Start of Vast Lake Front Project.
Pictures and illustrating the Chicago plan commission's project for, a great terminal on the lake front at Randolph street will be found in the rotogravure section of The Tribune tomorrow.
The Chicago plan commission, through its chairman, James Simpson, presents today to the community and for the particular consideration of all, citizens, officials and interests directly affected, a New Year's plan of downtown lake front which, Mir. Simpson says, offers about $12,000,000 in work for the unemployed, solves an old and vexing problem and provides a stimulus to business generally in Chicago.
THE CHIEF UNIT in the Chicago Plan Commission's project for the development of the area between Michigan avenue on the west, the Outer Drive on the east, Wacker Drive on the north and Randolph street on the south is this fifty-story union passenger station, designed by Ernest R. Graham to house the terminal facilities of all the fifteen railroads now using south side terminals. This drawing shows the Randolph street facade of the terminal building, construction of which is intended to inaugurate a twenty-five year plan of development of the entire area now gi ven over to tracks, freight houses and coal dumps. The edifice, says Mr. Graham, will cost $16,200,000 to build on an area of two blocks of land the value of which is estimated at an additional cost of $10,000,000, but not one cent of this is to come from the public treasury, nor will there be any addition to the people's taxes. Constructed by the Illinois Central railroad, the office space in the building is planned to accommodate also the offices of the other railroad companies using the terminals' facilities. These now occupy 1,500,000 square feet of space scattered all over Chicago. The tracks leading to the proposed terminal will be two levels below the street, the lower level of the two-decked street above them being used, in the station itself, by the traveling public.
This suggestion, In brief, is the construction of a $26,000,000 union railway passenger terminal, fronting on street a short distance east of Michigan avenue, as a permanent home for all the 15 south side railroads.
True to the spirit the creator or the original Chicago plan, the elder Daniel Burnham, this new and revised feature has "the magic to stir men's blood." It is a big plan, the beginning only, to Ernest R. Graham, and member of the plan commission, of a 25 year development along East Randolph street and the adjacent territory.
The coal piles, the wilderness of tracks and old freight sheds of that neglected 100 acres on the lake front, are to spring to stony attention. The sparks from the noisy old locomotives are to become still lights in the towers of a mighty concourse of American skyscrapers.
There is to be a new loop there, a new skyline of beauty and utility, connected with the old by elevated boulevards and by an underground structure of streets, shops and parking places which will dwarf similar efforts in New York and London. It will be a new city of air rights and surface rights, built to connect with the new Outer drive and the proposed extension of Wacker drive eastward.
A DIAGRAM OF THE STATION APPROACHES AND TERMINAL FACILITIES-This drawing shows Michigan avenue at the left of the picture, Randolph Street, double-decked, running diagonally through the foreground, with part of Lake street extended in the background. Adjoining Michigan avenue is the proposed double-decked subterranean parking area which will accommodate 4,000 automobiles. To the reader's right of this are the suburban railroad trackage and the expresa tracks. In the right middle ground is a cutaway diagram of the terminal itself, in which the concourse, baggage rooms and other area devoted to the use of pallengers appear one level below the street, and one level above the tracks.
Financially, it is easy; economically, it is here. It presents economy of operation for the railroads without expenditure of any more money per car than at present. The basis is found in the 1,500,000 square feet of space required by the roads, now spread all over Chicago.
For the new terminal building itself, the plans call for an area, of two blocks, or 175.000 square feet. It Would be a strong, simple stone structure rising from the Randolph street viaduct now being built. The plans call for a tower of 50 floors and. a building larger than any ollice building In Chicago. With the expanding requirements of tenants there could be provided over 2,000.000 square feet of floor space, well within the requirements of the building ordinances.
"The time is coming soon when we will be able to realize this and much More," aid Mr. Simpson, in discussing the terminal plans.
1. Of the estimated cost of this suggested new passenger terminal, nearly $12,000,000 be spent for Inbor. thereby greatly relieving unemployment.
2. This station can be built without spending a dollar of public money and without adding a dollar to the taxes of the people of Chicago. On the contrary it will actually increase revenues and thereby, perhaps, make it possible to reduce taxes somewhat." This increased city revenue will come through transforming a large and close-in district, which for years has been blighted because Its natural development has been regarded by adjacent railroad occupancy, into one of the highest type of development, part and parcel of the loop itself.
3. The proposed station will require a minimum of capital expenditure by the railroads. In fact it should mean the return to them of a considerable part ot the capital outlay already made for existing terminal facilities.
The Illinois Central Is under contract with the City of Chicngo to build a new station at Roosevelt road large enough to accommodate all the other roads. The Randolph street terminal will not cost any more than the Roosevelt road station; thus it will not in. crease the capital expenditure of this particular railroad.
Further, the expenditure made by the Illinois Central in building this station will be offset In two ways; first by the rentals received from the other roads using the system: second, by increasing the value of the realty by making possible and bringing to early realization the development of air rights throughout the remainder of the Illinois Central's 85 acre area. Thus the suggested terminal should prove a splendid financial investment for the Illinois Central.
A proper charge per car made for station use by other railroads should not only reduce present station costs for all the other roads, but the freeing of their present passenger terminal for other uses should far more than offset the cost of renting space in the Randolph station, either by a major reduction in their present capital outlay through the of thelr present station properties or through the rent received from the commercial use of such station areas.
4. The new station would not increase the annual tax of any railroad involved, but would decrease taxes for all roads except the Illinois Central. That road has a provision in its charter that its annual tax shall amount to 7 per cent of its gross revenue. The tax on a new station would be no greater than on its present depot. If the other roads build now terminals of their own, their tax on such development would be increased just as was the ease with the Union station on Canal street. If they use a station constructed en Illinois Central property, they pay no tax on their terminal. Therefore this saving in taxes means a substantial benefit to them.
5. The Randolph street site is in intimate contact with the hotel and shopping districts, and actually more centrally located with respect to the heart of the business district than any of the terminals now occupied by the south side railroads. It has street access unequaled elsewhere. Uninterrupted traffic movement on the front superhighways, Sheridan road, nnd Outer drive along the south shore, is supplemented by widened La Salle street and South Park Way, while east and west access is possible by way of widened Wacker drive without the necessity of traversing crowded loop streets. Street car and elevated railroad transportation facilities are nearby, and will be made even more convenient hy the underground pas- sage suggested as part of the general scheme.
6. There ean be no denying the fact that presence of the railroad stations in the area bounded by Roosevelt road, Van Buren street, State street, and the Chicago river has prevented the natural development of the entire southern portion of the loop district. Removing the several passenger stations, and restricting the freight areas to south of Roosevelt road would remove this blight and permit this district to grow and develop normally, to the tremendous benefit of the city as a whole and the gain of the property owners throughout the entire section.
7. This would have the further effect of making it easier and very cheaper for the city to open Market, Franklin, Wells, La Salle, and Dearborn streets through this district and on through the railroad freight area south of Roosevelt road. North of Roosevelt road these streets should be opened at the normal street level, which is not only much less costly, but also much better from the standpoint of street traffic and adjacent building development.
It should stimulate the opening of these streets through the area now absorbed by railroad occupancy, and nothing of greater benefit for that section of the city could possibly be done than removing the present railroad blight and giving the district adequate and access to the remainder of Chicago, both of which betterments will greatly stimulate high class building development all the way from the lake to the river and from the present southern boundary of the loop at least to Roosevelt road.
GROUND PLAN OF THE RANDOLPH STREET DEVELOPMENT announced by James Simpson, chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission and designed by Ernest R. Graham, of Graham., Anderson, Probst and White, architect and member of the commission. The shaded shapes eut of Michigan avenue indicate the proposed buildings in this area, the darkest-toned of the s e marking the site of the fifty story passenger wrminal. It is planned to connect all buildings in this district by means of bridges at their tenth or twelfth floor levels.
In 1908 the plan of Chicago suggested a series of terminals along the west side of Canal street and the south side of Roosevelt road. The Chicago and North western railroad and the Union sta- group of railroads have new depots along Canal street. The group fronting on Roosevelt road, however, but a dream.
The South side terminal situation is at a standstill, and it Is apparent that it is folly to cling longer to a faint hope that sometime, somehow the suggested Roosevelt road terminal will become a reality. And until the terminal is decided there is little prospect of getting streets opened through the south side railroad area.
During the Union station negotiation of 1914 the Chicago plan commission to the best of its ability endeavored to persuade the Union station to move their proposed new station back to Roosevelt road. Thre railroads would not agree to this location, primarily because they felt that road was so far from the business center that they would lose a great deal of their passenger business to their competitors.
During the Illinois Central terminal negotiations of 1919, the city hald in mind consolidating all the south side railroads In the proposed new Illinois Central depot on the lake front at Roosevelt road got the last thirteen years the Illinois Central has been trying, without success, to induce the thirteen other roads using the Dearborn, VaRn Buren, Harrison street stations Io in with them.
Two other factors of great importance have also had considerable bearing on the of new terminal development. One Is the enormous capital investment required. The Chicago and North Western depot cost $20,000,000; the Union station $75,000,000; and the estimated cost of the Roosevelt road Illinois Central depot, Including electrification, etc., amounts to the total of $88,000,000. The other factor is the increased tax burden resulting from a new terminal. The Union station tax, it is understood, was increased by over a million dollars a year for the new station over the old one.
From time to time during the last two decades people have suggested the possibility of building a new passenger terminal at Randolph street, east of Michigan avenue, to house all 15 south side roads now using four south side depots. Until recently a number of these railroads did a considerable suburban passenger business, and it was generally believed that the narrow right of way of the Ilinois Central along Grant park was not sufficient to care for the suburban and through passenger business of these 15 railroads.
Today, however, conditions are materially changed. No longer do the railroads do such a tremendous volume of suburban business. Even the volume of through passenger business had declined materially. Other changes in railroad operation have come about.
Air rights development over railroad tracks has become a reality. The Outer drive along the south side lake front has been built and its connection with the Lake Shore drive on the north side is under construction. A widened Randolph street viaduct east of Michigan avenue has been designed and the cost of its construction has been financed. An easement has been given to the city for a wide Wacker drive east of Michigan avenue and other streets have been provided For in this district.
Now, studies indicate, the narrowest portion of the Illinois Central right of way is more than ample to accommodate all the through passenger trains and all the suburban trains of the fifteen south side railroads, with sufficient additional capacity in reserve to care for all the future expansion that reasonably can be anticipated.
In the course of its twenty years' history many of the great plans of the commission and its founders have developed from the dream stage to actuality. The lake front development is one, Michigan boulevard is another.
The river straightening is now completed and the outer drive is approaching completion. Wacker drive is an example of what happens when a goal is presented and the public consciousness reaches the decision that the time has come to reach that goal.
The Randolph street terminal and all Its possible development in adjacent territory is the new goal now set up. Its backers have complete faith in it and see no for doubt that this new growth will be needed. They are looking beyond the present mood of the people.
Mr, Graham has figured the cost at $16,200,000 for the building and $10,000,000 valuation on the land, on a rental basis of $10 a square foot. Its bearing on will be important, as it is hoped to have the trains pulled in and out by electric engines, as in New York. This would be subject to the requirements of each road, as it comes into the terminal at different points. The nearest southern connection would be at i6th street.
The stimulation of growth in tile district is seen in the estimate of Mr. Graham that 200,000 persons a day would pass in and out of the station.
As an extension of the terminal facilities a great underground development is being planned, Including an excavation that would take care of 4,000 parked cars.
"The terminal building would be an imposing structure. The area of the two blocks it would occupy is 175,000 square feet. The station facilities would be on one level—that of the mezzanine between the track level and upper street level. This arrangement locates all the terminal facilities as close to the trains and platforms as possible.
"The concourse, which will be a room of 130 feet by 400 feet and almost 100 feet high, is located at the north end of the building. Opening from it would be ticket office, baggage checking, parcel checking, waiting rooms, restaurants and all the various conveniences and concessions which go along with a great terminal.


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"The South's Gonna Do It (Again)", is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1974 album Fire on the Mountain.

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The lyrics refer to several Southern rock bands and musicians:
 Grinderswitch
 The Marshall Tucker Band
 Lynyrd Skynyrd
 Dickey Betts (guitarist with The Allman Brothers)
 Elvin Bishop
 ZZ Top
 Wet Willie
 Barefoot Jerry
 Charlie Daniels Band

The first line in the song is also a play on Grinder's Switch, Tennessee, the fictional hometown of Grand Ole Opry star Minnie Pearl.

The song uses a clever play on words to promote Southern rock music.  The notion that "the South shall rise again" was a familiar sentiment and rallying cry for disaffected Southern whites after the American Civil War. The song co-opts that sentiment, but uses the statement to celebrate Southern rock acts contemporary to the song itself.  The "it" that the South is going to do again, it is implied, is to produce additional popular rock groups.

Daniels factually bristled at more nefarious interpretations of what the "it" was. When the Ku Klux Klan used the song as background music for radio commercials for a 1975 rally in Louisiana, Daniels told Billboard, "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. I wrote the song about the land I love and my brothers. It was not written to promote hate groups."

Chart performance

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External links

Fire On The Mountain track listing

1975 singles
Charlie Daniels songs
Songs written by Charlie Daniels
1974 songs
Songs about the American South
Country rock songs
Southern rock songs

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lepidiadaptes
Fish of Lake Malawi
Fish of Malawi
Fish described in 1997
Taxa named by Nancy Jean Bowers
Taxa named by Jay Richard Stauffer Jr.
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot


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Discussion in 'iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting' started by Chad-VI, Dec 20, 2014.
I am worried that the data would still be recoverable from a restored iPhone after seeing some 3rd party software sites that claim to do it ( I don't know if these are just spam websites).
I read that apple provides hardware encryption since the iPhone 3GS so it isn't possible to do so.
I also read some articles stating that iPhones and blackberry are the most secure and it's enough to restore them, and that iphone became even more secure with iOS 8.
So is it safe enough to restore the iPhone by tapping on "erase all data and settings" ?
It's safe; I haven't heard of anyone recovering data from a restored phone.
Make sure that you do all of these so that the new owner doesn't run into any of the anti-theft systems.
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Zero-day vulnerabilities are potential security weak points found in programs after they've been released. Obviously, the program developers are unaware of the vulnerabilities, so it is often third parties who discover them and then share their findings so that they can be closed up by the developers in question. We've reported a couple of times on Google's dedicated zero-day hunting team and the bugs they've found.
A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Windows 10 that could lead to a malicious attack
According to a report by ZDNet, the new vulnerability was discovered by security researcher SandboxEscaper. The vulnerability relates to Windows Task Scheduler but is unable to take control of a victim's computer alone. However, if it is used in conjunction with other nefarious methods it could prove very harmful to the victim's online security. When done so, the vulnerability allows the hacker to run a specific .job file within Task Scheduler to grant admin privileges.
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SandboxEscaper published the details and code of the vulnerability to GitHub, without notifying Microsoft. This means there is still no official word on when a patch for the exploit will be available. As to whether it is responsible behavior to publish a vulnerability, including code and demonstration video, online without first notifying the developers that could close it off is for you to decide. Hackers now know of this vulnerability and we now have to wait for Microsoft to patch it.
Researcher also released a demo video of the LPE zero-day in action. See below: pic.twitter.com/ZX8XWLQ74z
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This isn't the first time SandboxEscaper has acted in this way either. According to the same ZDNet report, she released four other Windows zero-day vulnerabilities in the same manner last year. Three of these were patched by Microsoft without any problems but one of them was used in active malware campaigns for weeks after its release.
It took Microsoft between one or two months to patch the four vulnerabilities SandboxEscaper published in 2018 which means there will be a lot of pressure at Microsoft HQ, if the software giant wants to fix this latest vulnerability in time for its next scheduled patch on Tuesday, June 11. Microsoft has two weeks if it wants to hit that deadline.
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Klitschko is building for the bride's house on theKiev Sea
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While the world discusses the rumors of a crisis in relations between Wladimir Klitschko and Hayden Panettiere, boxer calmly completes a home for life with a loved one. And, as it became known Komsomolskaya Pravda, Vladimir is going to twist love nest is not anywhere on overseas resorts, and at home.
In the village Lyutezh, 30 kilometers north of Kiev, all residents of anything Yes have heard about the mansion, which is here erected for the boxer.
- This house will not in the village to look for, and closer to the Kievan sea. There in the forest and builds his Klitschko - interrupting each other, correspondents pointed out, "KP" right way lyutezhane. - Only you there is not even stick at - anywhere surveillance, all serious, and can shoot ...
Learn more exact location of the construction Klitschko, we tried the local village council - but there we are convinced that Klitschko Lyutezhe never had never seen, and if he is somewhere something and raises, the Village Council this was not mentioned.
Not get what the territory construction Klitschko, but simply in the woods or a bank of the reservoir was practically a spy mission. Forest in the Kyiv Sea - a real man-made labyrinth that and look for another come across a fence or barbed wire that protected the private recreation and cottage complexes. Unsuccessfully popetlyav a car on a dirt road between the pine trees and fences, have decided to continue the search on foot. To do this, however, had come down from the cliff, and then wading in the water practically.
Next will be parking for boats
On a private beach with white sand managed to get to a cozy patio and a small wooden cottage - local residents assert that he belongs to Klitschko. Next - the elite campus of the private villas. But the modest (by local standards) house of Vladimir cut off from neighbors by a wall of pines. On the other hand - loss, and the court gradually becomes a dock for boats at the Kiev reservoir, called the sea. Nearby and a small beach.
The facade of "hatynki" practically all glass - large windows are located on the roof to the floor. Arranged a house without pathos, in a minimalist style. Through the tinted glass could discern only a cozy living room with a library, comfortable sofas, reading tables and a fireplace. From the living room offers a beautiful view of the Kiev Sea. This, of course, not Los Angeles where he now lives and girl-frend Klitschko, and the view is not the Pacific Ocean, but in this landscape has its own romance. Too minimalist ...
In the courtyard we found a supply of firewood and BBQ (Vladimir loves grilled meat), next - a sofa-chair.
Main Villa - deep in the woods!
Look around on the ground more carefully prevented a guard who, seeing us, immediately asked to leave private property.
- You only saw a small house for a holiday on the beach, - says "KP" resident Lyutezha not someone wanted to name. - A basic house Klitschko build deeper into the forest. To him you certainly can not get through. There's an elite town. In our village they say, that this whole area, several homes are fully owned by the boxer ...
Have already an American actress his Ukrainian home, Lyutezhe do not know. They say that to them often come rich and eminent, but the girl in the photo Klitschko did not recognize: "No, this we did not have."
A new apartment in Kiev recently bought Andriy Shevchenko. Footballer settled in a house on Grushevskogo, very close to the stadium "Dynamo" to them. Lobanovsky. And even invited guests of Vladimir, which has long friends at a housewarming. Boxer was photographed with the "Golden Ball" Sheba.
Mars Shevchenko move only that in Kiev, he continues to live alone. Wife Kristen and her son Jordan, and Christian stayed in England and only occasionally provedyvayut dad.
Several years ago the couple bought Shevchenko, the banker Roger Jenkins restored mansion in the village of Wentworth (Surrey). In the house of Sheba 9 bedrooms, swimming pool, bar and even a home spa-salon. For this luxury captain of Ukraine, reported the British media, paid 7.1 million pounds (about $ 12 million).
House is located in a very picturesque place - on the shores of Lake Virginia Water, where long-lived one of the richest people in Britain. By the way, right there, next door, kept under house arrest from 1998 to 2000, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Lodging on the shore of the Kiev Sea, under Vyshgorod, now ranked among the elite class. In the woods near Kiev have grown entire cottage villages with round the clock protection, sports and recreational facilities, playgrounds, promenade.
- Real estate here is very prestigious, this place - the second Concha Zaspa. A lot of serious businessmen and politicians have built their homes here - says, "KP" Sergei Kostecki, an analyst at SV Development. - The average price of land in the Lyutezhe - 4-6 thousand dollars for a hundred. On the shore are more expensive - $ 10-15 thousand. In some cases, the cost reaches and 30 thousand for a hundred, if there is direct access to water and some good neighbors.
Thus, the Ukrainian Klitschko's house along with the plot (assuming that it takes about 20 hectare) can "pull" of 600 000 dollars!
What can I say, a boxer who, by estimates of German journalists, earning up to $ 15 million for one fight, can afford to make such a favorite gift.
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In Hayden already has a personal mansion in Los Angeles
Vladimir sometimes staying in for his American bride
It may be that the Ukrainian House Hayden is not happy. According to rumors, in parallel with the construction of "hatynki" at the Kiev Sea Klitschko Panettiere look for shared home in Miami. Realtors say he a boxer and actress needs a home area of ??at least 300 square meters, gym, tennis courts and two swimming pools - indoor and outdoor.
If Wladimir Klitschko and Hayden Panettiere will complete a joint house near Kiev and buy a home in Miami, is owned by the actress already have four mansions! True, this is taking into account the parent's estate - a small cozy house in the suburbs of New York. The Hollywood star had lived here (now there is still inhabited by his father and mother of Hayden and her younger brother), has not yet earned on his own villa in Los Angeles.
In this California mansion Vladimir occasionally visits his fiancee.
His first personal home a total area of ??300 square meters Hayden acquired in 2008, before meeting with the Ukrainian boxer. The house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms. In one of the bedrooms and living room wall is all glass - from floor to ceiling, which opens a stunning overview of Los Angeles. The palace also has a fireplace and a huge swimming pool. For all this luxury and girl-frend Klitschko has paid 265 thousand dollars. After that, even spend it on - has hired the best decorators since remained dissatisfied kitchen. By the way, Hayden Panettiere says that Vladimir frequently stops at her house.
- My family lives in New York, I - in Los Angeles. Vladimir runs between the three cities - Hamburg, Kiev and Los Angeles, where he lives, or in my home, or in the house of his brother - quoted an American German BILD. - But we both work hard, and sometimes our separation delayed by six to seven weeks.
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"Again the Israelites did evil in the yes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years."
This is a recurring theme throughout the book of Judges. Again and again the Lord would appoint judges to lead his people, and again and again, as soon as the judge died, the people would again turn away from the Lord. This had happened again, and the Israelites were again under oppression. In the midst of it all, there lived a man named Manoah and his wife, a woman whose name is not recorded, but who would be the mother of Samson, another judge of Israel.
It's amazing to notice in Scripture just how many stories there are of barren women in whom God miraculously worked to allow them to conceive a child when they had given up hope. Each time, the child they bore grew up to do something special for the Lord. Manoah's wife was given the promise of a child, and also special instructions concerning his upbringing. He was to be set apart to God from birth, a Nazirite for life, and his task to begin Israel's deliverance would make him a hero.
God answered their prayer, and sent the angel again. He appeared to the woman while she was alone out in the field, so she ran to bring her husband, and he came and questioned the man, making sure that he was the one who had spoken to his wife before.
The instructions probably weren't as detailed as Manoah would have hoped, but he was grateful for what they were told, and asked the man, whom he didn't yet realize was an angel of the LORD, to stay until they had fixed a young goat for him to eat. He told them that he couldn't eat their food, but that they should offer it to the LORD, which they did. As they watched, the LORD did an amazing thing, allowing them to see the angel ascending in the flame from the offering and going up to heaven. Terrified, Manoah and his wife fell down with their faces to the ground, realizing that this was indeed the angel of the LORD.
What an amazing thing for Manoah and his wife to look back on, as they looked forward to the birth of their son! In due time, Samson was born, and he grew and the Lord blessed him, causing His Spirit to stir in him as he became a man.
If you are familiar with the story of Samson, you know that he did not turn out to lead a very exemplory life. He was incredibly strong through the strength the Lord gave him as he kept his Nazirite vows, and he did fight against the Philistines and begin to deliver Israel from their hands. However, he was very impulsive, childish at times, and too much swayed by lust for women. God worked through it all to accomplish His plans, but Samson's lifestyle is definitely not one we'd want to emulate!
The Bible doesn't give details on whether or not Samson's parents raised him well. From the manner of Samson's demand for a Philistine wife and the way his parents gave in and got her for him (Judges 14:1-7) seems to show that they were a little too indulgent and permissive. Perhaps they thought that because Samson was a special child, one devoted to the Lord, they wouldn't have to discipline him and train him in righteous ways. We can't truly know, however. They may have been wonderful parents, for there are many children rebel when parents have done all they could to raise them in God's ways. We do know that God was using the circumstances, even Samson's demand for a Philistine wife, to accomplish His purposes (Judges 14:4).
What can we learn from Manoah's wife? We can strive to emulate the faith that she showed when the angel appeared to her and told her that she was going to have a son. It was an impossible thing in her mind, yet she and her husband believed, and instead of asking for another sign that this would occur, as others in Scripture did, they instead asked for God to teach them how to raise this special boy. It should remind us to ask God for wisdom when we lack it, for He will give it generously (James 1:5).
We should also be reminded that just because the Lord promises something, doesn't mean that everything will turn out to be picture-perfect. We mustask for His strength and guidance day-by-day, trusting Him to work His purposes out as we follow Him. Situations may seem hopeless, but God knows what He's doing.
Read all about Manoah's wife in Judges 13-14. For more about previous women in the Bible, click here.


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Buckman comes to Stonehill from the University of New Hampshire, where he spent the 2010-2012 academic years as Lecturer in Political Science.
From 2007 to 2010, Buckman was an Assistant Professor in Franklin Pierce University's Doctor of Arts Program in Leadership Program.
From 2002 to 2007, Buckman was Assistant Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America, where he taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses. From 2003 to 2010, he served as an adjunct professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
In the summer of 2008, Buckman was a visiting assistant professor in Hawaii Pacific University's International Studies Department as well as its Diplomacy and Military Studies graduate program.
His research focuses on comparative constitutional politics and political economy. He has published articles on politics in Brazil, the European Union, France, Germany, and Italy and is currently working on a project that compares democracies in the Western hemisphere.
Ph.D. Political Science, Brandeis University
M.A. Internatonal Relation and Economics, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
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Alex Carey commits long-term to Adelaide Strikers
by Cricket World & BBL Monday 23 November 2020
World-class wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey will remain with the Adelaide Strikers for the next four years, completing the squad for KFC BBL|10.
Carey pens the contract as Australia's first-choice limited-overs gloveman, with his maiden ODI century securing the national side a 2-1 series victory over England in September.
The 29-year-old first joined the Strikers in 2017 ahead of BBL|06, and already sits third on the runscorer tally with 1163 runs from his 35 matches played, including one century and six half-centuries.
A member of the Strikers' maiden Championship team in BBL|07, Carey's one BBL 100 to date came against the Hobart Hurricanes that season, needing just 56 balls to complete the milestone at Adelaide Oval.
The classy gloveman is also top of the pile for Strikers dismissals, with 37, featuring 33 catches and four stumpings.
Paired with his wicketkeeping, Carey's elite 360 batting game keeps the Strikers' vice-captain an essential part of the group.
Carey is overjoyed to commit his future to his hometown club.
"I'm very happy to be staying at the Strikers for the next four years being my home team and it is an unbelievable feeling playing at Adelaide Oval in front of the fans, family and friends, and I really hope that can continue this season.
"The Big Bash is a competition I have loved playing in each year since I first signed, and I can't wait for it all to get started."
Carey will first take the gloves in Australia's ODI and T20I series against India beginning 27 November, and it is expected he will link up with the Strikers through December.
Head Coach Jason Gillespie heralded the signing.
"Alex is a key part of the group, a player and leader of the highest standard, and for him to be at the Strikers for the next four years is a massive result for this franchise, the city and our fans," he said.
"We feel we have assembled a squad that covers every facet of the T20 game, and we'll be ready to hit the ground running for a huge tenth season of the Big Bash."
Adelaide Strikers' BBL|10 squad: Danny Briggs (OS), Phil Salt (OS), Rashid Khan (OS), Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Travis Head, Spencer Johnson, Michael Neser, Harry Nielsen, Liam O'Connor, Matt Renshaw, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall.
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Star Trek Conquest (PS2)
Star Trek Conquest
By Bethesda
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Star Trek Conquest is a single-player game of galactic conquest featuring a blend of strategy and action set in the STAR TREK: The Next Generation era. Players take control of Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Dominion, and Breen forces and lead them in a campaign to control the galaxy, one planet at a time. Players must build and manage their growing empires in turn-based strategy, and then engage in all out starship combat in real-time action
Strategically, players must effectively manage their limited resources to expand their empire.Players can decide how to best achieve objectives by managing fleets, admirals, building support structures, researching technology and engaging enemies in combat. Once battle is initiated, the game switches to a ship level tactical view allowing players to take direct command of their ships and engage in real-time combat.
Six Playable Races:Choose to command the Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Dominion, or Breen race, each with their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses
Resource Management:Wise spending on starbases, factories, research facilities, and starships determines success
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Posted on November 12, 2016 November 12, 2016 by sonoranmike
Master Ninja
** The bots made a model "car" in honor of the muscle cars of old.
For the invention exchange, the Mads make "boil-in-the-bag intervenes diners". Joel's invention is adult novel pop up books. Dr Forrester tries to suffocate Frank with a pillow but is forced to stop so he can send the movie.
First we meet a young man named Max Keller. He is thrown out of a bar window after trying to help someone. He gets back at the bikers that did it by tying their motorcycles up so that can't ride them.
Meanwhile over in Japan, we meet John Peter McAllister, an American that is a master ninja. He is coming back to America to find a daughter, Teri, he never knew he had. One of his students is not pleased that he is leaving and tries to stop him. And by stop him I mean kill him. McAllister is able to get away but gets a ninja star in the back.
Max drives around the country in his van doing odd jobs. He ends up in Ellerston Illinois. Driving into town, a girl runs out of the woods and Max has to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting her.
Her name is Holly Trumble and she desperately needs a ride. Max takes her to her father's little airport while being followed by a man in a car. Turns out the man is actually the sheriff. With some fancy driving they are able to get away.
After dropping Holly off, Max heads to a local bar. Just about that time, McAllister walks in. As does the sheriff. Before long a fight breaks out and Max goes flying through the window. Then McAllister (Lee Van Cleef) goes into action. Luckily for everyone, he attacks the bar. First he takes out a hanging light with a ninja star. Then he jump kicks a couple pinball machines. After that, he breaks a pool cue in half on his neck and throws the two pieces through some other games.
Not done yet, he round house kicks a bunch of glasses. Then finally, he jumps again and takes out some wooden decorations. Max sees all of this and is very impressed. McAllister grabs Max (Timothy Van Patten) and they both high tail it out of there.
The two of them now need a place to hide from the sheriff, so instead of leaving town, they go to Trumble Airport. When they arrive they see Mr Trumble talking to another man. This man is a lawyer representing a Mr Christensen. He wants to buy the airport but Trumble is not selling. Trumble (Claude Akins) lets our heroes hide out at the airport until the heat is off. Holly (Demi Moore) even gives Max a little kiss.
McAllister fills Max in on his back story and why he is there. He was in Japan at the end of the war and decided to stay and became a Ninja master. Later he found out about his daughter. Turns out she was at this very airport not too long ago. Max says he will help McAllister find his daughter if he teaches him to be a Ninja but McAllister not taking on any hot headed pupils right not. Max decides to take his hamster and leave.
Oh that's right, I forgot to mention, Max has a pet hamster that he likes to carry around with him. He keeps it in the van were it likes to run on an exercise wheel. Max drives away. Holly sees him leave then she sees a fire break out in one of the hangers. The fire was set by the sheriff and a couple of henchmen men. .
** Break
** Crow presents the Van Patten Project. An insidious plot to get a Van Patten in every bad or low budget tv show or film in Hollywood.
Now we meet Mr. Christensen. He's throwing a big shindig to celebrate his new shopping center he is going build on a certain airport property. His lawyer tries to tell him about the nights events at the airport but Max barges in and starts in on him about trying to get ride of the Trumbles. Mr. Christensen has him thrown out of course but not through a window. McAllister is waiting outside for him. Looks like he is going to teach him after all.
The next day the training begins in earnest. Of course McAllister is dressed in a full ninja outfit so you can't tell it's really his stunt double.
Max even impresses the old master a little bit. While this is happening, there is someone watching them from the trees. It looks like McAllister's past is looking for him as well.
Max and McAllister decide to pay the sheriff a little visit. At night when the sheriff (Bill McKinney) is driving by, McAllister uses a ninja star to blow out a tire. He then jumps through the windshield into the passenger seat. Then poof, he's gone. The sheriff gets out of the car only to be quickly tied up. Max asks him who helped him set the fire and where is Christensen. With a samurai sword at his throat the sheriff spills the beans.
They head for Christensen's office tower. Max goes in through the main entrance and fights his way past a few guards while McAllister climbs up the side of the building. Christensen (Clu Gulager) is packing up his stuff.
Looks like he is going to get out Ellerston.
It also looks like our snooping friend from earlier is in the building and he is looking for McAllister. Max makes it to the top floor and confronts Christensen. After getting shot at a few times, Max kills him with a ninja star. Now it's time for some good old fashioned ninja fighting. After a protracted battle McAllister gets the upper hand on his opponent but decided to spare his life. His name is Okasa and he is the former student that tried to kill him in Japan. Maybe we will see him again sometime.
Turns out Holly knew McAllister's daughter. She said she went to San Francisco so that's where our odd couple will be heading.
** Joel and the bots have a bar fight but each one has their own theme music. Frank tries to get in on the act but Dr Forrester puts a stop to it.
Now in San Francisco, Max and McAllister go into some sort of dance club.
Holly mentioned a girl McAllister's daughter knew worked there. The place is run by a Mr Patterson. One of his daughters is a dancer and the other is confined to a wheelchair. Max tries to talk to the dancer but doesn't get very far as the bouncer keeps him away.
Meanwhile a group of Asian men come in the club to talk to Mr Patterson. McAllister recognizes a ring one of the men is wearing. Looks like trouble. The men seem to be threatening Patterson but for a little protection money they can stop . McAllister steps in and finds out that one of the men is a ninja also. Eventually the men leave. Max is finally able to talk to the dancer, Kelly, and learns where Teri might be staying. The two decide to go see if she is there.
They start driving and are immediately followed by the Asian guys. It seems the bad guys don't like McAllister helping Mr Patterson. Max is able to give them the slip. He hides the van which means only one thing, time for McAllister to do some ninja stuff. He puts on the black suit and climbs up a telephone poll and walks out on the wire.
When the bad guys car drives under him, he jumps down on it. They drive off with him on top. McAllister then smashes the front windshield and pulls the steering wheel off. He hops off as the car goes into the harbor.
Now the bad guys have to come up with some other way to get some money out of Patterson. They decide to kidnap Kelly.
McAllister goes to the club. He gives the daughter in the wheelchair, Jill, a little pep talk, then offers to help Patterson with the bad guys. Max is keeping an eye on Kelly but the bad guys get her anyway. They call Patterson and demand $20,000. Since they don't know where she is, McAllister suggest that they pay it, but he has a clever idea and it involves Jill.
** Joel and the bots come up with some different items to replace the nunchaku, like cluck-chucks and thumb-chucks
Jill rolls down to the rendezvous point and hands over the money.
While they make the exchange, McAllister hides himself under their car. The bad guys drive away with him hanging on underneath. They make it to their office in China Town with McAllister still hanging on. Now he knows where they are keeping Kelly. The bad guys call Patterson and makes one final demand. He must sign over ownership of the club to them before he can get his daughter back. Patterson agrees to do it.
That night, Max and McAllister make their way to the bad guys building. The thugs make Kelly dance for them. McAllister fires a grappling hook from one building to the next. He and Max slide down the cable into the room wear Kelly is. They defeat the two guys there, grab Kelly and the money, and head back out the way they came in. Which means it time for more wire walking. First McAllister helps Kelly make it across. Then Max does it.
Safe and sound on the other side, they walk away without any problems. Wait, it's the other ninja guy they saw at the club.
He and McAllister do battle while Max and Kelly head for the car. Of course McAllister wins or there wouldn't be a Master Ninja 2.
Back at the dance club they have a little celebration. McAllister's daughter is not in San Francisco after all. Looks like they will have to look for her elsewhere.
** While Joel reads a letter the bots make their own master ninja theme song. When they are done we see that Frank is suffocating Dr Forrester this time but is forced to stop so he can push the button.
We last saw Lee Van Cleef in episode 311 "It Conquered the World"
Timothy Van Patten is best know as an actor for his role as Salami on The White Shadow but is mostly know today as a director
Demi Moore was 22 years old when this movie was made. Of course she has gone on the become a huge Hollywood star.
Claude Akins is best-known for his role of Sheriff Lobo on the TV show B.J. and the Bear.
Clu Gulager played Billy the Kid on The Tall Man and Emmett Ryker in The Virginian.
Bill McKinney played a mountain man in the movie Deliverance. He also appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies, including The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gauntlet and Pink Cadillac.
Best Riffs
## Tonight on Mrs. Ironside
## Hey mister, your ninja is dragging.
## Who smells like urine and cedar chips in here?
## Slurp Slurp Slurp
I really like this episode. The movie is not really a movie of course. It's two episodes of a tv show called The Master stitched together into a movie. Either way it's great 80's schlock. Everything about it is cheesy. 4 out of 5


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Afghanistan case fails to take off at the ICC — pragmatism' or surrender to the powerful?
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An ICC Pre-Trial Chamber has rejected a request to open an investigation into possible war crimes committed by the United States in Afghanistan.
An official investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan was meant to be a test case of whether the International Criminal Court would dare to target powerful countries like the United States besides trying arrested rebel leaders and (deposed) presidents from Africa.
On Friday, judges of an ICC Pre-Trial Chamber rejected the Prosecutor's request in the "interests of justice". After the request to open investigations had been pending since 2017, the three judges concluded that there are scarce chances of obtaining the necessary (state) cooperation to gather evidence. And as the member states organized in the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) have been refusing over the past years to grant the court's requests for the necessary resources to do its work, there would probably be a lack of financial resources to do the Afghanistan job, unless necessary resources are withdrawn from other investigations.
The decision by the chamber, presided by Judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua from the Democratic Republic of Congo, displays a spirit of pragmatism and realism. The decision also purports to have taken into account the interest of the long-term credibility of the ICC. An investigation could also have targeted crimes allegedly committed by American citizens, both in Afghanistan and in black sites in Eastern Europe, apart from Taliban rebels and Afghan government forces.
Some professional observers of the ICC somewhat cynically wonder though if the court has just given in to bullying by the United States. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last year threatened sanctions if the ICC targeted US citizens or US allies (Israel). Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's visa for private travel to the US has already been revoked.
The judges said they had given careful consideration to the victims' feelings and possible frustration in case an investigation they might have authorized would fail: "In summary, the Chamber believes that, notwithstanding the fact that all the relevant requirements are met as regards both jurisdiction and admissibility, the current circumstances of the situation in Afghanistan are such as to make the prospects for a successful investigation and prosecution extremely limited.
"Accordingly, it is unlikely that pursuing an investigation would result in meeting the objectives listed by the victims favouring the investigation, or otherwise positively contributing to it. It is worth recalling that only victims of specific cases brought before the Court could ever have the opportunity of playing a meaningful role as participants in the relevant proceedings; in the absence of any such cases, this meaningful role will never materialise — in spite of the investigation having been authorized. Victims' expectations would not go beyond mere aspirations."
This, far from honouring the victims' wishes and aspiration that justice be done, would result in creating frustration and possibly hostility towards the Court and therefore negatively impact its very ability to pursue credibly the objectives it was created to serve, the judges added.
Witness participation in the pre-trial procedure has been overwhelming. Whereas in ICC cases about Africa one regularly saw thousands of victims seeking to participate, in the case of Afghanistan, it has been millions. The judges note: "A high number of victims of the situation have come forward to present their views on whether the Chamber should authorise the commencement of the Prosecutor's investigation into the situation. Overall, the Court has received a total of 794 representations in Dari and Pashto, as well as Arabic, English and German of which 699 were transmitted to the Pre-Trial Chamber on behalf of the following victims: 668 representations on behalf of 6,220 individuals; 17 representations on behalf of 1,690 families; 13 representations on behalf of several millions of victims, including 26 villages; and one representation on behalf of an institution."
The victims' longing for justice was also an important driving force behind the UN's ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The ICTY did not give up easily, but saw its perseverance rewarded by success in the end: so for example, Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military leader held responsible for the Srebrenica massacre of Muslim victims, the only genocide in Europe after the Second World War, was arrested in Serbia and transferred to The Hague more than 15 years after the first indictment against him was brought by chief prosecutor Richard Goldstone of South Africa. His successors Louise Arbour, Carla Del Ponte and Serge Brammertz kept the issue alive through numerous press conferences, interviews and diplomatic lobbying. When the ICTY closed its doors, it could proudly say: There are no fugitives left.
The ICC judges failed to even try on Afghanistan. Possible targets of the OTP investigation might have been US and their allies' staff, Afghan government forces and Taliban rebels, for numerous allegations of killing civilians, torture and sexual violence.
NGOs like Human Rights Watch are heavily disappointed by the decision. "The decision by the International Criminal Court's judges to reject an investigation in Afghanistan is a devastating blow for victims who have suffered grave crimes without redress," said HRW. "The judges' logic effectively allows states to opt out on their obligation to cooperate with the court's investigation. This sends a dangerous message to perpetrators that they can put themselves beyond the reach of the law just by being uncooperative."
Amnesty International added: "'The ICC's decision today is a shocking abandonment of victims which will weaken the court's already questionable credibility.''
And the Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme commented: "The decision not to open an investigation is insane and politically charged. A call for non-cooperation. An affirmation of double standards. This situation was exactly what the Court was created for."
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A company (C1) and its director (J) appealed against a decision ( CSIH 12, 2015 S.C.L.R. 619) that the dispositions of four properties to them amounted to "gratuitous alienations" for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986 s.242.
The dispositions had been made by a group of three companies (G) controlled by J's father (S). They were made nine months before G went into administration and the respondents, G's joint administrators, had challenged them on the basis that there had been no consideration for them. The relevant properties were four of five properties owned by G, in relation to which a bank held securities. The fifth property, 278 Glasgow Road, had been valued at £762,000 and S disponed it to another company (C3) owned by him, recording consideration of £762,000 in the deed. On the same day, C3 disponed the property to another company (C2) for £2,467,500. G asked the bank to release all five properties from the bank's securities and gave the sale price of 278 Glasgow Road as £762,000. They also gave sale prices for the other four properties, giving the impression that sales had been agreed in respect of all of them, with a total sale price of £2,414,000. They transmitted £2,414,000 to the bank, which discharged the securities. Having secured release of the bank's securities, G disponed the remaining four properties, three of them to C1 and one to J. The dispositions recorded that consideration had been paid in accordance with the figures given to the bank. In reality, nothing was paid, except in relation to 278 Glasgow Road. The following year, J disponed the property which had been transferred to him to a third party for £125,000. The Lord Ordinary found that C3 was involved in the matter only to provide a short-lived intermediary between G and C2 and that the bank had been misled into treating the funds which it had received as the sale price of all of the properties. The Lord Ordinary set aside the three dispositions which had been made to G and ordered J to repay the £125,000 which he had received for the sale of the fourth property. The Extra Division of the Inner House upheld that decision.
HELD: The gratuitous nature of the four alienations had been clearly explained by the Lord Ordinary. Before the various conveyances, G had owned five properties. A bargain had been made for the sale of one of them for the sum of £2.4 million. After the sale was completed, that money was transferred to the bank in reduction of G's borrowings and the companies retained the other four properties, valued at £1.525 million. Those properties were then conveyed to J and C1, with G receiving nothing in return. There was no reciprocity between those disposals and the earlier payment made to the bank. The purpose and effect of those transactions was to divert assets away from G's creditors, which was exactly what s.242 was intended to prevent. It was plain and obvious that they were gratuitous alienations (see para.17 of judgment).


Pharaoh, though the "boss" of the land, fears his underlings (the Israelites) – so decides the best way to keep them in line is to destroy their spirits (see Lesson 1 below).
The Hebrew midwives lie to Pharaoh in order to save the lives of newborn Hebrew boys.
Moses' own mother technically "lies" (by withholding the truth) to Pharaoh's daughter in order to nurse her own boy as an infant.
Pharaoh's daughter goes against her father's wishes by keeping and raising the baby Hebrew boy (surely she knew her daddy wanted to kill 'em all).
Moses, dressed as an Egyptian, meandering around as Pharaoh's "son" (adopted), kills his own (an Egyptian) to save his own (a Hebrew). Talk about a case of unknown identity.
The Hebrews distrust the murderous (Egyptian) Moses because, well, he's an Egyptian. They don't consider him one of their own.
Pharaoh tries to kill his own "son" after hearing of Moses' misdeeds.
In the desert, he still looks like an Egyptian, and that's how people refer to him (chapter 2:19).
God "remembers" his covenant promises – as if he somehow forgot them?
God appears to Moses in a miraculous way, speaks to Moses in a miraculous way, and still Moses has the gaul to question God's capacity for performing miracles.
So, what can we learn from these chapters?
The best way to "keep someone in line" is not to crush their spirits, as Pharaoh did. The Israelites were part of his land, and weren't that likely to turn against him in case of an enemy attack. After all, it was their home too. But how many of us do as Pharaoh did when we are put in positions of authority like him? How many parents attempt to keep their children in line by crushing them? How many bosses attempt to keep employees in line by oppressing them? Let us each strive to not be like Pharaoh, and encourage those God puts under us, to listen to their needs and suggestions, and not simply squash differences of opinion or opposition.
When can we resist authority?
Does God reward liars? He sure seems to have done so here – by granting the Hebrew midwives their own families and by blessing Moses' mother with nursing her own son. However, it seems rather that this is a case where obedience to God, rather than human authority, is the issue. Acts 5:29 speaks on this, and although the Bible is clear that we are to submit to earthly authority because God has ultimately established all of them, the one major exception to this rule is shown here in Exodus. When submission to earthly authority prevents us from obeying God's authority, then we must reject the earthly authority and obey God's. But this is the rare exception to the rule given in Romans 13.
Be careful of the way you dress because you will be treated as such (as Moses discovered). Also, be careful of the company you keep. Moses learned the hard way that living among and dressing like the Egyptians earned him no brownie points with the Israelites – even when he tried to help them.
Does God forget his promises?
Does God forget his promises? Did he forget about the Israelites so that only through their crying out to him he remembered what he'd promised Abraham? Actually, no, he didn't forget. Here's another, less well known promise that God also made to Abraham: "Then the LORD said to him, 'Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.'" (Gen 15:13,14). So, God had in fact already known about this and promised it to Abraham.
Additionally, let's not forget what God says about his own forgetfulness in Isaiah: "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands" (Isaiah 49:14-16a). And additionally, God's promises are all made true through Jesus, "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ" (2 Cor 1:20). Read more at this blog post.
God never forgets, and nothing is outside of God's plan or authority. But whenever God "remembers" throughout the Bible, it's a sure sign that he is about to take action.
What's our reaction to miracles?
Here, Moses saw a miraculous burning bush that didn't burn up. He approached it and heard a miraculous voice from within. The voice said it was the God of his forefathers, so Moses covered his face to hide out of reverence and fear of God's glory and power. The voice miraculously instructed him to go out and perform some miracles (saving the Hebrews), with some miraculous assistance from the miraculous voice. And yet, even after all the miracles, he still questioned and hesitated.
Are we the same? If God speaks to us, how do we respond? Or, how can we be sure that God is speaking to us? (Hint: A close walk with Him is a good way to discern His voice from other voices.) Additionally, if we witness a miracle, how do we respond? Do we doubt the spiritual and rely on more scientific answers?
And if another person claims to have heard directly from God or seen a miracle, how do we respond? It is natural to be skeptical at first, as Moses was (plus it's a great way to avoid getting involved with a cult). But, we can usually determine the authenticity of someone else's claim by witnessing the change in their lives after it. Do they become more like Jesus, and give all the glory to God? Or do they become more self-involved and maintain secret sins? The answer to those questions can help us determine who has really heard from God, and who hasn't (cults).