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The gang is back for an all-new adventure. Recently, Nickelodeon released a new trailer for their upcoming Hey Arnold! movie.
Titled Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, the follow-up film will see "Arnold and his friends embark on a quest to achieve his dream of finding his missing parents. The movie will see the return of several of the series' original voice actors, including Francesca Marie Smith as Helga, Anndi McAfee as Phoebe, Justin Shenkarow as Harold, Olivia Hack as Rhonda, Nika Futterman as Olga, Dan Butler as Mr. Simmons, and Dan Castellaneta as Grandpa.
Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie premieres on Nickelodeon on November 24th at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Watch the new preview and read more details below:
NEW YORK – Oct. 6, 2017 – Nickelodeon fans of all ages are getting a Thanksgiving treat this year, as the highly anticipated, brand-new Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie bows Friday, Nov. 24, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Featuring a storyline picking up where the original TV series ended in 2004, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie follows the kids on the field trip of a lifetime, where Arnold and his friends embark on a quest to achieve his dream of finding his missing parents. Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie will premiere as a simulcast on Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons.
Co-written and executive produced by the TV series' original creator Craig Bartlett, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie features original voice cast members Francesca Marie Smith (The Prince of Egypt) as Helga and Anndi McAfee (Tom and Jerry: The Movie) as Phoebe, alongside dynamic new voice talent Mason Vale Cotton (Mad Men) as Arnold and Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores, Jr. (Game Shakers) as Gerald.
Lane Toran (original voice of Arnold) and Jamil Walker Smith (original voice of Gerald) will supplement the returning cast by lending their voices as Che and Paulo, two members of the boat crew in San Lorenzo, and Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) stars as resident villain, Lasombra.
Additional voice actors reprising their famed roles include: Justin Shenkarow (Recess) as Harold; Olivia Hack (Family Guy) as Rhonda; Nika Futterman (The Boxtrolls) as Olga; Dan Butler (Frasier) as Mr. Simmons; Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) as Grandpa; Tress MacNeille (The Simpsons) as Grandma; Antoinette Stella (Melrose Place, writer) as Stella; Carlos Alazraqui (Happy Feet) as Eduardo; Dom Irrera (Back at the Barnyard) as Ernie; Maurice LaMarche (Futurama) as Bob Pataki; Kath Soucie (Rugrats) as Miriam; Danielle Judovits (Toy Story) as Big Patty; Danny Cooksey (The Lorax) as Stoop Kid; Jim Belushi (According to Jim) as Coach Wittenberg; and Craig Bartlett as Miles.
New voices include: Gavin Lewis (Real Boy) as Eugene; Jet Jurgensmeyer (Shimmer and Shine) as Stinky; Aiden Lewandowski (Comedy Bang! Bang!) as Sid; Laya Hayes (Santa Hunters) as Nadine; Nicolas Cantu (The Impossible Joy) as Curly; Wally Wingert (Sonic Boom) as Oskar; and Stephen Stanton (Star Wars Rebels) as Pigeon Man.
Viewers can visit the Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie page on Nick.com and the Nick App, along with the Hey Arnold! Facebook page and Instagram, to get a look at the TV movie. For more information, visit nickpress.com.
NickSplat, TeenNick's programming block dedicated to Nickelodeon's legendary library of hits from the '90s and 2000s, will celebrate Hey Arnold! throughout the month of November with fan-favorite episodes every night from 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (ET/PT). In addition, NickSplat will treat fans to a marathon of every single Hey Arnold! episode beginning Friday, Nov. 17, through Friday, Nov. 24, from 11:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. (ET/PT). Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie encores Saturday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Dec. 1, at 12:00 a.m. (ET/PT) on TeenNick.
Debuting in 1996, Hey Arnold! helped usher in a new era of groundbreaking animation on TV, joining the ranks of landmark Nickelodeon hits, including Doug, Rugrats, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants and more. Hey Arnold!:The Jungle Movie is one of Nickelodeon's three animated properties from its rich library reimagined for today's audience, including the upcoming TV special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling and Invader Zim."
What do you think? Were you a fan of Hey Arnold! as a kid? Will you watch the new movie?

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I am ashamed to admit that I have been quietly bigoted against cobblers for as long as I can remember, the dessert that is, not those dudes that save my shoes from NYC sidewalks. And like so many other baseless biases, my issues were not hinged on actually trying one, but an assumption that there could be nothing good about them. I mean, biscuits and fruit? Biscuits? Why on earth would anyone want to bake a fruit dessert with biscuits on top when they could have thick crumbles, granola-like crisps and don't even get me started on buckles, clafoutis, grunts, slumps, pandowdys and brown bettys, drool. Biscuits are for salty butter and barbecue and fried chicken, thank you very much.
Well, I am glad I have gotten over my issues, and no surprise here really, it came in the form of an old recipe I found from my current dessert guru fixation, Claudia Fleming. This is the cobbler that could challenge any cobbler-biased ways, and should you already be smitten with them, do know that this might be the best darn baked fruit dessert I've ever baked. The biscuit-like topping is amazing — cakey but still light and crisp, flavorful and rich. The rhubarb is tart but softened by the scrape from a fresh vanilla bean and the scent when you let all of this simmer together in your new oven is perfection — and was the most delicious way to break in our new oven.
It's a funny thing about rhubarb, by the way. I'd never even tried it before two years ago but now everywhere I turn, it's rhubarb this and that. But I fell for it quickly. First of all, it's one of the few seasonal fruits around right now, so it's great to know a few good ways to use it. Second of all, it's pink. Okay, fine maybe you don't buy fruit just because it's a pretty, pearly color but if you were going to make an exception, rhubarb is a great place to start. Finally, it's tart but it bakes down into something soft and mellow pretty quickly, and you control how sweet it gets. Once I realized that, it became my favorite fruit to bake.
Rhubarb, previously: Almond Cake with Strawberry Rhubarb Compote, Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble, Strawberry Rhubarb Pecan Loaf, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and Big Crumb Coffee Cake, with a rhubarb filling.
Mother's Day Brunch? This is the first mother's day in eons we're not having a brunch at our place, namely because we're (still) not fully unpacked and a certain table (yes, a table! like, just to eat on!) we ordered in April doesn't get here for another month. But there are still many, many recipes in the archives to hopefully inspire you if you're hosting or cooking for one of your own. This page rounds them all up. Enjoy!
One year ago: Crispy Salted Oatmeal White Chocolate Cookies
Two years ago: Pickled Garlicky Red Peppers
Rhubarb Cobbler
Adapted from Claudia Fleming via New York Magazine
The biscuit topping includes the curious ingredient of hard-boiled egg yolks. I've been trying for days to find the reason behind it's inclusion (as I am sure someone will ask) but without my cookbooks still boxed up, my access to technique information is limited. I know that some people grind up a hard boiled yolk in their sables, to make them sandier and would argue that this makes the biscuits a little richer and cakier. Whether that's the official rationale behind it or not, however, I don't care — this will be the only biscuit topping I use for now on. It is perfect. I never should have doubted it.
As for the dish together, the one note I'd add is that the proportion of biscuit to fruit is actually quite high. Now I know this sounds like a dream come true for a lot of people, but should you like a little more fruit with your cake, simply double the fruit quantity below, or halve the topping.
For dough
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 hard-boiled egg yolks
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
For rhubarb
2 pounds rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 6 cups)
1/2 cup sugar
1-inch piece of vanilla bean, split lengthwise, pulp scraped
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, egg yolks, and salt. Pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the flour resembles coarse meal. Add 2/3 cup of cream and pulse until the dough comes together. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently pat it together, incorporating any stray crumbs.
Using a small ice cream scoop or a large spoon*, form the dough into 2-inch balls, then flatten them slightly into thick rounds. Chill for 20 minutes (and up to 2 hours). Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put the rhubarb in a shallow 21/2- quart casserole dish and toss with sugar, vanilla, and cornstarch. Allow to macerate 15 minutes.
Arrange the biscuit rounds on top, leaving about an inch between them. Brush the biscuits with cream and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake the cobbler until the rhubarb is bubbling and the biscuits are golden brown, about 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with ice cream or crème fraîche.
* I haven't unearthed my scoops yet, but I did find some cookie cutters, so I simply patted my dough out on a floured surface and cut them instead. Besides, who doesn't like flower-shaped biscuits?


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The Possession of Victory
- Dr. James Davis GPN President & Co-Founder
- 2003 8 Oct
Part 1 of 10 in the Sign The Journey To Victory Sermon Series.
(Joshua 1:1-9, NASB)
"Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel. 3Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. 4From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, will be your territory. 5No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. 6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do all according to the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. 8This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. 9Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
This message is the first of a series of ten on the life of victory. It is my understanding that most Christians know they are called to a life of victory, but many do not yet experience that victory. It is not fascination, but fact, that God has called us to experience victory every day of our Christian life. It is my prayer that each message will speak to you on a personal and powerful basis, and that your life will be energized, stabilized and revitalized by the preaching of the Word of God. This first message is the key to understanding the remaining messages. It lays the foundation and basis for the life of victory in Canaan that God has prepared for each one.
The book of Joshua is more than mere history, more than a simple record of past results and rewards. It is a revelation of a present reality. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 10:11, "That all these things happened unto them for examples and they are for our admonition." Oftentimes the Old Testament is illustration while the New Testament is interpretation. If we are going to understand all of God's Word, we must understand both the illustrations and the interpretations of the Bible.
God has given to every Christian the promised possession of victory, to be able to live the Spirit-filled, overcoming life. It is God's plan. Now the Word of God talks about the possibility of failure, but it never assumes the necessity of failure. The book of Joshua was written to show us that victory is possible by practicing the principles specifically found in the Book of Joshua.
A) The Conversion Experience—Verses one and two teach us that there are possessions to possess: "Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel." The Israelites were in the wilderness. They had come out of Egypt and were on their way to Canaan, the Promised Land, the place of victory for God's people. God had said for them to cross over Jordan and possess the land, to take what He had already given them. Notice the implications this story has for you and me.
1) Egypt Represents the State of the Lost—It was there in Egypt that Pharaoh, the cruel task master, came against the nation of Israel. Egypt represents a picture of the world, a picture of the lost person who is bound by sin and broken by Satan.
2) Pharaoh Represents Satan—God came to deliver the nation of Israel from their harsh task master.
3) Passover Lamb Represents the Conversion Experience—The Lord covered the sins of His people and opened the Red Sea for their deliverance from sin and captivity. At one time we too were bound by sin; we were slaves to sin and this world. But, Jesus paid the price of our sins on the Cross and set us free and gave us a new life.
B) The Carnal Experience—However, many Israelites who left Egypt never made it into Canaan. They wandered in the wilderness for the rest of their life. Now, there is a legitimate wilderness experience, but God never intended for His people to live so long in the wilderness. If one lives in the wilderness too long, they become what the Bible calls a carnal Christian. Carnal Christians never really entered into Canaan and experienced all that God has prepared for them. When we first come to know Christ as Savior, the Bible calls us "babes in Christ." It's okay to be a baby for awhile, but not all our lifetime. There comes a time when we grow up in the things of God, in the principles and the promises of God, and we want the meat to eat and not just the soup to sip. We want to know all the blessings and all the principles of God's Word for our heart and our life. Too many are content to live in the wilderness.
C) The Canaan Experience—There is a conversion experience, and possibly a carnal experience; but God wants you and me to have the Canaan experience. Canaan represents several pictures.
1) It Represents a Picture of Release—The people of Israel had been in bondage and slavery, but God set them free. God desires for His people to be free from the shackles of sin and to know victory in every area of life. That's why Paul wrote in Romans 6:14 that "we were once slaves to sin, but we do not have to allow sin to have dominion over us now." The sinner is still bound by Satan and his plans for their life. But for God's people, Canaan meant release. Not only did it mean release, but it also meant refreshment.
2) It Means Refreshment—For forty years the Israelites in the wilderness ate manna. They had manna every day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year, for forty long years. No one ever asked, "What's for breakfast today?" They knew what it was. They lived every day eating manna. But, Canaan represented refreshment -- a land of variety and plenty. It is okay to eat manna once in a while, but it is God's plan for you and me to have victory in every area of our life. Do you not want to be refreshed, revived and touched by the power of God in every area of your life? For the nation of Israel, Canaan represented release, but it also represented refreshment.
I am reminded of the story about a pastor who visited a man who had not been to church for quite some time. The man made all kinds of excuses why he had missed like, "The kids have been sick, and it has rained a lot." The pastor responded, "It is always dry in the church." To which the man replied, "Well, that's another reason I haven't been coming."
The supernatural power of God is available to touch every fiber of our life and help us live the victorious Christian life. For God's people, Canaan represents release and refreshment.
3) It Represents Rest—The book of Hebrews calls it the land of rest. This does not mean rest from work, but rest while you work. Jesus said, "Come unto me and I will give you rest." The Israelites had come out of Egypt, but they had no rest. They had wandered around the wilderness, but they had no rest.
Are you tired of going in circles, without purpose in your life? Don't you want to have the joy of Jesus, the comfort of Christ, and the strength of the Spirit? Are you tired of being confused and defeated? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? If you want His rest, then you must leave the wilderness and go to Canaan.
4) It is a Place of Reality—Up to this time, the people of Israel had had discussions and descriptions of Canaan, but they had never discovered Canaan. Do you want God's Word to come alive to your heart and life? Then you must go to Canaan where God's plan becomes real. I want revival, the supernatural, and to see God's power in reality. Some have been in the wilderness so long they have come to think that living in the wilderness is normal. When someone gets excited about serving Jesus, and talks about the victorious Christian life, we mark them as abnormal. We say that are fanatical. The wilderness is abnormal; Canaan is normal. The person who is defeated is abnormal; the person who is victorious is normal. It is not God's plan for us to wander in the wilderness but to camp in Canaan.
Once Moses spoke to the nation of Israel, in Deuteronomy 6:23, and said, "God brought us out from thence that He might bring us in." God did not bring them out of Egypt to leave them in the wilderness. He brought them out of Egypt to bring them into Canaan. God did not save us to leave us defeated. He saved us so we could live victoriously, have abundance, and to see His power.
Some years ago, William Randolph Hurst saw a rare painting in a book and told his agent he must have that painting. After several months of searching throughout the world, the agent told Mr. Hurst that the treasured painting had been in his own warehouse all the time. God has called us to live in Canaan and to possess our possessions.
A) The Walk of Victory—Notice verse three, the walk of victory: "Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses." God has given us victory. He said to Joshua, "I have already given this land unto you." All Joshua had to do was go out and take what was his. We too must reach out by faith and received the possessions God says are rightfully ours.
On the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished." It was not doomsday, but deliverance day. He had just purchased deliverance for all who would believe. The devil wants us to live in defeat, in the wilderness, and not experience the blessings found in Canaan.
We do not have to pray for victory because we are praying from victory. We will possess our land of release, rest, refreshment, and reality when we put down our foot in faith on the promises of God. The Lord told Joshua to walk on conquered land. I want you to see the walk of victory, but also the width of victory.
B) The Width of Victory—In verse four the Bible tells us how wide it was: "From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, will be your territory." God said their possession was to be all they could see from the north, south, east, and the west. There was to be no limit to the victory that God planned for His people. Canaan isn't heaven—Canaan is now. I am not so concerned about what is going to happen tomorrow as to what is going to happen today. We talk about the happy by and by, but I am concerned about the nasty now and now.
Many years ago, a cold and hungry elderly man walked into a music store in London, England. He asked the owner if he would give him a few dollars for his violin so he could buy something to eat. The owner gave the man five dollars for the violin. After lighting a candle, and studying the violin, he saw the words, "Antonio Stradivarius, 1704." Suddenly, he realized he had possession of a violin that had been missing for more than 100 years, that eventually was purchased for a huge some of money. It had been in the hand of a penniless man, on the verge of starvation, who did not realize its value.
Oftentimes, God's people often walk into the church with a Bible in hand, never realizing the value of its promises. They live on the brink of starvation instead of experiencing the joys of salvation. God did not plan that we go from salvation to stagnation, but from salvation to victory living in Christ. There are possessions to possess and promises to pursue.
A) Conquering Power—Notice verse five: "No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life." This represents God's conquering power. There is power to do everything God has asked us to do. Behind every command of God is the omnipotent power of God to help us fulfill God's Word. Every command is a promise. Every verse in the Bible is a promise to you and to me.
God said He would be with Joshua, and I suggest that He is saying that He will also be with us to possess our Canaan. Also notice the continuing presence.
B) Continuing Presence—"Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you." God's Word is not outdated. He said he would be with Joshua, and He will be with us also. We often say that God was with Moses, Abraham, Joshua, Daniel, the three Hebrews in the furnace, with Peter, James and John, and Paul—but not with us. God is no respecter of persons. What He did for them, He will do for us. His principles have not changed. He is still in the midst of His people giving victory for every area of life.
A circus strongman would always squeeze a lemon dry and then offer $100 to anyone in the audience who could squeeze more juice from the lemon. One day a man stepped forth and met the challenge. He began to twist the lemon until he got four or five more drops from the already drained lemon. Asked how he could do that, the name explained that he was the treasurer at the local church.
Catch this. Some two thousand years after speaking to Joshua, the writer of Hebrews 13:5 quoted Joshua 1: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." If you and I are to expand the end of that verse, and squeeze all the juice out of it that we can, then this verse will say to us, "For He, God Himself, will not in any way fail you or leave you without support. He will not, will not, will not leave you helpless, or forsake you, or let you down, or relax his hold on you—assuredly not."
A seminarian once shared with his grandmother that the Greek intensive form of this verse in Hebrews was supposed to be repeated three times to say, "I will not. I will not. I will not." In his excitement, he said, "Look, grandma, at this promise.
God is saying, 'I will not, I will not, I will not leave thee nor forsake thee.'" With a smile on her face she said, "Well, for you seminarians, God may need to say it three times; but for me, once is enough."
God did not say partial victory—but victory in every area of our Christian life. The Bible tells us that there is a principle to perceive. Just as God was with Moses, He was with Joshua. And, He will be with you and me.
A) Proclaim the Word of God—Now we read in verse eight: "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth."
We need to proclaim the Word of God, for there is power in speaking the Word of God. Jesus used the Word against Satan and so should we. We need to know it in order to live the victorious life. Not only do we need to proclaim the Word of God, but we need to ponder it as well.
B) Ponder the Word of God—"You shall meditate on it day and night." The Hebrew word for "meditate" is where we get the English word "hum" today. We need to get a song in our heart as it relates to the Word of God. Have you ever had a tune on your mind that stayed there for the longest time? Before long we begin to hum it. That's the way it is with the Word of God. We need to let it become like a song. You need to hum it, to ponder it, for in it is the victory we need in our life. Not only do we need to proclaim it, not only do we need to ponder it, but we need to practice the Word of God.
C) Practice the Word of God—"So that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it." Proclaiming and pondering the Word of God will cause us to practice the Word of God. We can tell who believes the Word of God, and who doesn't, by what they do. The person who practices the Word of God is the person who believes the Word of God. But, the person who doesn't live according to the Word, does not really believe it either. Jesus said in John 14:21, "He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, He it is that loveth Me. He that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father and I will love him and I will manifest Myself to him." Not only do we need to know the commandments, but we must obey them in order to experience His presence and power in our life. Not only do we need to practice the Word, but I believe we can prosper in the Word.
D) Prosper in the Word of God—The Bible says at the end of verse eight, "For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success." Do you want to be a successful Christian? Do you want to be a successful believer? Do you want to be prosperous in this world? Then you must practice, you must ponder, you must proclaim the Word of God. If you do that you shall be successful, you shall live victoriously in every area of your life.
E) Proclaim the Word of God—The story goes that a certain husband enjoyed hearing a preacher from a different church more than his own. During one particular service, he heard his favorite preacher tell about man in another church across town that had such a hunger for God's Word that, while sitting with his wife in their home church, he would listen to the broadcast through the earphone of a pocket radio. Forgetting where he was, the husband suddenly jumped to his feet and said, "Hey, he's talking about me."
When I hear the principles of the Word of God being shared, I have to exclaim, "Hey, He's talking about me." When I hear Timothy say that "I do not have the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind," I just have to say, "Hey, he's talking about me." When I hear Peter say, "By His stripes I am healed," I have to say, "Hey, he's talking about me."
When Jesus says, "Come unto Me, you who are weary and are burdened and I will give you rest," I have to say, "Hey, He's talking about me." When I read in 1 John 4, where John is saying "that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world,"
I just have to say, "Hey, John is talking to me." When I read a little further, in Philippians 4, where Paul says that "the Lord is going to provide all of my needs according to His riches in glory," I have to say, "Hey, he's talking about me." When Jesus says, "Every man that hungers and thirsts after righteousness will be filled," I have to say, "Hey, He's talking about me."
What I want you tell you is that the Word of God is for you. Jesus Christ proclaimed it. The Apostles preached it. Let's receive it and enjoy the victorious Christian life that God has planned for each of us.
A) Learn to be Basic—Verse six says, "Be strong and courageous." Then the writer goes on to say, "For you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them." Learn to simply trust and believe what God says. So often we get wrapped up in so many different theological ramifications that we lose the point of what God is saying.
Learn to be basic. Learn to be simplistic. Learn to take God at His Word and say, "He has said it and that settles it. I am going to be victorious." Learn not only to be basic, but learn to be balanced.
B) Learn to be Balanced—The Bible says in verse seven, "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do all according to the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go." We need to be balanced believers. We need to be balanced in serving Jesus, and accepting God's Word for every area of our life. We should also be a bold believer.
C) Learn to be Bold—Look at verse nine: "Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." God hasn't called us to live in fear, but in faith. He has not called us to be defeated, but to be victorious. We need to learn to be basic, to be balanced, and to be bold. In order to take our Canaan, we must live victoriously. There is nothing to fear, for victory is ours.
On January 6, 1852, a child named Heinrick Schulmanz was born to a pastor and his wife. These parents never thought particularly that their son would grow up to be someone special. At the age of seven, however, the boy saw pictures in a book of the burning city of Troy that would change his life.
At that young age he determined that one day he would find that city.
As he grew, he began looking for the city he had seen in the pictures. Although many people ridiculed his efforts, in 1873, he discovered the city of Troy and became very famous and wealthy. Why? Because, he learned how to see the unseen. He refused to be discouraged by what others thought or said. His sights were set to find the unknown.
We too must set our sites on the unseen. In spite of what others may say or do to thwart our efforts, we must determine that will live victoriously and possess Canaan as God has promised to all who will know and follow Him as believers!
-Dr. James Davis
GPN President & Co-Founder
For the entire sermon series, please visit www.globalpastorsnetwork.org.
© Copyright 2003 by Global Pastors Network and/or Dr. James Davis


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Seventy-five percent of working-age Americans are "job seekers" — they're currently looking for or open to a new job — according to an online survey of more than 2,100 people released this week by the hiring software company Jobvite.
Among the employed respondents to the 2012 Social Job Seeker Survey, 69 percent said they were either "actively seeking" a new job or "open to" a new job. That number is up from 61 percent in Jobvite's 2011 survey.


text: Hidden City Entertainment, Inc., the rights holder of Bella Sara, introduces Bella Sara Chibis (Chee-Bees). The new soft, squishy figures will fit in the palm of a hand, and come with its own stacking cube containers, bracelet, and trading card. Kids can also go online and get the digital versions of the creatures. Scheduled to arrive in stores this summer, Bella Sara Chibis will be available first in the U.S. and Russia, and then will be released in Western Europe.


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A popular school of thought, dramatized in the recent TV drama Lie to Me, is that a careful study of facial expressions—especially eye movements—tells investigators if a perp is dissembling. Reality is neither as dramatic nor as decisive. Even experienced investigators average only about a 65 percent success rate, according to researchers. Could computers do a better job?
Researchers at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (U.B.), claim their video-analysis software can analyze eye movement successfully to identify whether or not a subject is fibbing 82.5 percent of the time. The researchers, who first presented their (still unpublished) results at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition a year ago, believe they have laid the foundation for a more extensive study that will include a larger sample and take into account body language in addition to eye movement to determine whether new technologies can help interrogators in their search for the truth.
The 40 interviews were conducted by Mark Frank, a U.B. professor of communication and a study co-author, and included a diversity in age, gender and ethnicity. Prior to the interview, each subject was given the opportunity to "steal" a check made out to a political party or cause that the volunteer strongly opposed. Afterward, subjects sat down with a retired law-enforcement interrogator. The interviewer first posed conversational questions unrelated to the possible theft, to establish a baseline of normal eye movement, and then asked whether the interviewee had taken the check.
Those subjects who successfully lied received a monetary reward for themselves as well as for a group they supported. Those caught lying received nothing and were told that money would instead go to the party or group they opposed. The software compared each subject's baseline eye movement with those observed during the questions about the check. If the computer detected a large deviation, the researchers noted this change and flagged that person as a potential liar.
The work of Paul Ekman, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine served as an inspiration for the study. Ekman's specialty is the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions, and his work formed the basis of the techniques used by fictional psychologist Cal Lightman in Lie to Me. Frank performed postdoctoral research at U.C. San Francisco's psychiatry department under Ekman's guidance.
Ekman's focus on brief, involuntary facial expression is not without critics. One former FBI special agent finds a fundamental flaw with the Buffalo study: "One problem with this research is its overreliance on the face as the only place to evince information from the body," says retired FBI counterintelligence special agent Joe Navarro, who spent 25 years with the bureau and was a founding member of its Behavioral Analysis Unit. "I can tell you as an investigator and somebody who's studied this not just superficially but in depth, you have to observe the whole body; it can't just be the face," he says, adding that a failure to take body language into consideration could lead to "an inordinate amount of false positives."
In future work, the Buffalo researchers plan to take a more holistic view of behavioral cues. "We know that the eyes give signals that lead to deception, but what about general body movements?" says Ifeoma Nwogu, study co-author and a research assistant professor in U.B.'s Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors. Faster algorithms would also enable the software to flag behavioral deviations in near real-time, she adds. They also want to expand the sample size; the 40-person study is too small to be statistically significant.
An interview's setting or its context can also be important, Navarro says. "I did thousands of interviews with the FBI and most of them aren't in a laboratory, most of them aren't in a clean, sterile environment," such as the one in the Buffalo study, he says. "We did our own study years ago, and about 97 percent of interviews are actually done on the street, in the dark, after hours." These factors affect the interview subject's behavior and have an impact on whether an investigator can even clearly see a suspect's eyes.
Ultimately, the best law enforcement can do today is make a judgment based on their observations and experience, taking into account that interrogations can make even honest people a little anxious.
In-Your-Face: Can Computers Catch You Telling a Lie?
Research suggests that software might be better than law-enforcement officials at detecting a lie. But will it really work?
A popular school of thought, dramatized in the recent TV drama Lie to Me, is that a careful study of facial expressions—especially eye movements—tells investigators if a perp is dissembling. Reality is neither as dramatic nor as decisive. Even experienced investigators average only about a 65 percent success rate, according to researchers. Could computers do a better job?


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President Barack Obama plans to announce Monday that the nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record high of 83.2 percent, according to the White House.
At his speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C., the president will also highlight several of his education initiatives that enabled the improvement.
Graduation rates have increased by about 4 percent since the 2010-2011 school year, when all states began using a consistent, four-year adjusted measure of high school completion. Students in every category made steady progress during President Obama's time in office. Notably, Black and Hispanic students are closing the graduation gap with Whites and Asians.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
MM Sunday Scripture
-I Samuel 12:13
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Royal News Roundup
In Southeast Asia, royal physicians in Bangkok have announced that the health of HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand has greatly improved, with her appetite, sleep routine and mobility being almost back to normal. The Queen will continue to undergo physical therapy for the immediate future. The Thai queen consort was found to be suffering from a slight shortage of blood to the brain in July after almost falling while attending to the King who also remains in hospital. Nearby, HM King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia began a 3-day visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to strengthen Viet-Cambodian relations. The King has already met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, was originally put in power by Hanoi following the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in which Pol Pot was driven from power and which provoked the last Chinese invasion of Vietnam (didn't work out so good for China). Over in the Middle East, Queen Rania of Jordan joined charity foundation presidents, politicians, three other royals and executives from The World Bank, Wal-Mart and the United Nations at the Clinton Global Initiative where she said, "We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution". Meanwhile, HH the Emir of Qatar has called for Arab countries to intervene in Syria and enact a no-fly zone over the country to protect Syrians from the government forces of Bashar Al-Assad. In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, just back from a medical leave of absence, launched a new project to expand the Prophet's mosque in the Muslim holy city of Medina.
In Europe, Prince Friso of The Netherlands remains in grim condition. South African Bishop Desmond Tutu reported that, recently, the Queen's son opened his eyes and moved slightly before slipping back into the comatose state he has remained in since his skiing accident in Austria in which he was caught in an avalanche seven months ago. The Prince turned 44 on Tuesday and in The Netherlands, where euthanasia is legal, debate has started to emerge about when he should be taken off of all life support. And, just to add to the pain of the House of Orange, the Prime Minister had been under increased pressure to publicize royal expenses and the Queen has been criticized for saying that she sees "no reason" to reduce the royal allowance. So far the PM is sticking to his guns saying that to make the expenses public would be a violation of the privacy of the Royal Family. On a happier note, to the south in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, new photos have been released of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Countess Stephanie in preparation for their upcoming wedding. Though, there too, there is murmuring about the expense of the wedding to the Luxembourg state. Such concerns over spending taxpayer euros would carry a lot more weight if those raising them were not constantly throwing away so much money on projects that have nothing at all to do with Luxembourg or the people of Luxembourg in any way whatsoever.
In Britain, the traitor-group "Republic" has announced a new campaign to abolish the Duchy of Cornwall (a title belonging to the Prince of Wales) on the grounds that this will make the monarchy "more accountable". How exactly getting rid of the Duchy of Cornwall will accomplish this they did not say. However, they have also announced their intention to press for the legal invasion of the privacy of the Royal Family and to abolish the Queen's royal veto which, of course, is a very pressing issue considering that no British monarch has actually used the royal veto since the reign of Queen Anne. On a happier note, despite his recent stays in the hospital, and being 91-years old, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh is still doing his part for Queen and country with no less than 37 official functions scheduled for the next two months. God bless Prince Philip, you can't keep a good Duke down. The Queen also recently purchased a set of portraits of herself by the artist Andy Warhol to feature them in a special Diamond Jubilee exhibition at Windsor Castle called "The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch" which will start on November 23 and run until June, 2013.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Royal Profile: Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa
In 1848, starting in Palermo, the Sicilians rose up in revolt against the House of Bourbon. The nobles of Sicily had, during the Napoleonic Wars, (with British encouragement) forced King Ferdinando III of Sicily and IV of Naples to enact a constitution which gave the Kingdom of Sicily a more British-style government. However, this constitution was later revoked and discontent had spread. On January 11, 1848 rebellion erupted again and in a more violent fashion. The old constitution was restored, establishing a representative government with the central role being given to an elected parliament. Rebel forces took control of almost the whole island (not the Bourbon bastion of Messina) and even talked of establishing a pan-Italian confederation. They also began looking around for an appropriate prince to be the new sovereign of their new constitutional monarchy and, given the leadership shown by King Carlo Alberto in Piedmont-Sardinia, quickly turned to his son the Duke of Genoa. Knowing his temperament and background, the representatives of the British government were pleased with such a choice and encouraged the Duke to accept the offer, with the British ambassador in Turin promising that Britain would immediately recognize Sicilian independence once he did so.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Monarch Profile: Emperor Cuauhtémoc
á n Corté s entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, eventually taking Montezuma II prisoner. The Emperor died, whether at the hands of the Spanish or a mob of his own people remains hotly debated to this day. Cortes fought his way out of the city in a brutal battle known in Mexico as la noche triste ("night of sorrow") and during his absence one of his lieutenants carried out a massacre, inciting the Aztecs to rise up in revolt.
Still, if things continued, a Spanish victory was inevitable so, on August 13, 1521, Cuauhtémoc sent out messengers to the surrounding tribes summoning them to help fight the Spanish and defend (or soon retake) Tenochtitlan. Unfortunately, the Aztecs were not known for being the most kind of masters or benevolent of overlords and few of their fellow natives were distressed to see them facing total defeat. Indeed, the Spanish victories thus far would not have been possible if so many of the indigenous people they encountered had not been so eager to throw off the Aztec yoke that they would willingly join anyone who offered them a change. In the end, only the people of Tlatelolco (the sister-city of Tenochtitlan, also built on an island on lake Texcoco) remained loyal to the Aztec Emperor. It was not enough and soon Cuauhtémoc had no choice but to abandon the great city, with his family and a small entourage, in disguise.
In truth, there was nothing Cuauhtémoc could have done as it seems factual that no such treasure existed. Indeed, the Aztecs themselves did not view gold as being particularly valuable, other than, perhaps, as a decoration and certain bird feathers worked much better, being more colorful and considerably lighter and easier to wear. Cortes, when confronted with the horrific scene of his fallen foe having his feet burned, was ashamed and ordered his immediate release. Some gold was found, scattered about the city in various temples or the homes of leading aristocrats, but nothing like the vast quantities that were expected. Cortes had given Cuauhtémoc his life, but still did not trust him and when he set off to conquer Central America for the Spanish Crown, he took the fallen monarch with him for fear that he might lead another revolt if left in Tenochtitlan. It was during this expedition on February 28, 1525 that Cortes had Cuauhtémoc put to death after discovering that he and several other Aztec noblemen were plotting his assassination. However, Cuauhtémoc protested to the last that he had been unjustly accused and afterward Cortes was genuinely anxious about whether or not he had killed an innocent man.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Consort Profile: Queen Catherine de' Medici
Things became more intense when her brother-in-law Francis, Dauphin of France, died in 1536 making her husband Henri heir to the throne. As Dauphine of France, the pressure was greater than ever for Catherine to have a son. Nothing seemed to work and many advised the King to have his son divorce Catherine and find another wife. This drove Catherine to desperate measures, everything from prayers, fasting and pilgrimages to some truly disgusting home remedies said to increase fertility. For quite a while, nothing seemed to work but then, it all changed. Most attribute this to the inexplicable ways of nature, others to the advice of her doctor who told her and the Dauphin how to 'do things' properly but still others say that Catherine turned to witchcraft and became a Devil-worshiper and it was after that point that she finally became pregnant in 1544 and had roughly a child every year thereafter. Be it the doc or the devil, Catherine was finally a mother, her position was secured and the means by which she would frequently be the effective ruler of France established. In 1547 she was crowned Queen consort alongside her husband who became King Henri II. However, he still lived mostly apart from her and generally treated his favorite mistress better than Queen Catherine.
The Queen first tried to bring the Protestant and Catholic leaders together to work out a peace but was unsuccessful and soon the infamous Wars of Religion were raging across France. The Queen tried to appease the Protestants by enacting religious toleration and 'toning down' Catholic practices they found most objectionable (with the approval of the Pope) but it was not enough to stop each side from attacking the other. She also pressed the Church for more money to keep the Protestants in check and even tried to make a deal with the Ottoman Sultan to relocate French and German Protestants to Eastern Europe but the Sultan declined the offer. More powers became engulfed in the conflict. When the Protestant brought in German mercenaries to continue the fight, Queen Catherine brought in the Swiss but no side seemed strong enough to totally defeat the other two. Queen Catherine was, officially, on the Catholic side but stuck to trying to make peace and even allowed Protestants to hold high places at court and marry into the Royal Family. Gaspard de Coligny, a Protestant, soon became the top advisor to King Charles IX and he wanted to invade The Netherlands to fight the Spanish. The Catholics, naturally, opposed this and Catherine saw Coligny replacing her as the primary influence on the King. Coligny had to go. An assassination plot was arranged but Coligny survived and the Protestants were infuriated.
Prior to this, some Protestants had viewed Catherine de Medici as the reasonable member of the Royal Family, the voice of peace and moderation. After St Bartholomew's Day she was portrayed by the Protestants as the "wicked Italian Queen" who conducted her affairs in the style of Machiavelli, callous, cruel and unprincipled. Less than two years later King Charles IX died and his brother became King Henri III (a rather odd fellow if ever there was one) with the Queen mother Catherine again named as regent. This was only because he was, at the time, serving as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth but he was soon back in France. Henri was Catherine's favorite son but he did little right in her eyes. Still, he followed her course of reconciliation and made numerous concessions to the Protestants but the wars continued. This is what is sometimes known as the war of the three Henrys; King Henri III, Henri of Guise for the Catholics and Henri Navarre of the Protestants. King Henri III had Hanri of Guise killed and Queen Catherine was horrified and died on January 5, 1589 sorrowful and asking for prayers for her misguided son. She could not have a traditional royal burial as Paris was in the hands of her enemies and later, during the French Revolution, her remains were tossed in a mass grave with other royals. She had been called the most powerful woman in the world of her time and her time in power has been called the 'Age of Catherine de' Medici' yet few, then or now, have a kind word for her.
Forced into a loveless marriage she did not want, she was constantly being ridiculed, pushed aside and truly treated as nothing more than a 'baby machine' and not a terribly reliable one at that. She was faced with a divided country and a 3-way division which is the worst kind as no faction is hardly ever strong enough to defeat the other two. She also grew up in a time and place where political survival was a cut-throat business. Her earliest years were spent in a 'kill or be killed' environment where you got the other guy before the other guy got you. She had a husband who never loved her, traumatic pregnancies and children which were a constant source of sorrow and seemed all to have been ill-fated. Francis was dead at 16, Isabel (consort to Philip II of Spain) died in her early 20's, Claude who was born crippled and died at 27, Louis, Jean and Victor all dead within a year of their birth, Charles, mentally unwell and dead at 24, Hercule who was deformed at died at 30, Marguerite who was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world but who lived a rather immoral life and was never able to have children and finally Henri who caused such grief who was assassinated at age 38.
Certainly then, Catherine endured a great deal of anguish herself. There is no doubt, based on the evidence of her own hand, that she was capable of dealing mercilessly with any enemies, real or perceived. Yet, she was also thrust into a situation not of her own making, at least initially, and few doubt that without her, the House of Valois would have come to an earlier end. Especially today it seems odd to find so many who are critical of a queen whose overriding policy was always one of negotiating a peace, yet it is hard to dispute that those efforts prolonged the conflict by granting concessions in return for bad behavior and never hesitating to resort to underhanded measures when negotiating proved fruitless. Given her patronage of the arts, to glorify the monarchy and solidify the shaky House of Valois, she may have had good intentions and there should be no doubt that she was obsessed with securing the position and future success of her children, even if they often disappointed her. However, if she was only self-serving and utterly malicious through and through, it seems that God saw to her punishment and her children with her. Usually I feel almost compelled to sympathize with anyone who is disliked by everyone else, but in this case …
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Monarchist Profile: Arthur Capel First Baron Capel of Hadham
In fact, Capel was the first MP to deliver a county petition protesting royal actions and he voted in favor of the execution of the Earl of Strafford. In that case, however, he seems to have had misgivings as he stated later that he regretted it for the rest of his life. By the summer of 1641 Capel had begun to be alarmed at the radical direction Parliament was taking. He had protested against certain things the King had done, but he saw Parliament increasingly setting itself against the King himself and this he found deeply disturbing. King Charles I was, by that time, in need of friends and someone with the wealth of Capel would be a valuable ally indeed. As he already seemed to be drifting away from the Parliamentarians, the King made a friendly overture to him in August of 1641 by raising him to the peerage as Baron Capel of Hadham, giving him a seat in the House of Lords. Lord Capel was seen to be firmly on the royalist side when he voted against the Militia Ordinance which was effectively an effort by Parliament to take control of the armed forces away from the King. When the First English Civil War broke out, Lord Capel put his money where his mouth was and raised and outfitted a cavalry regiment. In October of 1642 he fought in the Battle of Edgehill as a member of the King's lifeguard.
Even though Lord Capel had absolutely no military experience prior to Edgehill, his standing earned him an appointment to command all royalist troops in north Wales, Cheshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire with the rank of lieutenant general though at least Sir Michael Woodhouse, an experienced veteran, was sent along with him. Lord Capel was certainly not lacking in bravery, audacity or devotion to his cause but he had the misfortune to be up against some of the better commanders of the Parliamentary forces. Capel came under attack by Sir William Brereton and despite some daring maneuvers and bold attacks, Capel was checked at every turn and became the object of some ridicule in the area, at least among those predisposed toward the forces of Parliament. Finally, at the urging of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Lord Capel was replaced by Lord Byron in December of 1643. He spent most of the next year at court with King Charles I before next being assigned to the commission that discussed the Uxbridge Treaty of 1645 proposed by the Parliamentarians and the Covenanters of Scotland. There was little chance of this being accepted and it was not so Lord Capel moved on to serve on the Council of the Prince of Wales at Bristol where he formed two regiments, one of infantry and the other of cavalry, to serve as the Prince's lifeguards.
When the western royalist forces surrendered in 1646 Lord Capel went with the Prince into exile on Scilly and then Jersey but the two parted company when the Prince of Wales went to France to join his mother Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Capel had been invited to go along of course, but did not because he was uncomfortable around the very Catholic entourage of the Queen (not an uncommon sentiment at the time). In 1647 he returned to England and waited on the King who was being held prisoner at Hampton Court. All the while, Lord Capel, along with other royalists, was constantly involved in the effort to gain support for the King and especially to get the Scots to come on side for another effort at defeating the forces of Parliament. Ultimately, this led to the outbreak of the Second Civil War. In 1648 Lord Capel was charged with leading the royalist uprising in East Anglia. He joined with the troops loyal to the King at Chelmsford in Essex in June but they were pounced on by the Parliamentarians under General Fairfax who chased them to Colchester. Lord Capel commanded the rearguard that held off rebel attacks while the army fell back to the city.
Following the siege of Colchester, the city surrendered in August and Lord Capel was taken prisoner. Confined first at Windsor Castle and later the Tower of London to await trial, the intrepid Baron accomplished the remarkable feat of escaping from the Tower. He hid out for several days but was finally betrayed by a boatman hired to take him to a royalist safe house in Lambeth. In February of 1649, with four other prominent royalists, Lord Capel was taken before the "High Court of Justice" and sentenced to death as a "traitor" for remaining loyal to his King and country. Alongside the Duke of Hamilton and the Earl of Holland he was beheaded outside Westminster Hall on March 8, 1649. He had paid the ultimate price for his heroic loyalty but, in time, his sacrifice was recognized. After the restoration of the monarchy, King Charles II restored all confiscated lands to his family and made his eldest son Earl of Essex.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
MM Sunday Scripture
-Ecclesiastes 3:14
This one does not reference monarchy directly but it bears repeating, especially for those who say that the verses concerning monarchy no longer apply or that it is an outdated institution. -MM
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Royal News Roundup
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|Princess Letizia
|The Queen of The Netherlands
|The Duchess of Cambridge
Friday, September 21, 2012
Papal Profile: Pope Pius VII
When the forces of the French Revolution swept into northern Italy in 1797 they were determined to spread revolutionary republics as they went. Soon, the green-white-red tricolor first appeared on Italian soil with the creation of the Cisalpine Republic which, some may be surprised to know, Cardinal Chiaramonti called for loyal submission to. The aristocratic cardinal preached in his Christmas sermon that Christ advocated for equality and that the Catholic Church was not opposed to democracy, indeed that Christians would be the best democrats. Of course, the French did not stop there but invaded neutral Venice and the Papal States where clerical rule was overthrown and the Roman Republic declared. Pope Pius VI was effectively taken prisoner by the French and died in captivity in 1799 which a triumphant republican newspaper in Paris called, "a seal on the glory of philosophy in modern times". Because of this, there was some doubt as to whether there would be a new pope at all. However, a conclave was finally arranged and held in Venice under the protection of the Emperor of Austria, who hoped this would ensure the election of the candidate of his choice.
By that time, it had become clear that the republics planted in Italy by France were not all taking root very well and, for a variety of reasons, the Austrian Emperor invited Pope Pius VII to reside in Vienna. Was it out of genuine concern for his safety, an effort to make up for the setting of the coronation or an effort to solidify the Austrian position in northern Italy and influence Church administration? It did not matter. Pius VII realized that, regardless of what actually happened, to go to Vienna would be to be seen as the chaplain of the Hapsburg Emperor and to lose any chance of making amends with France. He also knew that, as the Bishop of Rome, his place was the See of Rome and that is where he had to go, regardless of the danger. So, on a very austere and rickety Austrian ship the new Pope was sent to Pesaro, the rough passage taking nearly two weeks, and from there on to Rome. Once back, the French-sponsored Roman Republic had been overthrown by King Ferdinand of Naples, one his first acts was to appoint the brilliant Ercole Consalvi to the rank of cardinal and make him Secretary of State. His first duty was to negotiate a concordat with the French Republic. This would have seemed an impossible task given how virulently anti-Catholic the French Republic had been, however, Pius VII was determined that some understanding be reached and, by the time he attained the papacy, the more radical revolutionary leadership had given way to the Consulate of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, a much more pragmatic and realistic man than his predecessors.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Royal Profile: Prince Phetsarath of Laos
The next year, on July 26, 1920, Prince Bounkhong died and Prince Phetsarath succeeded his father as the uparaja or ouphat, effectively the Vice-King of Laos, also sometimes westernized to "Viceroy". In that capacity he worked tirelessly for the development of the country. He reformed or, indeed, instituted in the first place, the Lao Consultative Assembly, streamlined the advisory council of the King, made the civil service more fair and results-driven by establishing a clear system of ranks and requirements for promotion that ended a great deal of corruption. In Laos, "Church and State" went hand-in-hand and Prince Phetsarath also reformed the administrative system of the Buddhist temples and set down new guidelines for the education of Buddhist priests. The first modern legal code in the Kingdom of Laos was the invention of Prince Phetsarath and he founded the Institute of Law and Administration to train competent civil servants who would not owe their position to the granting of special favors. Not only did all of this greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Lao government, but it also displayed to the people of Laos that they themselves were capable of holding positions and making improvements which were previously the domain of the colonial authorities alone. As such, even many who were not ill-disposed toward the French began to see them as being rather unnecessary.
In January of 1941, in reaction to all of this, Prince Phetsarath formed the "Movement for National Renovation" to stand up for Lao territorial integrity. It was not an anti-French organization and some French officials in Laos supported it but these were generally those more in line with the "Free French" loyal to General Charles DeGaulle in London. The French colonial leadership in Hanoi which was loyal to the Vichy government opposed the organization. At one point, in 1944, Prince Phetsarath sent Lao troops to attack Thailand and regain the lost territory but nothing came of the attempted campaign. Laos remained in almost a state of limbo in terms of the wider world war until the liberation of France by the Allies in 1944. With France shifting back to the Allied camp, the Japanese reacted by taking control of Indochina themselves, starting with Vietnam. Some French officials fled to Laos and the Japanese moved in to pursue them and to detain King Sisavang Vong in the hope that he would declare independence from France and join the Japanese-sponsored "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" as the Emperor of Vietnam and King of Cambodia had done or would do. The King and Crown Prince refused to turn against France but Prince Phetsarath took a different view. As he saw it, their relationship with France had been based on the French pledge to protect Laos and as they had failed to do so, Laos should declare independence and if this could only be done with the support of Japan, so be it.
Within days the French were reasserting control over Indochina and Prince Phetsarath was a marked man for his cooperation with the Japanese. Still at the head of his "Free Laos" government, he had no choice but to escape across the border into Thailand in 1946. He was gone but not forgotten and during the more than ten years Prince Phetsarath spent in exile, his reputation grew and grew in Laos until he attained godlike status. People had come to believe that the Prince possessed supernatural powers and would often call on him to bless their villages and drive out evil spirits. After the return of French forces, his reputation as "Father of Independence" took on a new importance among the populace. People said that he could fly and had turned himself into various animals to speed his work in struggling for their freedom. Part of the origins for these beliefs were also the seemingly miraculous way the Prince had survived numerous accidents in his life, and tales of this eventually reached the point where he was considered invincible, a khon kong or half-god, half-royal.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Colonialism and the Middle East
Similarly, many of those who cited the existence of the terrorist prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba under George W. Bush as being at fault for making people hate the USA are now quiet as church mice after President Obama failed to make good on his oft-repeated promise to close the facility. The blame now must reside elsewhere I suppose. Likewise, it is almost funny to see the leadership of the European Union congratulate the people of North Africa on achieving democracy when they are so adamantly opposed to submitting themselves to the democratic will of their own peoples. However, the Muslim community, and particularly the Arab Muslim community, are no less adept at these blame games than the western and (hardly even nominally these days) Christian countries. I find it particularly strange to see so many disgruntled Arab Muslims shouting abuse at the west and calling for Islamic unity and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate considering that, during World War I, it was Arab Muslims who fought alongside the Christian Allied powers in bringing about the destruction of the last, legitimate Caliph of Islam who was the Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Just to be clear, for anyone new to this game, I am not among those who think it so. I do not pretend it was all good, but I think it was more positive than not and, while I speak only for myself in this, I find it a little absurd that anyone in the Americas in particular would decry colonialism considering that none of the countries and most of the people of the Americas today would not exist without it. That being my mentality, I am particularly sensitive to colonialism being the modern whipping boy for every problem in the contemporary Third World, to say nothing of the Middle East and North Africa. Of course, everything that is today is based to some degree on all that has been but when it comes to colonialism I think the negative aspects are being exaggerated. I think this is particularly true considering North Africa and the Middle East which were under European colonial rule for a period of time that amounts to a mere speck on the world history timeline when compared to the length of time the region was under the colonial rule of the non-Christian, non-western and non-European Turkish Ottoman Empire.
Now, it should be obvious but I will point it out just to be on the safe side, this does not mean I think the Middle East and North Africa should instead blame modern Turkey for their current problems instead of "the west" (which Turkey is trying to join, but that's another story). As mentioned, if anything, the Turks would have more reason to blame their problems on the Arabs for turning on their Muslim brethren in the First World War to fight alongside Britain, France and Italy in bringing down the Ottoman Empire. Even after the Turkish Sultan, the Caliph of Islam, called upon all Muslims to unite in a jihad against the Allied powers, Muslims from the Empire of India to the Arabian peninsula and French Algeria disregarded this call and did their part to bring down the Islamic Ottoman Empire -along with her own allies which were Orthodox Bulgaria, Roman Catholic Austria-Hungary and the Protestant and Catholic Empire of Germany. The Arabs have no room to blame the Turks for their present situation and the western powers should not attempt it either. Today the western world complains endlessly about the conflicts and civil wars and unrest in the Middle East, conveniently forgetting that before their predecessors brought down the Ottoman Empire, this was a fairly pacific region and when there were troubles it was the Turks who had to deal with it, not the French, British or Americans. As with any empire, critics can point to examples in the Ottoman Empire that were not so nice but then there was no Assad regime in Syria, no Saddam Hussein in Iraq and no Gaddafi in Libya under either the Turks or the Italians.
The Ottoman Empire is a good example again. Their big mistake was getting involved in World War I. If it makes the Turks feel any better, that was a common mistake at the time as it was a mistake for everyone who got involved in the Great War who had a choice in the matter (I say for the benefit of the Belgians) even if they were on the winning side. Everyone says that the Ottoman Empire was in decline and doomed to inevitable collapse. True, compared to periods in the past, Ottoman Turkey was in decline but, again, that was based on choices and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire was not inevitable. This is something people seem to like to say to avoid having to think about real problems and their consequences. They said the same thing about Austria-Hungary; that it was doomed to collapse and there was nothing anyone could do about it, war or no war. As we have talked about before, that was nonsense. Had it not been for the war, it is entirely possible Austria-Hungary would have gone on and might still be with us today. Similarly, the Ottoman Empire was in pretty bad shape but they were making changes, they were developing, updating, making some poor decisions but some wise ones as well. The Ottoman government had control of its own territory, maintained law and order, was in the process of developing a modern infrastructure and when war came managed to threaten the Suez Canal, force the biggest surrender of British forces since the siege of Yorktown in America, had troops in southern Russia and drove the Allies off of Gallipoli. They didn't win, but that is a respectable list of accomplishments for an empire in decline, supposedly on the doorstep of "inevitable" collapse.
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Network and endpoint security firm Sophos announced recently the findings of its survey, "The State of Endpoint Security Today," which shows the extent to which businesses are at risk of repeated ransomware attacks and are vulnerable to exploits.
The survey polled more than 2,700 IT decision-makers from mid-sized businesses in 10 countries worldwide, including the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, and South Africa. The survey concludes that despite the high profile headlines of 2017, businesses are still not prepared to face today's fast-evolving threats.
Ransomware continues to be a major issue across the globe with 54 percent of organizations surveyed hit in the last year and a further 31 percent expecting to be victims of an attack in the future. On average, respondents impacted by ransomware were struck twice.
"Ransomware is not a lightning strike — it can happen again and again to the same organization," said Dan Schiappa, senior vice president and general manager of products at Sophos. "We're aware of cybercriminals unleashing four different ransomware families in half-hour increments to ensure at least one evades security and completes the attack. If IT managers are unable to thoroughly clean ransomware and other threats from their systems after attacks, they could be vulnerable to reinfection. No one can afford to be complacent. Cybercriminals are deploying multiple attack methods to succeed, whether using a mix of ransomware in a single campaign, taking advantage of a remote access opportunity, infecting a server, or disabling security software."
This relentless attack methodology combined with the growth in Ransomware-as-a-Service, the anticipation of more complex threats, and the resurgence of worms like WannaCry and NotPetya put businesses in serious need of a security makeover, according to Sophos. In fact, more than 77 percent of those impacted by ransomware were running up-to-date endpoint protection, confirming that traditional endpoint security is no longer enough to protect against today's ransomware attacks.
"Organizations of all sizes are starting 2018 with inadequate protection against ransomware, despite last year's international headlines," said Schiappa. "Given the ingenuity, frequency, and financial impact of attacks, all businesses should reevaluate their security to include predictive security technology that has the capabilities needed to combat ransomware and other costly cyber threats."
According to those impacted by ransomware last year, the median total cost of a ransomware attack was $133,000. This extends beyond any ransom demanded and includes downtime, manpower, device cost, network cost, and lost opportunities. Five percent of those surveyed reported a $1.3 million to $6.6 million as total cost.
Anti-exploit technology
IT professionals also need to be aware of how exploits are used to gain access to a company's system for data breaches, distributed-denial-of-service attacks, and cryptomining. Unfortunately, Sophos' survey revealed considerable misunderstanding around technologies to stop exploits with 69 percent unable to correctly identify the definition of anti-exploit software. With this confusion, it's not surprising that 54 percent do not have anti-exploit technology in place at all. This also suggests that a significant proportion of organizations have a misplaced belief that they are protected from this common attack technique yet are actually at significant risk.
"The lack of awareness and lack of protection against exploits is alarming. We've seen a resurgence in cybercriminals looking for vulnerabilities to actively use in countless attack campaigns. Five or six years ago we saw one per year, and last year as many as five new Office exploits have been used for cybercriminal activity, according to SophosLabs," said Schiappa. "When cybercriminals are deliberately seeking out both known and zero-day vulnerabilities and an organization has a deficit in defenses, it adds up to a bad security situation."
Intrusions from exploits have been happening for years but are still a prominent threat and often go undetected for months, if not years. Once inside a system, cybercriminals use complex malware that can hide in memory or camouflage itself. In many cases, businesses do not know they've been breached until someone finds a large cache of stolen data on the Dark Web.
Intercept X
"It's time to disrupt these intrusions," said Schiappa. "Since traditional endpoint technologies are often unable to keep up with advanced exploit attacks used to compromise a system, Sophos has added predictive, deep learning capabilities to the newest version of its next-generation endpoint protection product, Sophos Intercept X."
Although 60 percent of respondents admitted their endpoint defenses are not enough to block the attacks seen last year, only 25 percent have predictive threat technologies, such as machine or deep learning, leaving 75 percent vulnerable to repeated ransomware attacks, exploits, and evolving advanced threats. Sixty percent plan to implement predictive threat technology within a year, yet confusion about it persists. Of those surveyed, 56 percent admitted that they do not have a full understanding of the differences between machine learning and deep learning.
"Given the speed at which cyber threats have evolved, it is not surprising that many IT managers are unable to stay ahead of the next-generation technology required for security. Yet this knowledge gap could be placing operations at risk. Organizations need effective anti-ransomware, anti-exploit, and deep learning technology to stay secure in 2018 and beyond," said Schiappa.
The State of Endpoint Security Today survey was conducted by Vanson Bourne, an independent specialist in market research. This survey interviewed 2,700 IT decision makers in 10 countries and across five continents, including the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Japan, India and South Africa. All respondents were from organizations of between 100 and 5,000 users.
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The "screen" refers to a program mentioned in How to reconnect to a disconnected ssh session . That is a good facility.
But there is a question I'd really like to know. How do I know whether I'm running inside a "screen"? The difference is:
- If yes, I know I can safely close current terminal window, e.g., close a PuTTY window, without losing my shell(Bash etc) session.
- If no, I know I have to take care of any pending works before I close the terminal window.
Better, I'd like this status to be displayed in PS1 prompt so that I can see it any time automatically.


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The latest glimmer of hope in the ongoing race to cure AIDS comes from an experimental new gel.
Researchers announced this week that a vaginal gel helps protect monkeys–and, potentially, women–against HIV infection, even when it is applied as long as three hours after sexual intercourse.
"If you're having sex that's in any way not anticipated, you might not have an opportunity to apply the microbicide before the sex happens," said Rowena Johnston, vice president of research for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.
"In the heat of the moment, you might not always have time to say 'Stop, put everything on hold while I put this product in.'"
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While its findings are encouraging, say experts, the study did not show 100 percent protection. One of six tested macaque monkeys became infected despite the gel. Also, one out of three monkeys became infected despite having had the gel applied a half-hour before HIV exposure.
The gel contains the antiretroviral drug raltegravir, which is already authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of HIV. Raltegravir stops the virus from infecting the cells.
As NBC News reports, studies have shown that "so-called microbicide gels or creams" can work. In 2010, researchers reported on tenofovir, a different HIV drug that reduced a woman's risk of infection by 50 percent after one year of use and 39 percent after 2 and a half years.
This new gel holds particular significance for women in instances of domestic violence or rape, because they could apply the gel secretively after a partner fell asleep or a clinic could administer it after a rape, The New York Times notes.
"You can imagine this to be a useful product to have, if it were something you could buy over the counter and have at home just in case," Johnston said.
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But the study's lead author Walid Heneine told Health Day News that researchers are a few years away from human clinic trials because they are working on improving the gel's effectiveness. Plus, success in animal trials does not always guarantee success in humans.
If the procedure works in humans, "it could be used for HIV prevention like Plan B or the morning-after pill for contraception," said Sharon L. Hillier, a professor of obstetrics at the University of Pittsburgh and a leader of human trials of vaginal microbicides.
This discovery comes on the tail of two more recent, encouraging developments in the fight against AIDS: (1) a second American HIV-born baby appears to have been cured by high doses of three antiretroviral drugs right after birth, and (2) two separate trials revealed that injections of slow-release HIV drugs protected monkeys for weeks.
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Argentine Dogo
Breed Group: Not Akc Recognized
With a unique coat, extremely strong jaws, and intense expression, the Argentine Dogo is a muscular breed of Mastiff proportion. This breed is highly intelligent, courageous, and mentally stable. Unprovoked aggressiveness or cowardice is considered to be a severe defect.
The Argentine Dogo is not recommended for the first time dog owner. This breed is extremely dominant and requires a dominant owner. It is crucial that new owners find ethical and reputable breeders as a steady temperament is imperative. Argentine Dogo's are loyal and devoted to family and make excellent guardians of their home and territory. They will do well with other pets they have been raised with. They are good with children but should never be left unsupervised. The Argentine Dogo is a breed that exhibits dignity and is imposing in appearance. Potential owners need to be aware that this breed may be targeted for banning laws. In addition, insurance companies may refuse to provide homeowner policies due to the risk of legal issues.
Early intense socialization and obedience training is an absolute must. The Argentine Dogo breed is highly intelligent and training must be done with respect, love, firmness, fairness, and consistency. The Argentine Dogo responds well to reward. Unpredictable behavior can occur if training is done with harshness, kennel isolation, or a regime of tough training. They excel in agility, as guide dogs, and police work.
Argentine Dogo's thrive on athletic activity and vigorous exercise. They are not recommended for apartment living. They do best in a securely fenced yard. The Argentine Dogo's make good walking and jogging companions provided they are securely leashed and muzzled when in public.


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Young Evangelicals Disagree With Their Political Party on Range of Issues, Study Suggests
A particular set of young evangelical Christians are mostly Republican, but both Republicans and Democrats in the sample feel that their preferred political party does not represent them well on certain issues, according to a pilot study sponsored by Sojourners, a liberal evangelical advocacy organization.
The sample was 54 percent Republican and 26 percent Democratic. Twenty percent had no preference among the two major political parties.
When asked how close they were to their political party on a range of issues, abortion had the greatest disparity. Seventy-five percent of Republicans, the highest of any issue, said they were close to their party, while only 10 percent of Democrats, the lowest of any issue, said they were close to their party on the issue.
On the issue of international poverty, on the other hand, a higher proportion of Democrats (41 percent) said they were close to their party on the issue than Republicans (23 percent) said they were close to their party on the issue. Domestic poverty had similar results: 41 percent of Democrats agree with their party and 29 percent of Republicans agree with their party.
The study is not a random sample of young evangelicals in America. Rather, the study solicited respondents from the Facebook pages of Campus Crusade for Christ, Young Life, The Navigators and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. The online survey was conducted through May and June. With a population of 600,000 Facebook "likes," the study obtained a sample of 161, which yields a plus or minus eight percentage point margin of error.
The demographics of the sample indicate that it represents a slice of young evangelical Christians that are mostly male (63 percent) and college educated (95 percent). Only those under age 35 were included in the sample and the average age was 24.
As with most Americans, the top political issues among the sample were issues dealing with the economy and the federal budget. When asked to rank issues in order of importance, 61 percent had economic issues and the same number had budget issues, in their top two issues of importance.
After those, social issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage, had the third highest proportion of respondents (42 percent) ranking them in the top two issues of importance.
The study also suggests that young evangelical Democrats are more likely than young evangelical Republicans to believe that the position of their party conflicts with their faith.
When asked, "Do your faith convictions ever conflict with positions taken by the party you usually support?" Democrats were more likely to answer "frequently" (29 percent) or "sometimes" (54 percent) than Republicans. Among Republicans, 17 percent answered "frequently" and 48 percent answered "sometimes."