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by Peter Amsterdam
1 Thessalonians: Chapter 2 (Part 1)
After the apostle Paul, Silvanus (also called Silas), and Timothy departed Thessalonica due to persecution, they went to Achaia, a Roman province in the south of Macedonia.1 After spending some time in Achaia, Paul moved to Corinth, a bit further south. It was from Corinth that he wrote his first letter to the Thessalonians.
He opened this letter by telling the Thessalonian believers in chapter 1 that he and his companions constantly mentioned them in their prayers.2 He mentioned that they had become an example to all the believers in the surrounding areas of Macedonia and Achaia.3 His letter continues in chapter 2.
You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.4
Paul reminds the Thessalonian believers that they personally know that Paul's visit with them had good results and wasn't a failure. The Thessalonians knew what kind of people Paul and his companions were.5 The first 12 verses of this chapter focus on the blameless character these three messengers exhibited while they were in Thessalonica. They were there to freely share the gospel, which contrasted with the traveling philosophers of that time who would come into a town and speak with the goal of their own financial profit rather than to benefit the listeners. As one author wrote about such philosophers: Consequently, since they lacked substance and did not result in anything positive, they were described as vain or empty.6
Paul reminded the Thessalonian believers that previously he and his partners were shamefully treated in Philippi. Philippi is 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of Thessalonica. It was there that Paul and Silas were arrested without a trial, stripped of their clothes, beaten with rods, and thrown in prison with their feet in stocks.7 Even though they had suffered for preaching the gospel in Philippi, they still shared the message with the Thessalonians in the midst of much conflict.
Our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.8
The Thessalonians could see that Paul and his companions were not preaching with deceit or impure motives. Paul wasn't trying to make money off those who responded to his message. He wasn't trying to trick people into believing. One author wrote:
Paul claims that he did not reel in any suckers who foolishly swallowed the bait of his deceitful message hook, line, and sinker.9
Another author states:
In the gospel appeal to the Thessalonians, the message was not false, the motivations were not impure, and the methods were not deceptive. The heralds were not hucksters who hustled these people.10
Paul goes on to point out that he and his partners have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. This implies there was a time of testing, after which they were approved for the task set before them. We can't be sure about when or under what circumstances this testing refers to. One author says:
We may only speculate about when and how this happened in the lives of Paul and his associates. In Paul's case, could the time of test have been during his three-year sojourn in Arabia (Galatians 1:16–18)? Despite the fact that he was chosen by God to be an apostle even before his birth (Galatians 1:1,15), there was a period during which he was tested and after which God set his seal upon him as one approved for the ministry.11
Whatever Paul's and his companions' time of testing required, they passed the test. Because they had been approved by God, the Thessalonians were to recognize that what Paul said to them when he was with them, and what he had since written to them, had God's approval.
As they were commissioned by God, their desire was to please and serve Him. We speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.12 In referring to not speaking to please people, Paul refers to the kind of speech which those who are deceptive, who have impure motives, or are self-serving and primarily interested in winning the favor of others tend to use. In contrast to the people-pleasers, Paul claims he doesn't speak to please others, but rather his goal is to please God. Elsewhere in Paul's writings he also refers to the importance of pleasing God.
Am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.13
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.14
Paul speaks of God, whom he desires to please, as the one "who tests (or examines in some translations) our hearts." The understanding of God as the tester of hearts is found throughout the Old Testament.
I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness.15
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous—you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!16
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.17
"I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."18
Paul uses this Old Testament understanding to show that God, who has examined him, has found him to be worthy of being entrusted with the gospel.
We never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness. Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.19
Paul continued to explain his and his partners' integrity by making three denials. The first denial which Paul makes is that he and his coworkers didn't come "with words of flattery." Writers from the ancient world condemned flattery. One ancient writer, Theophrastus, called flattery "a shameful business, but profitable for the flatterer." He went on to write that "You will see the flatterer say and do all the things that he hopes will ingratiate him." Aristotle said that the person whose goal is to make people happy in order to profit in money or in goods which can be bought with money is a flatterer. Philo (a Jewish philosopher) listed flattery alongside trickery, deceitfulness, and false speaking.
Paul's second denial was that he didn't come with a pretext for greed. One Bible translation says he didn't have greedy motives (CSB), and another says we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money (NLT). Paul didn't go to Thessalonica with the goal of greed, of getting money. He emphasized this point by stating that God is witness.
Besides not being in it for the money, in Paul's third denial he stated that he and his companions were not seeking glory from people. The glory Paul is referring to does not refer to glory in a religious sense. Rather it is meant in the secular sense of fame, prestige, honor, and recognition. Many orators sought fame and fortune. One author explains:
In Paul's world where public speaking was a major competitive sport, where successful rhetoricians and sophists were treated like superstar athletes or Hollywood celebrities, glory (doxa) alone was a powerful enough temptation even apart from financial gain.20
Paul, Silas, and Timothy did not demand honor from the Thessalonian Christians nor believers in other places, even though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. They were not trying to gain adulation. Paul emphasized this by adding: Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others.21 He does not specify who the "others" are; however, it might refer to believers in other areas, such as Philippi or Jerusalem.
After the three denials, Paul completed his thoughts by stating that he and his companions were like a mother who tenderly cares for her children. In Paul's time, babies were often fed by a wet nurse, a woman who was not the child's mother but who nursed the child. In contrast to the wet nurse, Paul likened his team to a mother who gently nursed and cared for her own child. He then went on to explain in more plain language.
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.22
The language that Paul uses here to express his love for the Thessalonians is quite unique, and not found elsewhere in the New Testament. Other translations say: We cared so much for you (CSB), Having thus a fond affection for you (NAS), and We loved you so much (NIV). Paul goes on to say that his and his companions' disposition toward the Thessalonians was like that of a loving parent who would miss their child if they were apart from each other. As such, Paul and his team decided to not only commit the gospel to them, but also to commit themselves. This was a firm devotion to the Thessalonians. Throughout this epistle, Paul refers to them as "brothers" (and sisters) eighteen times. Many of these believers were likely alienated from their families because of becoming Christians, but they had now found their identity in the family of God.
You remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.23
Paul reminds the Thessalonian believers that while he was with them, he not only shared the gospel with them, but also labored and toiled, meaning that he had a job so that he wouldn't be a financial burden to them. Elsewhere in the book of Acts and in the Epistles, Paul refers to working. In Acts we read:
Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla … he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.24
Since tents in this time were usually made of leather, it might have been better to describe Paul as a "leatherworker." He likely learned this trade earlier in life as part of his rabbinic training, as Jewish teachers were expected to support themselves through some sort of labor.
When speaking of his working night and day, Paul also says that we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. One author explains:
During the long hours at his workbench, while cutting and sewing leather to make tents and other related goods, Paul was not only supporting himself but also sharing the gospel with fellow workers and customers.25
(To be continued.)
Unless otherwise indicated, all scriptures are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
1 Achaia appears in ten Bible verses: Acts 18:12, 27; Acts 19:21; Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 9:2, 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:7, 8.
2 1 Thessalonians 1:2.
4 1 Thessalonians 2:1–2.
6 Abraham J. Malherbe, Gentle As A Nurse. Novum Testamentum: Leiden, Vol. 12.
7 Acts 16:19–24.
9 Jeffrey A. D. Weima, 1–2 Thessalonians: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014), 135.
10 Gene L. Green, The Letters to the Thessalonians (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002), 119.
11 Green, Letters, 120.
12 1 Thessalonians 2:4.
13 Galatians 1:10.
15 1 Chronicles 29:17.
16 Psalm 7:9.
17 Proverbs 17:3.
18 Jeremiah 17:10.
19 1 Thessalonians 2:5–7.
20 Weima, 1–2 Thessalonians, 141.
24 Acts 18:1–3.
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Fundraising to support the Ukrainian refugees takes place in all churches of Russia
Moscow, July 14, 2014
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, on July 13, in all churches on the territory of Russia fundraising took place to support the civilian residents of the Ukraine who were forced to leave their homes, reports the Synodal Department for Church Charity.
The funds raised will be transferred to the account of the Synodal Department for Charity and are intended for purchase of necessary things in the regions with the largest numbers of the forced settlers from the Ukraine.
With the blessing of Patriarch Kirill, the Moscow Patriarchate's Synodal Department for Charity is charged with the task of coordinating church aid to the refugees arrived on the territory of Russia. The department is receiving information on church organizations ready to accommodate the refugees from the Ukraine. The Church has sheltered the refugees in different regions and is giving them regular humanitarian aid; sisters of charity keep watch in tent cities of the Russian Ministry for Extraordinary Situations. Priests are sent to camp cities to support the refugees spiritually.
The work on rendering church aid to the refugees from the Ukraine arrived to the Voronezh and Rostov regions is the most active. Consignments of humanitarian aid are regularly delivered from the Rostov Diocese's storage to the tent cities of the Ministry for Extraordinary Situations, to the frontier, and to municipal centers of temporary accommodation. Priests and church volunteers are arranging entertainment for the refugees' children: they take them to water parks, zoos, and art schools at churches.
The details for fundraising to support the civilian residents of the Ukraine are published on the official website of the Synodal Department for Charity: www.diaconia.ru.
According to the Ministry for Extraordinary Situations, there are currently more than 20,000 refugees in the centers of temporary accommodation in Russia.
City camp for refugees from the Ukraine blessed in the Rostov region City camp for refugees from the Ukraine blessed in the Rostov region The archpriest wished the rescuers physical and spiritual strength, courage and fortitude in their difficult work. Students of the Don Seminary help with refugees from the Ukraine Students of the Don Seminary help with refugees from the Ukraine Students of the Don Theological Seminary started assisting involuntary refugees from the Ukraine on June 19, 2014, when the first bus with refugees arrived to Rostov-on-the-Don. Church gives over 2 tons of food to refugees from the Ukraine Church gives over 2 tons of food to refugees from the Ukraine According to the government, 271 centers of temporary accommodation are open in border areas of Russia, where over 27,000 displaced people are staying Valaam dependency in Priozersk shelters 116 refugees from Donbass Valaam dependency in Priozersk shelters 116 refugees from Donbass The first refugees from the Eastern Ukraine appeared in Priozersk early in June. These were women and children. Monks of the Valaam Monastery's dependency and Voluntary group activists collected aid for them. Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki Archbishop Theophylact visits refugees in Yessentuki "For us you are not mere guests, but friends and relatives," stressed the hierarch, addressing to the refugees. People from Mariupol, Sloviansk, Yasynuvata were present at the meeting. Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: "The Church is doing its best to help the refugees" Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov: "The Church is doing its best to help the refugees" The Rostov region in Russia has declared a state of emergency regarding aid to refugees from the Ukraine, and the Church is doing its best to support the arriving people, to help free them of there "stupor and fear", reported Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov and Novocherkassk on Wednesday to RIA-Novosti.


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Niger Delta Leaders Want Adequate Funding Of Amnesty Programme
Niger Delta leaders have urged the Federal Government to adequately fund and sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain peace and fast-track development in the region.
While reviewing the impact of the interventionist Programme since its creation in 2009, leaders of the hitherto restive region said it has helped to stabilize the security situation, increased crude oil production output and boosted the nation's revenue.
This is just as they commended the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, for his demonstration of passion and commitment towards achieving the objectives for which it was created.
Rights activist and respected Ijaw leader, Elder Timi Kaiser-Wilhelm Ogoriba, said the Federal Government should sustain the Amnesty Programme in view of its immense benefits to the people of Niger Delta and the nation's economy.
"This programme has to stay. It has to stay because if as at yesterday your oil production quota was low, and because of the programme, it has become high, then you have to maintain the momentum. Thank God the people that are running the Programme are in tune with the ideas that formed the bedrock of the formation of the Programme", Ogoriba said.
He added: "Prof. Charles Dokubo who has taken over from past coordinators and leaders is continuing the programme the way we want it; we have to be thankful to him. Some persons could have come and derail it. But there is no derailment. And because of the fact that the Programme is old enough, 10 years now, we have to be seen as improving upon it regularly, including its funding."
In the same vein, another Niger Delta leader, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, expressed joy that efforts of the initiators of the Amnesty Programme had yielded results and hope of the Niger Delta people for a better tomorrow has been rekindled.
He added: "We are beginning to see the impacts of the Programme in the region. For that reason, we need to thank President Muhammadu Buhari who in his magnanimity, found it very necessary to continue with the Programme. We thank all those who have been supportive to this Programme from beginning to this time. Particularly, we thank Prof. Charles Dokubo for his giant strides in uplifting the people of Niger Delta through training and empowerment."
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Egbema Communities Give Oil Firm Seven-Day Ultimatum
Egbema communities in Rivers and Imo States have given the management of Sterling Global Oil Resources Limited, an Indian oil giant, a week ultimatum to rehabilitate its transit routes covering nine communities in the area or face the wrath of the people.
The resolution was reached last Tuesday during a parley between Egbema communities and the Indian oil giant at Mmahu, headquarters of the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
The spokesman of Egbema people and facilitator, Chief Nelson Ekperi, Onueze of Okwuzi Egbema told the firm's management that time had come when the company must come to grips with the reality on ground by ensuring that the firm resurfaces the Egbema road which was in solid and good condition before the company's trucking of their petroleum products through Egbema road in the past two years.
Chief Ekperi recounted the untold hardship encountered by Egbema people since 2018, no thanks to the activities of the company, alleging that one Ugbochukwu Onyenye died due to the recklessness of the truck drivers of Sterling Global Limited.
Representatives of Okwuzi, Mgbede, Abaezi, Aggah, Abacheke, Mmahu, Obiakpa, Umuorji and Obeakpu communities re-countered their ordeals occasioned by the activities of the firm in their areas and called for adequate palliative measures to alleviate their plight.
Some of their demands include: total rehabilitation of the major road, compensation for the deceased family, employment opportunities, skills acquisition, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
Responding on behalf of the Sterling Global Oil Resources Limited, Mr. Pramot pledged to commence the rehabilitation work next week, pay compensation to the bereaved family and consider other demands of Egbema people in due cause.
Mach 2, 2020 was scheduled for another round of negotiation to resolve outstanding issues demanded by Egbema people.
Hon Herculus Okoro, representing Ohaji Egbema Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly facilitated the parley between Egbema communities and the management of Sterling Global Oil Resources Limited.
Robbers Burnt To Death In Uyo …As Police Condemn Jungle Justice
Four alleged armed men on Tuesday night were burnt to ashes while trying to rob a pregnant woman at Abak road Boulevard, Uyo.
An eyewitness said the incident occured at about 09:00pm, when the pregnant woman was immediately surrounded by the robbers as soon as she got down from a motorbike.
Though the rider had, according to the eye witness taken off after his passenger had alighted he was immediately compelled to turn back due to a screaming from his passenger.
The eyewitness who declined his name in print reported that two of the robbers on sighting the bikeman fled after they had successfully dispossessed the lady of her valuable items, while the other two were not fortunate.
Another eyewitness and resident of the area who also pleaded anonymity said the aggrieved bikeman, who immediately alerted others, engaged in a battle with the hoodlums and rescued the woman who had sustained a severe hand injury in the process
"Luck ran out of two of them when they were overpowered by many men who beat, stoned them with blocks and locked them up in the tunnel and set them ablaze", the eye witness recounted.
Another resident of the area, Mrs Arit Archibong, regretted that the flyover area had been a den of criminals for some years now, adding that about four rape cases were reported within the tunnel in December 2019.
Other residents who spoke with newsmen blamed the crime on the blackout and lack of security in the area.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Command, SP Odiko Macdon, frowned at such jungle justice, stressing that such act has no place in the law.
"It is unfortunate that they were already set ablaze before we got there. Jungle justice has no place in the law. Every accused is innocent until proven guilty by the law".
The PPRO who cautioned that the command would no longer tolerate such acts, declared that it was better for nine thieves to be allowed unpunished than for one innocent person to be killed in error.
"We have liaised with the state waste management authority to evacuate the remains while investigations are ongoing to unravel the culprits behind the act", he said.
Bayelsa Medical University Holds Maiden Matriculation
The Bayelsa Medical University, BMU, yesterday held her maiden matriculation ceremony for 208 pioneer students of the institution at the university campus in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Speaking at the ceremony, the founder of the BMU, Governor Seriake Dickson, who tasked the incoming administration to support the institution, described the institution as "a fulfilment of a vision and a long term strategic interest and future of the state."
According to Governor Dickson, he mooted the idea to maximise the 500-bed hospital which was conceived by the late Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha's administration to a medical institution when he visited the premises to commission some projects, adding that he is convinced that he took the right decision for the state.
His words:" The idea of this university is to maximise the investments of the state. It is to serve two key purposes; to serve as a functional teaching hospital, and to use it to achieve the training of medical personnel that the state desperately needs.
"I want to call on the incoming government to support this great vision, it is not about one person or party interest, but about a long term strategic interest and future of our people. We want to take over the world in the areas of medical knowledge and research. We want to produce the highest number of medical doctors, pharmacists, and medical personnel in this country."
In his speech, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the BMU, Professor Ebitimitula Etebu, commended Governor Dickson for his vision and foresight in establishing the Bayelsa Medical University in August 2018 to address the dearth of critical human capital in the health sector of the state through the provision of high-quality medical education of international standards.
While admonishing the students to shun all forms of examination malpractices and social vices as they pursue their future careers, Etebu said that the 208 pioneer matriculating students were distributed into nine academic programmes, Bio-Chemistry, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Biology, Micro-Biology, Physics, and Electronics.


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Discover the main attractions of ancient Alexandria including the Roman Theatre and the Catacombs of Kom el Shaqafa
Stroll the ramparts of the 15th-century Qaitbay Citadel.
Explore the rich history of Alexandria; tracing time from its ancient Egyptian roots, through the Classical period, to Roman times and beyond on an informative full-day tour from Cairo. Enjoy meet-and-greet service pick-up, and drop off from your Cairo hotel, and the comfort of an air-conditioned bus.
Begin the journey with a visit to the Roman theater in Kom El-Deka; a marble theater that once seated 800 spectators with galleries, sections of mosaic flooring, and a pleasure garden, all surrounded by Roman baths and villas.
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Q: Recycler Items with Indicator My need is That I am inflating JSON data in Recycler. okay. Now I want to put a indicator LIKE THIS STYLE that will show that how many items you have in RecyclerView. When one item has been readed  or currently, Indicator will be heilighted and when use scroll down the its top selected position item will be heilighted.. Please help me how can I do this..
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A: You can easily implement by using third party library
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The Tea Party
The Tea Party movement is a populist political movement formed in the United States in 2009, mainly opposed to excessive taxation and government intrusion into business while advocating stricter immigration controls.
The Historical Context for Tea Party Development
Anti-capitalist populist movements have responded to economic downturns for much of American history. Early examples are the Greenback (1860s) and Granger (1870s) movements.
This process continued with William Jennings Bryan's Populist Party (1890s) and the Louisiana politician Huey Long's Share Our Wealth program, which took place during the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis engulfing the world in 2008, the populist attitude was again in the ascendant.
Tea Party Movement Launch
President Barack Obama's mortgage relief plan sparked the Tea Party campaign on February 19, 2009, when CNBC commentator Rick Santelli referred to the infamous Boston Tea Party (1773) that preceded the American Revolution when discussing the plan.
Sarah Palin has acted as an unofficial spokeswoman for the Tea Party.
The Tea Party was officially launched on March 1, 2009, when President Barack Obama signed the Mortgage Relief Act of 2009. Speaking from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor, Santelli expressed his displeasure with the bailout, claiming that it will "subsidize the mortgages of losers." He also urged a Chicago-based Tea Party to protest government participation in housing.
The five-minute video quickly became an Internet hit. The "Tea Party" call struck a chord with people who had already witnessed billions of dollars pour into failing banking institutions in the preceding months.
In contrast to earlier populist movements, there was no suspicion of industry and bankers. The Tea Party directed its wrath at the federal government and celebrated the glories of free-market principles.
Tea Party's Rapid Growth
After only a few weeks, locally based Tea Party groups began to spring up all over the United States. Members used social media platforms to organize protests and demonstrations. Conservative commentators like Glenn Beck, then at Fox News, were instrumental in mobilizing the crowds.
As a result of the movement's primarily libertarian orientation, dissatisfied Republicans became Tea Party members in droves. The movement's anti-government stance was also very popular with militia groups.
Local Action by the 'Taxed Enough Already'
Tea Party demonstrations were held around the country on April 15, 2009, drawing more than 250,000 people. These demonstrations were the movement's first significant action, and were well-received.
According to tradition, personal income tax returns are due on April 15, and protestors claimed that "Tea" was an abbreviation for "Taxed Enough Already."
Throughout the summer of 2009, the campaign gained momentum, with members attending congressional town hall-style gatherings to express their opposition to proposed changes to the United States healthcare system.
Various groups claimed to speak for the Tea Party on a national level. However, it lacked clear leadership at that level. Since her resignation as Alaska Governor in July 2009, the former Republican nominee for vice president, Sarah Palin, has served as an unofficial spokeswoman for Tea Party causes. In February 2010, she gave the keynote presentation at the inaugural National Convention for the Tea Party.
Post-September 11 attacks
Following the September 11 attacks, Beck's 9/12 Project, named after Beck's "9 Principles and 12 Values" and an obvious reference to the 9/11 attacks, drew tens of thousands to a protest at the United States Capitol on September 12, 2009.
Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project was inspired by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Beck's daily repetitions of Tea Party beliefs were broadcast on his radio and television shows. FreedomWorks, led by former House majority leader Dick Armey, supplied the logistical backup for Party gatherings.
Sen. Jim DeMint (South Carolina) endorsed Tea Party-affiliated candidates running for office inside the Republican Party establishment. The Tea Party was distinct in American populism because it differed from the more centralized movements that preceded it.
Having no centralized organizing structure has been touted as evidence of Tea Party grassroots credentials, among other things. However, it meant the aims and ideals of the movement were intensely localized and, in some cases, even personalized. Despite this, the Tea Party demonstrated its political power at the elections.
The Tea Party organized in support of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a special election for New York's 23rd district in November 2009. This caused Republican nominee Dierdre Scozzafava to withdraw from the race just before polling. However, this strategy failed, and Democrat Bill Owens won the seat, becoming the district's first Democrat since the 1800s.
In the election for the United States Senate seat caused by the death of Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts (January 2010), the Tea Party outperformed the Democratic Party. Senator Scott Brown, a dark-horse contender, upset Kennedy's presumed successor, General Martha Coakley, with a campaign that tipped the Senate's balance, robbing Democrats of the filibuster-proof majority that they had enjoyed since July 2009.
The 2010 Midterms
The 2010 midterm elections were billed as a referendum on the Tea Party and President Obama. In some states, Tea Party candidates received support from local Republican groups, while in others, they drew a rebuke from mainstream Republicans in the GOP.
Some long-time Republicans ran as independents or only grudgingly supported their old opponents. Republicans gained around 60 seats in the 2010 midterm elections, taking control of the House and reducing the Democratic Senate majority. Over the next two years, the Republican Party worked to integrate Tea Party supporters into the mainstream while avoiding the fratricidal struggle that had harmed them in 2010.
Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz coasted to an easy victory for a Senate seat in Texas. Rep. Todd Akin's bid for Senate was scuttled after saying that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy. Tea Party star Michele Bachmann survived a Democratic challenge for her congressional seat in Minnesota.
Ted Cruz was a Tea Party candidate.
In May 2013, the IRS revealed that it had targeted additional scrutiny on conservative groups that had applied for tax-exempt status. One-third of 300 groups flagged for further review had the words "Tea Party," "Patriots," or "9/12" in their names.
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Q: How Can I decode from the given Authentication I want Decode  of the given token.My Issue is Can't find  jwt-decode.
Now That time I am Using, this npm install jwt-decode,
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A: You're assigning the jwt-decode function to a variable named jwtDecode, but your getToken function appears to be calling jwt_decode. If you change that to jwtDecode, and pass in a real token (rather than the example string), it should then work.


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Milan Šufflay ( - ) est un historien et homme politique croate. Il est l'un des fondateurs de l'albanologie et l'auteur du premier roman de science-fiction croate. En tant que nationaliste croate, il est persécuté dans le Royaume de Yougoslavie et son assassinat provoque une médiatisation d'ampleur internationale.

Jeunesse
Šufflay est né dans une famille de la petite noblesse à Lepoglava, dans le royaume de Croatie-Slavonie, d'Augustin Šufflay (1847-190?), enseignant, et de Franciska Welle von Vorstern (1847–1910), une Hongroise issue de la minorité allemande venant d'Osijek.  Le blason de la famille est inclus dans Der Adel von Kroatien und Slavonien (1899) comme "Sufflay de Otrussevcz". Leur nom d'origine était Sufflei ou Schufflei, et leur domaine était Otruševec .

Il étudie dans un lycée de Zagreb et étudie l'histoire à l'Université de Zagreb. Il obtient son doctorat en 1901 dans cette même université en soutenant sa thèse intitulée la Croatie et la dernière tentative de l'empire d'Orient sous le sceptre des trois Komnenos (1075–1180). C'est un élève brillant tant au lycée qu'à l'université. Déjà pendant ses études, il parle le français, l'allemand, l'italien, l'anglais, toutes les langues slaves, ainsi que le latin, le vieux grec et le grec moyen. Plus tard dans la vie, il apprend le grec moderne, l'albanais, l'hébreu et le sanskrit. Tadija Smičiklas considère Šufflay comme son élève le plus doué et le prend comme assistant lors de la rédaction du Codex Diplomaticus de l'Académie croate des sciences et des arts.

Šufflay devient un historien des Balkans. Il est convaincu que l'histoire des Croates ne peut être étudiée correctement qu'à travers cette perspective. Cette conviction est en contradiction avec l'opinion dominante des historiens croates selon laquelle les Croates sont des représentants de l'Occident, par opposition aux peuples des Balkans. Ignorant la proposition du sénat universitaire, le Ban Pavao Rauch le nomme professeur d'université à Zagreb en 1908. Cependant, lorsque son cousin éloigné et ennemi Nikola Tomašić devient lui-même Ban en 1910, Šufflay doit quitter l'université. N'étant plus exempté du devoir militaire en tant que professeur d'université, il est mobilisé au début de l'année 1915. Il est cependant rapidement libéré pour cause de maladie. C'est pendant cette période qu'il écrit ses œuvres les plus importantes.

Politique

Dans le nouvel État, le Royaume des Serbes, Croates et Slovènes, il est arrêté pour haute trahison et accusé d'espionnage pour une puissance étrangère avec Ivo Pilar, un autre historien croate. Leur avocat de la défense est Ante Pavelić, à l'époque chef du Parti des droits et associé de Šufflay. Šufflay est condamné à trois ans et six mois de prison. La réaction à la condamnation est plus forte à l'étranger qu'en Croatie, des collègues scientifiques de nombreux pays ayant tenté d'obtenir sa libération mais sans succès. Il purge partiellement sa peine dans la prison de Sremska Mitrovica, puis en est libéré à plus de la moitié, en 1922. Il retourne alors à ses travaux scientifiques.

En 1924, Šufflay rédige son premier roman de science-fiction, Sur le Pacifique en 2255, qui est considéré comme le premier roman de science-fiction croate.

En 1924, Šufflay devient membre de la direction du Pur parti croate du droit (Hrvatska čista stranka prava en croate), parti politique independantiste croate inspiré par les travaux de Josip Frank, lui-même fervent nationaliste. Le parti n'avait pas réussi à remporter plus que quelques sièges sur les 300 de la chambre législative.

En 1928, lorsque Stjepan Radić est assassiné au parlement yougoslave un an avant que le roi Alexandre  impose sa dictature, Šufflay écrit Hrvatska u svijetlu svjetske historije i politike (en français : La Croatie à la lumière de l'histoire et de la politique du monde). Il y écrit que le peuple croate souffre sous la dictature yougoslave et qu'il doit s'en libérer. Il affirme que la frontière entre les civilisations occidentale et orientale est matérialisée par la rivière Drina : "frontière destinée sur la rivière Drina sur laquelle le puissant Empire romain s'est brisé en deux... frontière à la fois spirituelle et culturelle".

 Le peuple croate est passé par la réplique romano-occidentale, tandis que le peuple serbe est passé par le byzantin-turc. Par conséquent, la psyché des deux peuples est essentiellement différente, même si les langues sont similaires. L'unification des deux peuples signifierait une neutralisation et une contrainte prudente. Centraliser ici signifierait faire de la Croatie un cobaye pour des expériences de vivisection. Ma thèse est que la nation croate, en tant que citoyen du grand empire de la civilisation occidentale, a le droit d'élever la voix contre toute oppression.
 Ceux qui connaissent l'histoire savent que l'idée yougoslave n'a pas de dynamique. Ce n'est rien comparé à la puissante idée croate. En Croatie, l'idée yougoslave est une épave peu profonde sous laquelle bout le volcan national croate; seule une poussée subtile est nécessaire pour la faire éclater.
 Pour moi personnellement, en tant que philosophe et Croate à l'esprit ouvert, c'est la même chose que je reste enchaîné à la cour ou à un pénitencier, ou que je sorte dans la fausse liberté du plus grand donjon dans lequel - Dieu merci, seulement temporairement ! - la nation croate souffre!

La thèse de Šufflay sur la délimitation offerte par la rivière Drina influence plus tard l'irrédentisme de la Grande Croatie.

En 1928, il est nommé professeur à l'Université de Budapest, poste qu'il ne peut accepter, faute de passeport.

À la demande du gouvernement albanais et de l'Académie des sciences de Vienne, il poursuit le travail de Jireček et Thalloczy en éditant le troisième livre du Codex albanicus, une collection d'archives. En 1931, il obtient finalement un passeport et se rend en Albanie pour signer un contrat afin de contribuer aux Acta Albaniae.

Meurtre
Des membres de l'organisation du régime, Jeune Yougoslavie, sous protection royale, lui tendent une embuscade à sa porte à Zagreb et le tuent avec un marteau, en lui brisant le crâne. Puis ils entrent par effraction dans son appartement et prennent le manuscrit du troisième livre du Codex albanicus . Il n'y eut jamais d'enquête sur les criminels. Les autorités nièrent avoir eu connaissance des assaillants.

Albert Einstein et Heinrich Mann envoient une lettre à la Ligue internationale des droits de l'homme à Paris appelant le public culturel mondial à protester contre le meurtre de Milan Šufflay et appelant à la protection des scientifiques croates contre le régime yougoslave. L'appel est adressé à la Ligue des droits de l'homme basée à Paris et fait la une du New York Times le 6 mai 1931. Cet appel accusait le roi de complicité.

En juin 1940, dans la Banovine de Croatie, un procès a lieu pour le meurtre de Šufflay.

Les meurtriers sont les agents de police Belošević et Zwerger, qui ont fui vers Belgrade. Toutes les tentatives ultérieures de la Banovine de Croatie pour les faire extrader échouèrent.

Travaux

 Hrvatska i zadnja Pregnuća istočne imperije pod žezlom triju Komnena (La Croatie et les derniers efforts de l'Empire d'Orient sous les Trois Comnénus, 1901)
 Die Dalmatinische Privaturkunde (Actes privés dalmates, 1904)
 Acta et diplomata res Albaniae mediae aetatis illustrantia (Documents diplomatiques et autres sur l'Albanie médiévale, avec Jireček et Thalloczy, Vienne, premier livre en 1913, deuxième livre en 1918)
 Kostadin Balšić (1392-1401): historijski roman u 3 dijela (Kostadin Balšić: un roman historique en trois parties, 1920)
 Srbi i Arbanasi (Serbes et Albanais, 1925)
 Dieu Na Pacifiku. 2255 .: metagenetički roman u četiri knjige (On the Pacific in 2255: A Metagenetic Novel in Four Books, imprimé pour la première fois sous forme de livre en 1998)
 Hrvatska u svijetlu svjetske historije je politike : dvanaest eseja (La Croatie à la lumière de l'histoire et de la politique du monde: douze essais, 1928, réimprimé en 1999)
 Hrvati u sredovječnom svjetskom viru (Croates in the Global Medieval Upheaval, 1931)
 Izabrani eseji, prikazi i članci (Essais, critiques et articles sélectionnés, 1999)
 Izabrani eseji, rasprave, prikazi, članci i korespondencija (Essais sélectionnés, discussions, critiques, articles et correspondance, 1999)
 Izabrani politički spisi (Œuvres politiques sélectionnées, publié par Stoljeća hrvatske književnosti, 2000)

Notes et  références

Sources

Liens externes

 Article du New York Times sur la mort de Šufflay
 Appel d'Einstein / Mann

Historien croate du XIXe siècle
Historien croate du XXe siècle
Naissance en novembre 1879
Décès en février 1931
Décès à 51 ans
Historien yougoslave

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Republican leaders offer reform proposals to help right state's fiscal course
As the need for government restructuring grows increasingly critical, Republican legislative leaders and the Governor continue to offer reform proposals intended to help right the state's fiscal course.
Such reform is particularly important, according to a recent Chicagoland Small Business Economic Outlook Survey that indicates while most employers are planning to grow their business this year, they continue to lose confidence in local, state, and national economies.
Governor Bruce Rauner is expected to once again stress the need for economic recovery and comprehensive government reform during his second State of the State address on January 27.
Pension reform proposal could save taxpayers $1 billion
Facing an unprecedented unfunded pension liability of $111 billion, the highest in the country, Governor Rauner, Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin are calling for passage of a pension reform plan that they say would save taxpayers $1 billion each year.
The Republican leaders are supporting a pension reform plan first proposed by Democrat Senate President John Cullerton, founded in a "consideration model" that gives government employees a choice in future benefits. The plan is a refined version of pension reform legislation embraced in 2013 by many Republicans, Democrats and union leaders—specifically written to comply with Illinois' Constitution.
Under the proposal, employees could choose to keep compounded yearly cost-of-living adjustments, but their future pay raises would not be calculated into their retirement benefits. Or they could choose reduced cost-of-living adjustments, but their pay raises would be calculated into their retirement benefits.
Governor Rauner said he believes with the proper wording, this pension reform legislation will be constitutional. Last year, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a more comprehensive pension reform law was unconstitutional.
The Republican leaders stressed that if implemented, the bipartisan plan could free up funding for human services, education, and other programs. At this time, nearly 25 percent of the state's General Funds budget is dedicated to pension payments—almost $8 billion.
Leader Durkin said that if President Cullerton introduces the plan in the Senate, he will introduce the proposal in the House of Representatives.
Survey shows most small businesses planning to grow
The annual Chicagoland Small Business Economic Survey has good news for job seekers and local economies, with 76 percent of respondents stating that they plan on growing their business in 2016. In addition, 38 percent expect to hire more workers, and 52 percent plan on expanding within Illinois, up from 45 percent last year.
However, business owners report that they are also losing confidence in local, state, and national economies. Just 28 percent of business owners think Chicagoland's economy will strengthen over the next year, down from 42 percent the year before. Also, nearly half of respondents feel negatively impacted by local taxation.
The survey shows the need for structural reforms to state government, reforms that bring confidence to the state's economy, create jobs, and allow Illinois to be more competitive.
State of the State address next week
On January 27, Governor Rauner will deliver his second State of the State address. Like 2015, the Governor's address is expected to focus on job creation, making Illinois more competitive, boosting the state's economy, and stressing the need for a balanced budget and structural reforms to state government.
Governor Rauner's speech comes as the state is operating without a budget and is on pace to spend $4.6 billion more than it's expected to take in for the fiscal year, which began July 1, 2015. Much of state government has remained operational due to spending authorized by court orders and consent decrees.
Republicans have joined the Governor in calling for structural reforms to state government and passing a balanced budget as soon as possible. Democrats, however, have refused to compromise on reforms, instead focusing on another tax increase as a way to fill the budget hole.
During the State of the State address, the Governor generally reports on the condition of the state and outlines his top priorities. It differs from the Budget Address, which is scheduled for February 17.
Overhauling Chicago Public Schools
Another proposal introduced during the week would give the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system the tools to fix its serious fiscal crisis—without bailing out the system at the expense of taxpayers in suburban and downstate communities.
CPS are facing a $480 million budget shortfall, a fiscal crisis that the state's leading Republicans say demands an overhaul of the current system. Republican legislative leaders introduced a proposal on Jan. 20 that allows for the creation of an independent authority to assume control over the school district.
The proposal offered by Republican leaders is consistent with current state law governing all other school districts in Illinois, which allows the State Board of Education to remove the current CPS Board of Education and establish an independent authority to run the district. The independent authority would run the district until the State Board of Education determines that CPS is no longer in financial difficulty. The legislation makes it clear the state is not liable for the school district's debt.
Despite a substantial financial advantage of about $600 million dollars in state funding, CPS and its leadership—buoyed by years of support from the state's Democrat legislative majority—have dug a financial hole for the district that isn't easily overcome. In response, CPS hopes to rely on long-term bonds to pay for hundreds of millions of dollars in short-term operating expenses, a response Republican leaders say is no solution to the district's fiscal woes.


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Home Boxing
The Brutal Murder of Former Heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick
by Luke Norris on June 19, 2020
Trevor Berbick holds an interesting place in boxing history. He's one of just two boxers to fight both Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, the other being Larry Holmes, and was a big part of an often-overlooked era in the sport in the early 1980s.
But there was also a dark side to Trevor Berbick. Often in trouble with the law, he once spent 15 months in prison for rape. The former champ was also deported from the U.S. on two separate occasions and his life came to a tragic end in 2006 when he was brutally murdered in his home country of Jamaica by his very own nephew.
This is the story of Trevor Berbick.
Trevor Berbick won the heavyweight title in 1986
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Trevor Berbick was an extremely talented fighter with a lot of natural ability. Despite competing in just 11 amateur bouts, he represented Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, losing to eventual silver medalist, Mercia Simon. He enjoyed the city so much he decided to move there to continue his training, later moving to Florida. He turned pro that fall and went on to win 18 of his first 20 professional fights (one loss, one draw), earning him a shot at Larry Holmes' heavyweight crown in April 1981. He lost a unanimous decision but was the first fighter to go the distance with Holmes in a title fight. Two fights later, he became the last man to ever fight three-time heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, winning a 10-round unanimous decision.
Following the Ali bout, Berbick went on to win 10 of his next 12 fights, earning him a shot at Pinklon Thomas' WBC heavyweight title in March 1986. He won the title via unanimous decision but wouldn't hold onto it for very long. In his very first title defense exactly eight months later, he was viciously knocked out in the second round by 20-year-old Mike Tyson, who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Berbick continued his fighting career but never got a shot at any of the major heavyweight titles again. Unfortunately, that's not his only connection to Iron Mike.
He was constantly in trouble with the law
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In February 1992, Mike Tyson was convicted on rape charges and spent three years in prison. That's the story everyone knows. But what most people might not know is that just two weeks later, Trevor Berbick was convicted of rape as well. Jurors deliberated for just two hours before finding the former champion guilty of raping a 26-year-old woman that worked as a babysitter for the Berbick family. The accuser claimed that Berbick had driven to her apartment in Miami (FL) on Halloween in 1991 to pay her for her services but then physically assaulted her, ripped off her clothing, and then raped her.
Berbick, who claimed that the incident was consensual, was sentenced to five years in prison but served just 15 months. But that wasn't Berbick's only crime that year. In September 1991, Berbick was placed on probation for assaulting his former business manager. In December, he was arrested in an alleged plot to commit mortgage fraud.
In 1997, after he had resumed his boxing career, Berbick was found guilty of violating his parole and deported from the U.S. to Canada. Canada actually attempted to deport him as well given his legal troubles but Berbick was able to win a judgment in court that allowed him to stay. A brain clot forced him to retire from boxing in 2000 (he finished his career with a 50-11-1 record with 33 knockouts) and he returned to Florida to begin training young boxers. But another legal mishap occurred and Trevor Berbick was once again deported from the U.S. in 2002 and returned to Jamaica.
Trevor Berbick was murdered by his nephew in 2006
Trevor Berbick | The Ring Magazine via Getty Images
Upon returning to his home country, it didn't take long for Trevor Berbick to find trouble. In January 2003, The Guardian reported that he was on the run from police in his hometown of Port Antonio, accused of stealing a TV and stereo equipment. Berbick claimed that the stolen goods had been stashed at his residence without his knowledge.
Trevor Berbick's life came to a tragic end on October 28, 2006. At the time involved in a land dispute with his nephew, Berbick's body was found in a church courtyard. Chop wounds to the head gave police a clear indication that this was a homicide and his 20-year-old nephew, Harold Berbick, and 18-year-old Kenton Gordon were picked up the next day. Harold Berbick would be convicted of the murder and given a life sentence while Gordon was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The Jamaica Observer later reported that Berbick had been bludgeoned to death with a four-foot-long metallic pipe and a crowbar.
Despite all of his troubles, Trevor Berbick was seen as a legendary hero in Jamaica.
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On July 18, hoards of yellow school buses pulled through the gates of historic Fair Park in Dallas, dropping off nearly 2,000 middle school students. But this wasn't a typical school field trip to Fair Park's museums. These students were part of the Thriving Minds Summer Camp, a joint venture of Dallas education nonprofit Big Thought and Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) that transformed the exhibition halls and cultural institutions into hands-on learning laboratories for students and teachers. For two weeks, more than 250 educators, multiple museums, and hundreds of professionals across various industries came together in an experiment to reshape summer learning for Dallas' most underperforming students.
Last summer Big Thought, a nonprofit devoted to closing the opportunity gap in education through creative learning, joined with Dallas ISD to reimagine summer learning for elementary school students. Taking best-practices from that effort, the two organizations developed the framework for the Thriving Minds middle school summer camp, which offered an alternative learning environment centered on project-based activities and career exploration to students who had failed one or more classes during the regular school year. This type of project-based approach has been shown to motivate students to take charge of their own learning.
"Summer camp should reflect a time of fun, a time of exploration and of seeing things differently, in different environments," says Margie Reese, vice president of programs for Big Thought. "Fair Park was the only venue that came to mind as we conceptualized the design of the middle school summer camp. With its rich collection of artistic, cultural and historical treasures, it made for a dynamic learning environment for our students and was a natural complement to the curriculum developed for the program."
Operated by the City of Dallas Park and Recreation department, Fair Park is a 277-acre venue built in the 1930s that contains one of the largest complexes of cultural, entertainment, exhibit, and sports facilities in the southwestern United States. A national historic landmark, Fair Park also offers the world's largest collection of 1930s Art Deco exposition buildings and annually hosts the nation's largest state fair. And recently, The American Planning Association named Fair Park as one of 10 Great Public Spaces for 2011 under the organization's Great Places in America program.
Big Thought and Dallas ISD worked jointly with Fair Park's museums to develop a specialized, full-day curriculum that would help boost students' skills in core academic subjects. In a typical day, participants would study habitats and aquatic life at the Children's Aquarium where they had a literal hands-on experience with stingrays, or use their math skills to analyse theater production budgets with Dallas Summer Musicals. One group of seventh graders researched Texas history and learned about folk heroes at the Hall of State and Women's Museum. They then created a colorful mural out of tiny bits of paper depicting the figures they had studied.


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"So let me get this straight...even after the 'ghost' has been revealed to be a human inside a metal suit, there's still another actual ghost that he says has been haunting the place?" Empath asked.
"That is a very curious turnout of events, given how the Smurfs have gone through all the trouble of unmasking the first 'ghost'," Polaris commented.
"I wasn't sure of what to believe, Empath," Smurfette said. "I was just so concerned with being so hungry that I wasn't focused on thinking about this other 'ghost', which turned out to also not be a ghost."
"This smurf understands how you were feeling at the time, Smurfette," Empath said. "Being hungry for a long period of time isn't something that this smurf can readily tolerate, even having gone through such training as a Psyche to endure periods of no nourishment."
"But it has nonetheless served us well, Empath, as this one is certain our fellow Tapper can attest to for his private worship sessions with his Almighty," Polaris said.
"So Lord Poppery has invited you all for a meal in his kitchen, even if he didn't have much to serve you," Empath said. "Let's hear what else has happened from there."
And as Smurfette continued to tell her story, Empath and Polaris saw the Smurfs were sitting around a big table, having books and cushions and various things placed on their seats to give them a boost, and were each given a tiny tea cup saucer for a plate. Most of them seemed very eager for the meal to start, though Smurfette noticed that Tapper was in quiet prayer with his eyes closed.
"What's Tapper doing right now, Duncan?" Smurfette asked, speaking low so that Tapper would not hear.
"That's just the laddie smurfing his prayers to that Almighty of his, lassie," Duncan replied, also speaking low. "He's always smurfing that to make sure that the food is blessed before he eats it, no matter what kind of food it is."
"You mean the Smurfs don't pray when they smurf their food?" Smurfette asked.
"The only thing we pray for, Smurfette, is that the food is smurfy enough to eat, and not to some deity that only exists because Tapper smurfs that He does," Duncan said.
"I'm beginning to think it's very noble of Tapper to be praying for his meal, Duncan," Smurfette said. "After what we had smurfed through, we're very fortunate to be smurfing a meal at all from anybody."
"If that's what you want, lassie, I'm not going to stop you from smurfing that," Duncan said.
Then Lord Poppery entered with a silver platter covered with a domed lid. "Here it is, my fellow Smurfs," he announced. "It's not much, but it should be enough to feed every one of you."
"We are very thankful that you could offer us anything to eat, Lord Poppery," Papa Smurf said.
Then Lord Poppery removed the lid, and the Smurfs saw that it was a single human-sized slice of bread. "That's it for our meal?!?" Greedy said in utter shock.
"I hate just smurfing a single slice of bread for a meal," Grouchy said. And the other Smurfs also seemed to share the same opinion.
"Now, now, my little Smurfs, this isn't how we should treat our host if this is all he has left to serve us," Papa Smurf said.
"I'm sure that a single slice of bread will be sufficient for smurfing our stomachs, Lord Poppery, though I am concerned about your hunger," Tapper said.
"Oh, don't worry about me...this is something that I've been used to for quite a while," Lord Poppery said as he sharpened up his knife for cutting the bread into tiny slices. "Every bit of food in this place has been slowly disappearing."
But just before Lord Poppery could begin slicing the bread, a rat crawled up onto the table and grabbed the slice, quickly running off with it.
"Hey, that's our food!" Greedy shouted.
"Let's go get him!" Hefty said, as he and several other Smurfs got up from their seats to chase after the rat.
"You dirty rat! Smurf back here with our bread!" Nabby yelled as he joined the chase throughout the castle.
The rat slipped through a crack in the wall with the slice of bread, which the Smurfs followed him through, only to find themselves falling when they couldn't make the sudden turn that the rat did to escape his pursuers. They landed on a big pile of glittery metal that broke their fall.
"Is every Smurf all right?" Papa Smurf asked those who were chasing after the rat.
"I think so, Papa Smurf, though I don't have any idea where we are right now," Brainy said.
"Great Smurfiny Crickets, Papa Smurf, look around us," Tapper said, noticing the glittery metal they had fallen upon.
The Smurfs looked, and sure enough, they found that where they landed in was a room-sized mountain of gold, jewels, and treasure...enough to help Lord Poppery restore his pantry for a good long while.
"Amazing...simply amazing," Papa Smurf exclaimed as he looked at all the treasure he and his Smurfs have found. "We must let Lord Poppery know about what's happened to his wealth at once."
As soon as the Smurfs brought word to Lord Poppery about his treasure, he was so overjoyed that he allowed the Smurfs to stay in his castle for several days while he used part of the treasure to restock his pantry and also to buy enough food that would help the Smurfs out for the winter. In the meantime, In the meantime, Hefty, Tuffy, and Duncan found a sled in the castle that Lord Poppery said they could use to load up on the amount of food they could carry with them on their return trip.
During their stay, a group of Smurfs decided to help clean up the place and decorate it for the holidays. Timber and another group of Smurfs brought an evergreen tree from the forest, and some others put the ornaments on the tree to make it look festive. Lord Poppery felt pleased and happy that the Smurfs would go out of their way to make his castle look like it did years ago. And Smurfette felt happy that she could at least give somebody else a merry Christmas.
Then Lord Poppery decided to ask Chatty and Nosey a question. "What is that strange scent that I have been smelling in my castle lately?" he asked.
"It must be the smurfnip that we brought here, Mr. Poppery," Chatty said. "It's an herb that we smurf to make ourselves feel a little relaxed."
"We could offer you some, but you see, your smokes are only about the size of a grain of rice for you," Nosey said.
"Oh, no thank you, I'm not really a smoker, though I have known members of my family that did in my younger years," Lord Poppery said. "I just find the scent rather curiously pleasing, that's all. Do all the Smurfs in the village smoke that particular herb?"
Chatty and Nosey laughed. "Oh no, Mr. Poppery. Papa Smurf wouldn't let us smurf this stuff anywhere near the village, but then he's a rather old Smurf," Chatty said.
"Yeah, he thinks we're better off not enjoying what Mother Nature has smurfed us," Nosey said.
"Maybe someday when the weather is warm, I would like to explore this forest that you came from and see how this smurfnip is for myself," Lord Poppery said.
"Well, if it makes you feel smurfy like us, you're more than welcome to smurf as much as you want of it," Nosey said.
"Just make sure you leave some of it for us, because, you know...," Chatty said.
Lord Poppery laughed. "This will be our little secret, I promise you."
Then when it came time to leave, since it was getting so close to Christmas, Lord Poppery gathered at the front door of his castle to see the Smurfs safely depart for their home.
"Oh, Smurfs, how can I ever thank you?" Lord Poppery said. "You found everything that the packrat ever stole. And you made my castle so beautiful again."
"We wish to thank you for your generosity, Lord Poppery," Papa Smurf said. "It is only fair that we smurfed what is rightfully yours back to you, including making your place look like it's brand new."
"Would you take some gold with you, or maybe coins or diamonds?" Lord Poppery asked. "I'll never be able to spend it all."
"No thank you, Lord Poppery," Papa Smurf said. "We have no need for human treasure. Food is the only thing we need. Hopefully this should be enough to last us the whole season until spring."
"Goodbye, Lord Poppery, and have a very merry Christmas," Smurfette said, as she joined the other Smurfs as they started pulling their sled full of food toward their village.
As Lord Poppery waved goodbye to his friends, the packrat joined him by climbing up on his shoulders, chattering something that made the old man chuckle. "I hear you, little fellow," Lord Poppery said while feeding the rat a slice of cheese. "From now on, we'll share our food."
On their way home, Tapper and Duncan noticed that Smurfette looked a bit happy than she did when they had to leave their village. "May I ask what it is that you're feeling so smurfy about, my dear Smurfette?" Tapper asked.
"I just never thought that sharing a Christmas with somebody would make me feel so smurfy inside, Tapper," Smurfette said. "I only hope that we can see Mr. Poppery again in the future."
"Who knows whether we will, lassie?" Duncan said. "At least I see that you've got the Christmas spirit in you."
"I feel that this moment needs to be commemorated in song, my fellow Smurfs," Tapper said, and so the Smurfs began to sing together:
Smurfing through the snow, on a one-smurf open sleigh,
Through all the smurfs we go, smurfing all the way...ha ha ha.
Bells on smurf-tails ring, smurfing spirits bright.
What fun it is to smurf and sing this sleighing song by light.
Oh, jingle smurfs, jingle smurfs, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to smurf on a one-smurf open sleigh, hey.
Jingle smurfs, jingle smurfs, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to smurf on a one-smurf open sleigh.
All the Smurfs laughed after the song had ended. "What a wonderful feeling it is to smurf a song after all that we have smurfed through, my fellow Smurfs," Tapper said.
"Are there any more songs like that that we can sing on our way home?" Smurfette asked.
"Why, certainly, Smurfette, we have plenty more that we can all smurf," Duncan said. "Here's one that I think is really appropriate." And so they sang:
Streams of sarsaparilla ale, flowing down like rivers,
Smurfs relief from our travail, from our blessed givers.
Makes each day a holiday, smurfing up our spirits.
Smurfs comfort when we are down, when no one else will hear it.
"Really, Duncan, a drinking song for Christmas?" Tapper said, feeling a little disgusted with the idea.
"Well, it's the holidays, laddie, and if we can't smurf one holiday spirit, we might as well smurf another," Duncan said.
Papa Smurf chuckled. "Oh, the songs that my little Smurfs can think up for the holidays."
As soon as the Smurfs got home and filled up the pantry as well as some unused Smurf houses with the food that they have received from Lord Poppery, Papa Smurf had everyone gather around in the dining hall for a special dinner, even though Christmas was still just a few days away. "My little Smurfs, since we have Lord Poppery to thank for his generosity, tonight we can feast," Papa Smurf said as he and Greedy's kitchen staff brought forth all the food to put on the tables.
"Uh, excuse me, Papa Smurf," Greedy said as he got up from the table, "I'm not feeling very hungry right now."
"That smurfs for me too, Papa Smurf," Nabby said, also excusing himself from the table.
Duncan chuckled as he watched the two Smurfs head out from the dining room. "It smurfs like they must have had a few snacks on our way home, laddies," Duncan said, which made the other Smurfs laugh.
"Papa Smurf, may I smurf a blessing for the meal before we eat?" Smurfette asked.
"Why, certainly, Smurfette...I don't see why not," Papa Smurf said.
Then Smurfette stood up and prayed, "Oh, Father Time and Mother Nature, I wish to thank you for the friend that we have smurfed outside our forest, that he has helped smurf us this wonderful meal that we're about to eat, and that our new friend will smurf a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, and that he will never be alone as long as he has friends to smurf after him."
"And so let it be," the other Smurfs said together at the end of the blessing.
"That was a very beautiful sentiment that you shared with your fellow Smurfs, Smurfette," Narrator said. "You should smurf it more often when you have the chance."
"Oh, thank you, Narrator," Smurfette said. "But I'm still rather new to how everything smurfs in the village. Maybe around Christmas I can smurf another blessing for the presents."
"Oh boy, the presents," Clumsy said. "I can't wait to see what Santa Smurf will smurf me this year." The other Smurfs seemed to say the same thing that was on Clumsy's mind about Christmas presents, except for Brainy.
"Well, I for one certainly don't believe in such a childish fantasy like Santa Smurf," Brainy said. "I'm certain that there must be a very logical explanation for the sudden appearance of presents for us every Christmas."
"You can smurf your head around trying to figure it out all you want, Brainy," Duncan said. "You just better be good or else Santa Smurf will leave you an unsmurfy present this year."
Papa Smurf chuckled. "I'm sure that this Christmas we'll certainly have a lot to be thankful for, and not just the presents that Santa Smurf will smurf us this year."
"I'll smurf a toast to that," Tapper said as he and his fellow Smurfs raised their glasses full of wine before they drank together.
"And when Christmas finally came, we not only received gifts of whatever the Smurfs wanted that year, we also received a second blessing of food that smurfed us well into springtime," Smurfette said as she concluded her story.
"That was a very interesting story, Smurfette, which this one appreciates your willingness to tell," Polaris said.
"So there really wasn't a ghost at all in Lord Poppery's castle...just some rat that has been stealing food and treasure all along," Empath said.
Smurfette giggled. "I was amazed to smurf that out for myself along with the other Smurfs, but the thing I always wondered was why Lord Poppery was smurfing himself out to be a ghost in the first place."
"And no Smurf had ever thought of asking this Lord Poppery that question?" Polaris asked.
"Not a single one," Smurfette said. "I guess that's just one of the things we'll never find out from him, if he's still smurfing."
"This smurf would like to visit this Lord Poppery someday, if it's possible that he is still living after all these years, Smurfette," Empath said.
"We'll smurf him together, Empath, I promise you," Smurfette said as she leaned in toward Empath as if she wanted to kiss him at that moment. But before Empath could respond in kind to her, suddenly the whole room went dark.
"Hey, what's smurfing on? I can't see a thing!" one of the Smurfs shouted.
"I hate being smurfed in the dark like this," Grouchy said.
"Relax, my little Smurfs," Papa Smurf said. "I'm sure that it's only just the wind smurfing through the dining room. We'll have the lights smurfed back on shortly."
"Having all the lights turned off on Christmas isn't something that this one would expect to happen, Empath," Polaris said as he looked around.
"This smurf is certain that there's nothing supernatural going on that should make the lights go out like that," Empath said. "What do you think, Smurfette?"
But then Empath noticed that Smurfette was no longer sitting next to him, nor was he able to sense her being anywhere in the village.
"Great Ancestors, what do you think has happened to Smurfette?" Empath asked Polaris.
"This one is unable to give you an answer for her sudden disappearance, Empath, but this one believes that it is worth investigating," Polaris said.
"This smurf hates to think that this may end up being a haunted Christmas after all, Polaris," Empath said.
"This one would have to agree with you on that thought, Empath," Polaris said.