driving confidence are high priorities, we can easily see them with one of the General's new HDs in their driveway.
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Farley Here.
How do I know if my humans are laughing at me or with me? Debi, my human friend shot this video because I want the ball.
Want it, want it, want it, want it!
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Courtesy of Image Comics, here's a preview of Enormous, an upcoming graphic novel about massive fauna — such as creatures who appear to be mutated antelopes — suddenly appearing to grind civilization into paste. This 64-page oversized survival horror comic hits stores on July 5, and we've got an exclusive sneak peek. Here's the rundown:
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In the midst of a planetary battle for food and fuel, a vast ecological cataclysm spawns THE ENORMOUS, massive beasts unlike anything ever witnessed. Humankind struggles to stave off extinction and the only law is to hunt or be hunted. It's an epic action adventure featuring the survival of the biggest!
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Huntington Beach State Park – Saltwater Marsh Life Birds
By: Pat Coate
This is Part Two (of three) on Huntington Beach State Park located near Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. As I mentioned last week, one of the highlights of the park is the causeway you cross as you enter the park. On one side there is a freshwater lake and on the other a tidal marsh (pictures of the causeway below).
While enjoying the many birds and alligators along the causeway, I was able to add three life birds: black-bellied plover, semipalmated plover and clapper rail.
The semipalmated plover is a fairly common shorebird during migration. (Dad, this is the 'fake' bird you took a picture of on your trip to New England). This bird breeds in Alaska and many of the northern most Canadian provinces. It is an active feeder, walking about and pecking here and there for food.


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