Podcasts about intercepting

This week we've got Tommy from Blitz Transmissions to talk the latest news, rumors, and releases! Zach also goes deep into Hasbro's financial reports! Check out Tommy at Blitz Transmissions on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@BlitzTransmissions Don't forget to give Zach a follow on his new IG @blackseriescantina! https://www.instagram.com/blackseriescantina/ If you want to join future podcasts and listen as we record live and interact with us as it's recording, consider joining us on Patreon. We also host give aways. Or if you just want to support the podcast and see a video version, you can do that there too. The video version is already up! https://www.patreon.com/blackseriescantina Check out our Merch! https://black-series-cantina-podcast.creator-spring.com Email us with any questions or comments blackseriescantina@gmail.com Check out Zach on Instagram @blackseriescantina Zach on TikTok @thestarwarsblackseries Check out Mike on YouTube www.youtube.com/c/mikekaess And on IG @mike.kaess Blue Sky Mike.Kaess

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Maj. Gen. Mark Piper is the Deputy Director of Operations for the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. He is responsible for supporting the execution and future planning of aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America including Canadian, Alaskan, and continental United States NORAD Regions. Hear about what has been happening with incursions into US and Canadian airspace, and how NORAD has been defending against it. “SocialFlight Live!” is a live broadcast dedicated to supporting General Aviation pilots and enthusiasts during these challenging times. Register at SocialFlightLive.com to join the live broadcast every Tuesday evening at 8pm ET (be sure to join early because attendance is limited for the live broadcasts). Aspen Avionics www.aspenavionics.com Avemco Insurance www.avemco.com/socialflight Avidyne www.avidyne.com Continental Aerospace Technologies www.continental.aero EarthX Batteries www.earthxbatteries.com Lightspeed Aviation www.lightspeedaviation.com McFarlane Aviation www.mcfarlane-aviation.com Phillips 66 Lubricants https://phillips66lubricants.com/industries/aviation/ Tempest Aero www.tempestaero.com Titan Aircraft www.titanaircraft.com Trio Avionics www.trioavionics.com uAvionix www.uavionix.com Wipaire www.wipaire.com

Hoch and Crowder are live from Gulfstream Park for today's show. Who has the bigger huevos - Dan Campbell or the horses at Gulfstream? We celebrate the 15 year anniversary of Crowder intercepting Tom Brady to seal a Dolphins victory. Of course that includes reminding Crowder it was his lone NFL interception. Josh Appel joins the show to recap his McRib date with Hoch earlier this week and calls out the CFP committee after their distasteful decision. Dan Campbell's gutsy 4th down call - smart or dumb decision? Plus, We celebrate Giannis Antetokounmpo's birthday with a cavalcade of broadcasters and celebrities mispronouncing the Two-time MVP's name.

- Players Only Meeting Called, Is This The Final Nail in The Coffin for The Texans? - What Do Player Only Meetings Actually Accomplish? - The Chief's Keep Doing The Winning Thing - Are Even More Players Only Meetings coming? 3 In A week?? 

Intercepting on God's playbook is a no-go. Allow God to be God, allow God to do what he does best, and.  We do not have the authority to interfere with the move. Of God, especially if we're not elevating the move of God. Especially if we are not being productive and doing what he has called us to be or helping someone else along the way. We cannot interfere in the playbook of God. His word has already been written; His word is his bond. If God said it, then he will do it. His track record is unmatched. Let's. Be mindful. How we project and how we interfere when God is dealing with someone. God can make all things new or restore what is lost. When God is moving on the behalf of someone or yourself, His playbook is irrefutable. It will never change.

The online world is full of great content to consume. But for every piece of useful information, there are innumerable sources of harmful and disturbing content that can be accessed. Content that is not just harmful to the consumer but to the people being exploited in the creation of it. What is standing between that harmful content and the person trying to access it? The answer is not much. Our guest, Dr Joel Scanlan who is a Cyber Security expert, and his colleagues have developed a ChatBot AI that attempts to act as a conscience for those consumers. Popping up to steer them in the right direction.Show theme music: Kevin MacLeodHost: Olly Dove (@olly_dove)Co-Host: Dr Meredith Castles (@MeredithCastles)Production: Dr Meredith Castles (@MeredithCastles)Media & Promotion: Katya Bandow (@katyabandow)

Kieran talks with Eliza Odom, former Section Chief of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, about the top terror threats the bureau is currently focused on. While having since become deputy assistant director of the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Eliza discusses the seven units within the Counterterrorism Division she once oversaw, particularly focusing on the Financial Targeting and Analysis Unit, and its role interdicting terror funding. While deeply concerned about the actions of home-grown extremists, Eliza also details the need for global cooperation and vigilance from the private sector to address the rising threat of cross border financed terror attacks in the wake of war in the Middle East.

Listen to the full episode on the WikiSleep app by visiting WikiSleep.com Famous for his exceptional skill and speed as a martial artist, Bruce Lee's life was a fascinating journey toward stardom. Raised in Hong Kong and forced into street fights, his parents urged him to train for self-defence. He would take that experience and training to create his own style of martial arts, Jeet Kune Do style, or the Way of the Intercepting Fist. A star of television and film, his untimely death led to rumours of organized crime and a family curse.......#wikisleep #sleep #sleepstories #sleephelp #sleeptool #sleepapp #brucelee #mentalhealth #martialarts #jeetkunedo #oneinchpunch #anxiety  By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timothy Burke, a former journalist, has been indicted on 14 federal charges related to the alleged hacking and leaking of embarrassing behind-the-scenes footage of Tucker Carlson, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday. The charges against the 45-year-old include one count of conspiracy, six counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and seven counts of intercepting or disclosing wire, oral, or electronic communications. Burke's arrest on Thursday morning in Tampa, Florida, comes after a Justice Department criminal hacking investigation that began last year when previously unaired videos from Carlson's former Fox News show were leaked online. The leaked footage included a clip of Kanye West making antisemitic remarks to Carlson, which was posted by Vice in 2022, and embarrassing behind-the-scenes footage of Carlson making crude remarks while joking with staff and denigrating the Fox Nation streaming service, which was released by the progressive watchdog Media Matters after Carlson's firing from Fox News. The leaks baffled media observers, who speculated about the source of the footage. Some, like former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, even suggested that the right-wing network itself might have been behind the leaks to humiliate Carlson following his termination. However, the grand jury indictment alleges that Burke and an unnamed second individual used "compromised credentials to gain unauthorized access to protected computers" and then "obtained and stole" the desired information. Although the indictment does not explicitly mention Carlson or Fox News, it refers to "Network #1" as "a multinational media company headquartered in New York City, New York that produced and distributed content through multiple brands." Moreover, a letter sent by the Justice Department to Fox News last year confirmed that the probe was connected to the leaked Carlson clips. Burke's lawyer, Mark Rasch, had also acknowledged that his client's Florida home had been searched in connection with the case. In a statement to CNN, Burke's attorneys, Mark Rasch and Michael Maddux said that their client denies any legal wrongdoing and has been "devastated by the charges, not only professionally and emotionally, but financially as well." They argued that the investigation began after Carlson heavily edited out racist and antisemitic remarks made by Kanye West during an interview and that Burke's "intrepid – and perfectly legal – reporting" exposed these reprehensible comments through information he found in public sources and on websites accessible without user IDs or password credentials. Fox News declined to comment on the indictment, and Carlson did not respond to a request for comment. The case against Burke raises important questions about the boundaries between journalism, whistleblowing, and illegal hacking. While the leaked footage undoubtedly served the public interest by exposing the behind-the-scenes conduct and editorial decisions of a prominent media figure, the means by which the information was obtained may have crossed legal and ethical lines. As the case progresses, it will be crucial to examine the evidence and determine whether Burke's actions constituted a legitimate form of investigative reporting or an unlawful breach of privacy and security. The outcome of this case could have significant implications for the future of journalism and the balance between the public's right to know and the protection of confidential information in the digital age.

In this month's Kingdom Leadership Podcast, Rev. Fred Hartley III discusses the destructive influence of prayers and prophecies by unholy spirits, emphasizing their intent to attack and control. He stresses the importance of recognizing and refusing demonic influences, calling for repentance and freedom. Remember, show notes are available through our Revival Now Media app.

AP correspondent Norman Hall reports on charges filed in connection with the deaths of two SEALs.

In Washington, millions of dollars in child support payments are intercepted by the state from custodial parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federal assistance program that includes cash benefits. Lawmakers are considering a bill with bipartisan support that would redirect a portion of future child support payments back to families. Brandon Block is an investigative reporter at Cascade PBS. He has reported on the bill and joins us with details.

Welcome to the Valhalla Club!Join Matt, Alex, and (sometimes audible) John, as we jump into two new scenarios to review. On this episode we try to work with John's garbled transmission as we review the hated/venerated Wolfnet's "Bunkers" scenario as well as the Death from Above Wargaming scenario "Intercept".Join us as we deep dive into dissecting various scenarios that we love, hate, or just pass the time with! If you'd like to see us review your favorite scenario or most despised mission, let us know about it in the Valhalla Club Podcast Discord.Host: Matt "The Northman"Guests: Alex, John “Caveman”Join us on The Valhalla Club Podcast Discord Server and Facebook GroupEmail us at: thevalhallaclub@outlook.comSupport the show! PatreonThis Episode is proudly sponsored by Aries Games and Miniatures where you can find everything you need for your Battletech addiction.

Laptop Radio chats with Bezalel Eithan Raviv (Founder, Lionsgate Network) on Lionsgate Network is Intercepting Terrorist Crypto Wallet.

THE SETTING: Where we are in the storyJesus during these 40 days:“shows himself and gives many convincing proofs”Two themes: “spoke about the kingdom”; “spoke about the gift the Father promised”“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”JESUS' ANSWER“Not for you to know the times…”“…the Father has set (the time) by his own authority.”JESUS' ALTERNATIVE TO BOREDOM…BUT you……Will receive power.…Will be my witnessesWHERE MISSION HAPPENS? - your Jerusalem— - your Judea— - your Samaria— - AND to the ends of the earth.HOW TO RESIST BOREDOM - Go - Send - Pray…or disobey… and remain bored!

THE SETTING: Where we are in the storyJesus during these 40 days:“shows himself and gives many convincing proofs”Two themes: “spoke about the kingdom”; “spoke about the gift the Father promised”“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”JESUS' ANSWER“Not for you to know the times…”“…the Father has set (the time) by his own authority.”JESUS' ALTERNATIVE TO BOREDOM…BUT you……Will receive power.…Will be my witnessesWHERE MISSION HAPPENS? - your Jerusalem— - your Judea— - your Samaria— - AND to the ends of the earth.HOW TO RESIST BOREDOM - Go - Send - Pray…or disobey… and remain bored!

A brand new task force is targeting criminals who prey on the most vulnerable. The Collier County Sheriff's Office is part of the Southwest Florida Intercept Task Force, which is fighting child exploitation and trafficking. In this episode we explain how the task force is saving children and provide tips on how to protect your kids from online predators.

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how you can intercept and debug traffic going out from your computer or other internet connected devices in your home, or your garage! Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:17 Scott's story of wanting to intercept data Tonal 06:36 Other examples 08:38 Different types of traffic 14:52 TCP vs UDP 16:07 Why would you want to run a proxy? 24:20 Applications to use Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy Proxyman · Native, Modern Web Debugging Proxy · Inspect network traffic from Mac, iOS, Android devices with ease Intercept, debug & mock HTTP with HTTP Toolkit mitmproxy - an interactive HTTPS proxy Wireshark · Go Deep Little Snitch Capturing Modes - Fiddler Everywhere Hacksore on Twitter How I Hacked my Car :: Programming With Style Tweet us your tasty treats Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

Ep. 144 - Clemens Maik (Profanity, Infecting The Swarm, Intercepting Pattern) by Cali Death Podcast

One more Lawrence Tierney for you all to start the show. Then it's a tribute to 112's Peaches & Cream because it's our 112th episode. Get it!? Our Discord is now live! Email us for the link or just look up Is It Safe? Talk Show on Discord. Oliver Anthony's anthem about the sorry states of affairs in the USA has elicited a ton of intense feedback. Luke wonders if the reaction videos to the song are genuine or not. Luke makes a good point about Anthony being a the type of person who should be welcomed into the progressive, reform movement. Govier ponders the path of media scrutiny from the days of Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent to the current right-wing media distrust. How did we get here and how do we objectively identify authentic mainstream messaging for what it is? The unnatural disaster as Steve puts in in Hawaii has roots in settler colonialism masked by tourism. We got emails! Sean wants to know what happened to Steve when he was expelled from high school. Plus Sean wants to know about the biggest mistakes each of the fellas made during their high school days. Luke has no bad-ass stories about his rebellion outside of a tennis racquet issue, but Govier has a doozy from the final semester of his senior year. Joe emails with curiosity about the weirdest or most hilarious names any of the dudes have run into over the years. Steve has a couple of Only Fans accounts he wants to share with you all. Check out Sidewinder Ansible on SoundCloud! We love you all! We are very pleased with our little world that we have formed together thanks to this show. This talk show has little substance to it without you listening and emailing us your thoughts. We close the show with 3rd Planet covered by Sidewinder Ansible. If any of our nonsense provokes your thoughts, please share them with us at isitsafepod@gmail.com

Moritz Kossmann is DStv Diski Challenge coach and head of youth at Cape Town City in South Africa.Soccer Coach Weekly caught up with Moritz to discuss the crucial skill of intercepting. He covers whether it's a natural action for players, how important communication is alongside it, and how players can build up their knowledge around it as they progress...

Cousin Sal and the DG3 open up the podcast by sharing their rave reviews of this season's premiere of Hard Knocks. They talk about seeing a likable side of Aaron Rodgers, while Parlay Kid's only complaint is that Saleh may use too much profanity. They segue this conversation into Coach of the Year odds (16:09), where they all give their winners for this NFL season, and to no one's surprise, Harry still does not think Andy Reid is a good coach. Sal then looks to wrap up the NFL talk with more discussion about the Cowboys training camp and why he doesn't think Trevon Diggs should be celebrating intercepting Dak as much as he is. Next up is baseball (37:11) and they look at Aaron Boone's most recent ejection which left Brother Bri annoyed because he feels Boone backs his players although doesn't hold them accountable. Finally, they wrap things up with their Play of the Day (47:29) and Summer School with TPK (55:09). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cousin Sal and the DG3 open up the podcast by sharing their rave reviews of this season's premiere of Hard Knocks. They talk about seeing a likable side of Aaron Rodgers, while Parlay Kid's only complaint is that Saleh may use too much profanity. They segue this conversation into Coach of the Year odds (16:09), where they all give their winners for this NFL season, and to no one's surprise, Harry still does not think Andy Reid is a good coach. Sal then looks to wrap up the NFL talk with more discussion about the Cowboys training camp and why he doesn't think Trevon Diggs should be celebrating intercepting Dak as much as he is. Next up is baseball (37:11) and they look at Aaron Boone's most recent ejection which left Brother Bri annoyed because he feels Boone backs his players although doesn't hold them accountable. Finally, they wrap things up with their Play of the Day (47:29) and Summer School with TPK (55:09). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scripture Reference: 2 Thessalonians 3:13

A Russian aircraft has been intercepted by the RAF and German air force in a joint NATO mission. This was the first mission of its kind after the Russian jet was intercepted near NATO airspace. This interception comes after a Russian fighter jet collided with a US drone, causing conflict between both nations. UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the relationship between NATO and Russia had been more tense then ever before the interception. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?

How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?

Caroline Moss, playing for the Online Abortion Resource Squad, and Sally Tamarkin, playing for the Trans Justice Funding Project, go head-to-head to fight for labor rights and take down Big Carnival! Oh, they also solve some What's New Scooby Doo mysteries along the way.Cases - Roller Ghoster Ride, Toy Scary BooClues & Evidence - Parasailing coasters, MA colleges, gender-neutral names, Class Action Park, labor, Steeplechase, Big Carnival, safety heads, the WAP, intercepting fate, wire-cutters, foofaraw, fire ants, Law & Order SVUniversity—Thanks for listening to Meddling Adults! If you want to help the prize pool grow, become a member of our Patreon. If you want to learn more about the show or interact with us online, check out the links below:WEBSITE: meddlingadults.comTWITTER: twitter.com/meddlingadultsINSTAGRAM: instagram.com/meddlingadultsFACEBOOK: facebook.com/meddlingadults—CREDITSCreator/Host/Producer: Mike SchubertEditor: Brandon GrugleMusic: Bettina Campomanes, Brandon GrugleArt: Maayan Atias, Kelly SchubertWeb Design: Mike & Kelly Schubert

Psalm 91 -  Pray It & Believe audio course discounted to $14 for The Burt (Not Ernie) Show listeners.    2023 Annual Prayer Planner - 21 Days of Prayer & Journaling to Plan Your Year (instant access to printable digital download)    Well, hey there and hello to you. I'm so incredibly thankful you're listening to the podcast today and I'm super excited to share some encouragement via one of God's promises that we find in the book of psalms.    Take a look at the faithfulness of God with me for this episode and let's just see what God does as we take Him at His word and believe His promises are 100% true. You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show podcast, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. This is episode number 132. The faithfulness of God matters.  In every moment, it matters.  And honestly, it may matter far more than we realize.   God's faithfulness keeps everything going. Every heartbeat is thanks to the faithfulness of God. Every single time we take a breath, it is proof that our God is faithful. When someone texts you to let you know they care about you, are thinking of you, have just spent some time praying for you, guess what? God put you on their heart and His faithfulness is what actually moved them to reach out to you. God's faithfulness is something that is so certain, we can miss it on the daily. And in spite of the fact that we so often just don't see it, recognize it or acknowledge it but it keeps on being our reality, that in itself is proof of just how faithful the Lord God Almighty truly is.   Now, one thing that has been on my heart and mind a lot lately is this: holiness, God's holiness. And how we, as His people, ought to be living our everyday lives as a response to His holiness and His call for us to be a holy people, a people set apart for His glory and His purposes. So that's not exactly what today's podcast is about, but I wanted to share that because I really doubt that I am the only one thinking about this currently. I've found that whatever God is doing in my heart, it is often being done in many, many hearts at the same time. If that's you, be encouraged that He has a purpose in leading you to think about holiness, to be more aware of what you think and say and do and that He is always working on a zillion levels all at once. It's a good work He is doing in and through you. You just keep leaning in, praying and listening and following His lead, and trust Him to finish every good work that He has begun in you. Cuz He is a finisher!   Today I want to read from the Amplified, Psalm 91, verse 4, the end portion of this verse. It says: His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.   I'll say it again, because it bears repeating: the faithfulness of God matters! He IS completely faithful - this goes beyond a behavior that we might see or experience now and then. The utter and complete and unyielding faithfulness of our God is as unending as the vastness of the universe, but actually would far surpass that, even though we cannot comprehend it. Galaxy upon galaxy of faithfulness. He is, always and in all ways, faithful.   Does that stir hopefulness within you today? Or maybe you find yourself wondering, “How can that be true? How can it be true for me?”  A mix of both, perhaps? Nodding your head in agreement as to the amazing faithfulness of the Lord and also hoping that same faithfulness will be true for you in a hard situation?   This very faithfulness is, to us, a shield and a wall. Those are not my words, they are the words in this verse. And Psalm 91, well, it does not play. It's in the Bible on purpose, intentionally, and we need to acknowledge that it is the truth, straight from the very Word of God.    And this faithfulness is a shield and a wall to us.   Okay, so in 2023, what does that really mean? Like, a shield? A wall? Those don't mean so much to us. I'm not sure what I can liken it to for our modern day and age, but just think ultimate protection. What does a shield do? The intercept specific attacks. They protect from projectiles and from close range weapons. A shield can actively block dangers and attacks. It can also close lines of protection, kind of linking up with other shields, as a more passive form of protection.    Okay. Sounds pretty good to me!   What about a wall? Walled cities were places that were safe in days prior, we know that for sure. Think of all the places in the Bible that mention city walls, or think of those cities of refuge that a person could run to and be safe if an accident happened and someone lost their life - you were able to flee to a city of refuge and be safe there, behind those city walls, until it was determined that it was, or was not, an accident. If there had been no walled cities, those would have not been refuge places because the walls keep some things in and other things out, right? Keeping this in, while also keeping that out. Walls do that.    Other things do that in our day and age. Passwords and secure logins for your personal info. Key fobs for the car. Places to keep your valuables safe. Locks on doors. Security systems and doorbell cameras. Modern types of walls. This stays in here, nice and safe and protected, and the not so safe things can kind of stay out, on the other side of the wall. Good fences make good neighbors and all of that.   Walls also bring to mind the idea of fortifications, of a first line of defense. LOTR movies, Helm's Deep, that was a walled city, protected.    God's faithfulness is THAT to us. Protection. Intercepting specific  attacks that are aimed directly at you. Protection from projectiles, and that can be words spoken to you, about you, over you. I've seen a social post that says something to the effect of, don't worry too much about people that God removed from your life, He may have heard you mentioned in conversations where you were not present. And yeah, there could probably be some truth to that. If Psalm 91:4 is true (and it most certainly is true!), then there could be conversations that were about us but not with us, not to our face, we were not in that conversation but it was about us, and maybe at times God just sort of moves us along a bit and we lose contact with them or something. Could that not be a form of shield for us? Because words can have so much weight. You and I know  it's true, there is no point in pretending we are bad enough to let it all roll off like water off a duck's back. I am not a duck. You either. We are not water fowl. Words can be heavy, can carry a lot of weight. And sometimes God just flat shields us from those weighty words. Anybody want to say amen to that? It is one of the best blessings of my life! (I had a time when I had to let a couple of folks know that I was not interested in any more phone calls - this was back before texts, btw - no more calls to let me know what so and so had to say about this, that and the other. And when I didn't want to be part of the family gossip train, they stopped calling me. The opposite of Cameron in Ferris Bueler's Day Off. He'll keep calling me… Nope. The phone quit ringing and I was all the better for it.) Words can have weight and the faithfulness of God can protect us from weighty words. That is a blessing beyond measure!   Close range weapons. Projectiles. Need to be hidden away. Need to have some stuff, some enemy attacks, away from us. His faithfulness is a shield and a wall for all those things. Isn't He good? And isn't He good to you?   That is what you have in the Lord God Most High. So much faithfulness that it is a shield and a wall --- FOR YOU! Sure, this applies to every disciple of the Lord Jesus. And it right now applies to you. Don't miss the forest for the trees. This promise is meant to be your promise. That is why you are listening to this podcast episode today. So you can hear and believe this specific promise for your specific life at this specific moment. This is for you. And that is really, really good news.   Here and now, in the middle of the first month of the new year, it's yours.  For some of you, that's what you needed to hear today.  I hope it goes from your ears right into your heart and mind. Let God soften your heart and like, literally, bless your heart (not like a southern saying, but really be a comfort and a blessing to you in the places of life where you most need it) and change your thinking with this promise. Because how you think, well, that's how your life goes. The direction of your thoughts is the direction of your life. Think well. Think on these things, the New Testament says. Think on the truth of God's Word and the truth of Jesus. Praise God for His truth!   Here today, this is when we praise Him for His faithfulness to us. Through it all, He never abandons His own. Thank Him for that! And make that thankfulness a sort of first fruit offering to Him at the start of this year. Be thankful, right from the get-go. For the next twelve months I am expecting Him to be faithful, utterly faithful, to you. And to me. I'm believing for that. I hope you can believe for that, too.    Don't go to sleep tonight without reflecting on His faithfulness to you and the truth that it never ends and is all encompassing. Before your head hits the pillow, remind yourself that Psalm 91:4 is the reality of your life, because He who promised is faithful.    Your shield of protection and your protective walls before you, behind you, all around you. That's God's commitment to you and He never tells a lie (it's actually impossible for Him to lie) and He does not deal in partial or half truths. (think of Flick getting the blame for the bad word Ralphie said in A Christmas Story). Aren't you thankful you have a friend who sticks closer than a brother, a friend in God, and that He is nothing like even your very best earthly friend?    Because we are human, and deal daily with humanity in ourselves and in others, we can sort of do this by-product thing where we start to inadvertently attribute human behavior to God's behavior. We sort of humanize the Lord, in a way. In our thinking. In our expectations. But that's not right!    According to the Bible, that is not correct at all. We don't conform the Bible to our thoughts, right? We conform our thinking to the Bible's truths. To the Living Word. and the truth of the Word of God to us here is that God's faithfulness is (present tense!!) a shield and a wall.    I need you to believe that today. Believe it now like you've never believed it before.    Jesus is coming for His Church (hear that, for HIS CHURCH, we belong to Him and it's wise and prudent to remember that). Sooner than later, sooner than we think most likely. We should live believing Him fully because that's how we will be ready when He comes. May He not find us doubting, but believing. May He not find us waxing and waning, but on fire for Him and living for His kingdom purposes.    When He comes, our faith will become sight.    This is our time for faith.  This is our time for faith-based believing.  As Jesus said Himself, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” Isn't it incredible that you can be one of those whom He was talking about? You can be one who has not seen Him face to face and yet believes.    This is your year for believing. To live believing.   Start today, with Psalm 91 verse 4, and believe. Tomorrow, believe again. And believe even more of what the Bible says. Keep on that path, my friend, and you will not ever regret it, not for a single moment.   You will be blessed, said Jesus, if you believe without having seen. Can you say this is your blessing right now? Why not make it your blessing today? Thanks for joining me today for this episode.   Hey, I have an audio course I created based on Psalm 91, and I am going to put the link for that in the show notes. It's like nineteen dollars right now. (The option I have for this course does not allow me to use coupon codes but I was able to take $5 off the price, dropping it to just $14). Check that out if you might like some encouragement in living a life in a state of chronic belief.   I can tell you from experience, there is nothing like it and no better way to live.

Season four of Rebels begins with Sabine Wren leading an assault on an Imperial facility on Mandalore just as a new super weapon is released. In this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss: Our excitement to get back to discussing Rebels, How season four was announce to be the last season of Rebels at Star Wars Celebration Orlando in 2017, Sabine's assault on the Imperial facility on Mandalore, The return of Bo-Katan Kryze to Star Wars animation, Intercepting the Imperial convoy carrying Sabine's father, The Indiana Jones influence in this episode, and The Empire unleashing a new weapon originally created by Sabine. Find our last discussion of Rebels in episode 437. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Find Jay and her cosplay adventures on J.Snips Cosplay on Instagram. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

Last time we spoke about the numerous attempts of Britain to open the markets of the Qing dynasty. First we talked about the disastrous and quite embarrassing Macartney mission to China which would begin a series of more and more bad relations. After Macartney's mission came a significant increase in opium export to China via India on the part of the East India company. The British were literally and economically dependent on Chinese tea and were beginning to use nefarious methods to get their fix. Then came the Amherst mission which was even more of a catastrophe than the Macartney mission, the man did not even get to meet the Emperor. And so the Canton system of trade went unchanged, but for how long could this system manage the ever increasing demand from the British for more trade? Events are about to unfold which will see a entire nation swept up into a drug cartel.   This episode is how to start a drug cartel in the 19th century   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on the history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. The year was 1830 and the 13 factories of Canton were rustling with business. The rules that governed the hundred or so foreigners who populated the factories were as strict as ever. After the Amherst mission George Staunton remained in Canton and took up a job working for the East India Company. What had changed the most since Staunton had come to Canton as a little boy was that competition was increasing. By 1830 the private traders taking up residence in the Canton foreign factories increased and they came from numerous nations such as India, Armenia, Britain, America and such. They were all competing with the East India Company which held a monopoly over British trade in Canton, but the private British traders now outnumbered the company 2 to 1. All of the private traders resented the company, as one scornful American put it “by its improper interferences and assumptions of superiority the company has earned the same dislike and unpopularity which a despotic and tyrannical government has entitled it to, in all other places where its influence extends”. The company was a mammoth, many of its armed vessels were at Canton, but it had become sluggish and slow to react. The trade between India and Canton which was making private merchants filthy rich was not being carried on the company's ships, the reason being that that cargo was opium.    Some private merchants built ships and anchored them 60 miles away from Canton on some outlying islands, not daring to come any closer to the port. They would station their “receiving ships” there at places like Lintin Island far away from the Canton authorities and these ships would act as floating warehouses for drug deals. Foreign vessels came from India with cargoes of opium and would stop at Lintin, offload their chests and then proceed to Canton with their cargo contained no contraband and thus clean for inspection. Their captains came to port and met with Hong merchants, though some dealt with black market merchants. After agreeing on a price, the foreign merchant took their payment for the opium and the Chinese dealers sent their own boats to Lintin to retrieve the shipments. The warehouse ships anchored at Lintin did not own the cargo, they were merely holding it for other unknown merchants who assumed the risks of getting it there. The Chinese smugglers then took the responsibility for the illicit drugs when they smuggled it into China. The Chinese smugglers also bribed government officials to ensure no inspections would be made at Lintin island or that such inspections would be announced in advance. One captain of a warehouse boat, Robert Bennet Forbes earned 800,000 dollars of today's currency per year for these operations.   The opium grew magnificently well in India and the East India Company would go bankrupt without the profit it gained from the illicit trade. Although the East India Company consistently avoided carrying opium to China on its own ships, that did not mean it did not take part in the trade network. The company dominated the opium supply within India and held auctions in Calcutta where it would sell to the smugglers. Everyone got a piece, the East India Company, the foreign smuggler and the Chinese merchants. The proceeds after all when said and done was payments of silver which were handed over to the East India Company's treasury whom would give the smugglers in return bills to use in India or Britain. Thus the company would enjoy a constant flow of silver.   Now the East India Company did its best to contain the cultivation of opium in India, but as time went by Indian entrepreneurs realized the massive gains that could be made and began to produce opium and ship it to ports on India's coast. The East India Company needed to keep a tight lid on how much opium made it to Canton to ensure prices remained high and that the Qing dynasty did not crack down on the trade. But in their efforts to thwart the opium cultivators trying to compete with them, they ended up simply increasing production exponentially. The company literally began to buy out its competitors to try and control the production of opium, but by that point the price per chest of opium had dropped to nearly half its value. This would have a disastrous side effect. Up until this point in the 1820's, opium remained an expensive luxury good, but with the price of it dropping soon the non wealthy in China began to purchase it and the trade expanded. By 1823 opium surpassed cotton as the largest Indian export to China. By 1828 opium was looking like the only commodity left that could reliably secure a profit for merchants in the area. 10,000 chests of opium made its way to Canton in 1828. By 1831 nearly 20,000 chests reached Canton, quadrupling the trade over the course of a decade.  Those chests did not include another 8% coming from Turkey via American smugglers, nor western Chinese grown opium. Those nearly 20,000 chests, 18956 to be more precise were worth nearly 13 million at the time, making it the most lucrative commodity trade in the world.    The independent traders, IE: smugglers formed their own community in Canton that rivaled the East India Company's factory. Their leader was the infamous William Jardine, a Scot with a degree in medicine from Edinburgh. Jardine had come to Canton as a surgeon's mate for the East India Company in 1802. When he graduated to full surgeon he was given a small space in the ship to carry his own cargo. He soon found that an illicit trade in Canton would provide him more profit than his work in medicine. Thus in 1817 after working 15 years for the company he quit to become a free merchant. After 3 years of his new life as a trader he ran into a fellow scot of higher birth named James Matheson who had like him begun the illicit business. The 2 men complemented another, Matheson was 12 years younger, more outspoken and temperamental and quite a good writer. He also had social connections back home in Britain and a lot of money. Jardine was more reserved and had a better head for business, but it was Matheson who was more willing to take big risks. In 1823 Matheson tried to sell some opium in Canton and failed horribly, but his family's wealth kept him afloat. In 1828 the 2 purchased a firm called Magniac & co and would rename it in 1832 to Jardine Matheson & Co. Stands to this very day.    Their company began doing business with opium merchants in Bombay and elsewhere in India. They settled down to live in “creek factory”, just 2 doors down from the East India company factory. They opened a newspaper called the Canton register which began a campaign to abolish the East India Company's monopoly in Canton. To allow their illicit business to work, Matheson got an appointment as a Danish consul and Jardine a Prussian consul. They both mingled with many of the big smugglers in Canton like a Parsi named Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and competed with other companies such as the Russel & Co. The Russel & Co was an American firm which would end up handling 1/5 of the Indian opium coming into Canton, so do not believe this was exclusively a British enterprise.   On the other side of this, the Qing government efforts to suppress the illicit trade were infrequent and half hearted in part because many officials were themselves involved in the business. Officials along the coast and those in Canton were many of the former corrupt officials that worked under Heshen and thus were not strangers to working the system. Despite its official illegal status, the Canton opium trades flourished. A Hong merchant named Wu Bingjian, but known to the foreigners as Houqua rose to prominence. As stated by Thomas Forbes in 1828 “Houqua as a man of business I consider the first in the country”. Houqua was the most influential trader in Canton. He was in his mid 60's, had drooping eyes, a pointed goatee and a long neck. Houqua handled all the business of the East India Company's factory in Canton along with other factories. He was revered by the foreign community for his honesty and business sense. Teas marked with his imprimatur were considered the best quality in the world. Houqua became a household name even in Britain and America and as it happens was likely the richest man in the world at one point. In the 1830's the Americans estimated Houqua was worth perhaps 26 million. Houqua lived on an island across from Canton and in a spare office there John Murray Forbes worked for Houqua as his secretary. Forbes at the age of 18 would be chartering multiple ships loaded with Houquas tea and would receive a generous 10% commission.    Now going back in time, in 1820, Emperor Jiaqing died and Emperor Daoguang took the throne. In 1810 Emperor Jiaqing revived his grandfather Emperor Yongheng's opium ban and by 1813 despaired at how it was spreading amongst the elite, even within his own palace. Apparently imperial guards and Qing officials in the palace were abusers of it. After his death, Emperor Daoguang carried forward his fathers opposition to opium. He said early into his reign “Opium is a great harm to the customs and morals of the people”. He ordered an end to the coastal drug smuggling, targeting corrupt officials who were allowing opium to come into China. “If there are traitors who try to collect taxes off opium to enrich themselves, or wh personally smuggle it into the country, punish them immediately and severely in order to expunge this massing of insects”. The same year he made these edicts a large number of scholars from coastal provinces showed up to take the civil service examination in Beijing only to die of convulsions from opium withdrawals over the 3 day test. How many addicts there were is hard to estimate. In 1820 with nearly 5000 chests being imported each year that would support roughly 40,000 habitual users, less than a hundredth of a single percent of the population. But by 1830 opium usage was exponentially increasing, the Daoguang emperor's initial concerns became full on alarm. He wrote an edict in January of 1830 “Opium is flooding into the interior, the multitude of users expands day by day, and there are more and more people who sell it; they are like fire and smoke, destroying our resources and harming our people. Each day is worse than the last”. The reports pouring in from provinces were shocking. From Zhili province a report read “there are opium smokers everywhere, especially in the government office. From the governor general all the way down through the ranks of officials and their subordinates, the ones who do not smoke opium are very few indeed”.   In response the the growing reports, in 1831, the Daoguang emperor order greater efforts be made to suppress the opium smuggling. Yet despite his orders, Beijing was unable to exert control over the provinces so affected because the local kingpins were proving themselves to be better providers for the locals than the central government. It was the kingpins employing people, providing income, security and by far could strike fear upon the populace if they were angered. When government officials would show up to crack down in the provinces, village mobs would attack them and turn them right back. This made Daoguang and his court tred very carefully as they understood how a full on rebellion was very possible. Thus Daoguang advisers cautioned any general campaign to stamp out opium smoking, do not go after the petty commoners suffering from financial hardships and addiction, but instead focus on hindering the smugglers.   Between 1831-1833 many minor conflicts occurred that would have amounted to nothing if it was not for the efforts of independent opium dealers looking to get rid of the East India Company. Of particular note was Jardine Matheson & Co who constantly wrote back to London the problems arising from allowing the company to hold a monopoly. Eventually the efforts of the smugglers paid off as in 1833 it was put to a vote to terminate the company's monopoly. By the autumn of 1833, news reached Canton that the East India company's monopoly would not be renewed when its charter expired the following May. Not only would it lose its monopoly, the East India Company would also no longer be allowed by the British government to continue its trade with China. The East India Company that had dominated trade for more than 2 centuries in Canton would vanish.   The Hong merchants were quite apprehensive at the news, it was not clear to them how the trade would now function. The Viceroy of Canton ordered the British to appoint a “tai pan” a chief executive who would be held accountable by Chinese officials for British trade conduct in Canton. The British government recognized the need to replace the role of the East India company with an alternative arrangement and agreed to create 3 superintendents of trade, a Chief superintendent, supported by 2 subordinates. “The Chief superintendent of trade would preside over a Court of Justice with criminal and admiralty jurisdiction for the trial of offenses committed by his majesty's subjects in the said dominions  or on the high sea within a hundred miles from the coast of China”. Now if you read that closely you realize, Britain just stipulated claims of extraterritoriality within the territory of the Qing dynasty.   Jardine and Matheson both worried the position of the superintendent would fall to George Stauton who arguably was the most qualified person for the job. But Staunton was an East India company man and they both worried he would bring with him the same bureaucracy that impeded upon the dealings of the independent merchants. Jardine and Matheson also took a hardline against Stauton between 1831-1833 trying to get the company abolished, he most likely would now return the favor. But to their joy, Staunton did not get the job, it went instead to William John Napier. Napier was a tall, redheaded and gallant captain of the Royal Navy and a veteran of the Napoleonic wars and fought in the legendary battle of Trafalgar. His qualifications and expertise in the trade of China amounted to nothing at all. Napier had zero experience in diplomacy, nor trade and he knew nothing about China. The cherry on top of all of this was that he was a proponent of free trade. He was to put it frankly, absolutely perfect for the smugglers.    For Napier it seems he fantasied about the power he might be capable of wielding in China, a country he understood to be “an enormous Empire of 40,000,000 that hands only together by a spiders web. What a glorious thing it would be to station a naval squadron along the coast and how easily a gun brig would raise a revolution and cause them to open their ports to the trading world”. Napiers ambitions were known to some, such as Earl Grey who sent him a private letter politely asking Napier to “exercise the most careful discretion in all your dealings with the Chinese. Given the suspicious character of the Qing government and the Chinese people, nothing must be done to shock their prejudices or to excite their fears”. Lord Napier was expected above all to keep the peace at Canton and to do no harm to the trade relations between Britain and China. Earl Grey had told him in person “persuasion and conciliation should be the means employed rather than anything approaching to the tone of hostile and menacing language. In the very worst case, should this not work, you are to show submission for a time and wait for new instructions from Britain”. Thus Napier was forbidden from pursuing any aggressive action. Napier also received instructions from Lord Palmertson at the foriegn office which likewise told him much of what Earl Grey said. Palmertson said the highest priority was to avoid any conflict with the Chinese. It was desirable to establish a line of communication with Beijing, but Napier was not an ambassador and should not go to Beijing even if opportunity arose because he “might awaken fears, or offend the prejudices of the Qing government”. Palmertson also asked Napier to find out if it was possible to make a survey of the Chinese coast, but not to make a survey. Lastly Palmertson instructed Napier not to negotiate with the Qing officials at Canton. If the opportunity presented itself, Napier was to write back home and await instructions. Just before departing, Napier would ask to be supplied with plenipotentiary powers just in case an opportunity to meet the Emperor arose, and was flat out denied this.    Napier sailed off from Plymouth on February 7 of 1834 on the 28 gunship Andromache, taking with him his wife and 2 daughters. While enroute, Napier read all that he could of the 2 previous missions particularly Amherst's notes about the status of China. Napier was excited to read about how Amherst described China as a nation oppressed by an alien dynasty and that the Han people wanted free trade. He became more and more convinced that his idea of sending a single squadron could force the Qing government to open every port in China to britain. He arrived at Macao on July 16 of 1834 and had instructions from Lord Palmertson to go straight to Canton and announce himself directly. This was an error on Palmertsons part as he obviously did not know that all foreigners were supposed to first go to Macao and await Chinese authority to come to Canton. This mistake would lead to terrible results.   OnJuly 23 Napier sailed for Canton and got to the city on July 25. He went to the factory compound at Canton and read aloud his commission to all the British traders.Then he wrote a letter to announce his arrival to the governor general.   The governor general was Lu Kun who refused to accept the letter because Napier had come to Canton unannounced without applying for a permit to enter Canton. Lu Kun said he had no idea why Napier was here, only that he had arrived on a warship and claimed to be in charge of British trade. Lu Kun was aware that Napiers arrival meant the East India companies role was ended in canton and that a new set of regulations for trade were going to be needed. However Lu Kun did not have the authority to establish any new regulations himself without orders from the emperor. So ironically both these men have the same issue. Lu Kun asked Houqua to meet with Napier to sound out the business and report back to him so they could inform Emperor Daoguang. On July 26 Houqua met with Napier and explained that the governor general required a Taipan to communicate and do trade, as they had done in the past. Napier brushed this off and said he preferred to communicate directly with the governor general. Napier ignored Houqua and sent a delegation of british merchants through canton to deliver his letter to Lu Kun. No Qing officials would dare accept the letter and Houqua pleaded with Napier to give him the letter so he could deliver it. Napier was insistent to directly address Lu Kun and refused. The next day, Houqua advised changing the letter into a petition implying Napier into a supplicant status. This greatly pissed off Napier. To add to Napiers anger, Lu Kun did not know what title to use for Napier so he wrote the term “yimu” meaning “headman” which was used for tribal chiefs and Napier's staff translated this out of context to mean “barbarian eye”. This came off as derogatory for the British.   Napier was making a large error, he thought he was dealing with China, but in reality he was only dealing with a single individual. That single individual, Lu Kun was in a position that should he disappoint the Emperor he would lose his job. All Lu Kun cared about was following protocol and not accidentally setting any new precedents. He had no authority to negotiate a new system of trade and to even border on that was to lose his job. Any of the former East India company veterans or many of the independent merchants could have easily explained this to Napier, but they didn't. Napier did not trust the former company staff and the independent merchants were vying for new trade negotiations. Napier ended up listening to the council of fellow Scots, Jardine and Matheson. Jardine and Matheson had gone to work on Napier from the very beginning helping him establish himself in Canton.   By august 9th, Napier still was unable to get his letter delivered and was becoming furious. Napier wrote to Palmersson complaining about the situation and that the Chinese were demanding he leave Canton and return to Macao. Napier went on to showcase his personal views “His majesty's government should not be ruled by the ordinary forms prescribed among civilized people. Lu Kun is a presumptuous savage. He was an alien Manchu, like the Daoguang emperor himself whom were nothing more than intruders in the country. The real people of China, the Han Chinese all wanted British trade, it was just this illegitimate government that was holding them back. The Manchus may have been fierce and strong once upon a time, but now after generations of rule they were a wretched people, inconceivably degraded, unfit for action or exertion. The British would be best off using its military power to force the Manchu government to open China's ports once and for all”. So in only 3 weeks the man sent to maintain peaceful trading relations was basically calling for war. On August 23 some Qing officials showed up sent by Lu Kun asking when Napier was going to return to Macao and Napier responded he would go entirely according to his own convenience.    Napier felt the trade relations were now threatened and decided to take his case to the people. Napier was certain the independent merchants and local cantonese would rally to him because they all wanted free trade. He began creating posters declaring how“He had been insulted and humiliated by the corrupt governor general Lu Kun whose ignorance and obstinacy were allowing the Hong merchants to shut down Britain's trade at Canton.Thousands of industrious Chinese who live by the European trade must suffer ruin and discomfort through the perversity of their Government. The only thing his people want is to trade with all China, on principles of mutual benefit, and that the British would never rest until they reached that goal”. The next day another poster went up, this one made by the Qing “a lawless foreign slave, Napier has issued a notice. We know not how such a dog barbarian of an outside nation as you, can have the audacious presumption to call yourself superintendent”. The poster also suggested cutting Napiers head off and displaying it on a stake.   On the evening of september the 4th, as Napier was eating dinner with some guests, servants rushed in to warn him that armed men had appeared at the front gates. Napier went to the gates to see Qing soldiers had surrounded the factory building and an official was nailing an edict from the governor general to the factory wall as he announced the official shutdown of trade and ordered all Chinese employees of the factory to vacate immediately.  Soon all the Chinese staff, servants, porters, guards and such left the factory, leaving Napier with just a handful of companions. Napier heard someone in the crowd say he was going to burn down the factory that very night and Napier knew action had to be taken.    Napier called upon his 2 nearby gunboats, Andromache and Imogene, both 6th rate Royal Navy frigates with 54 guns between them. Napier believed under the circumstances he had sufficient reason to defy his orders from Britain and ordered the gunboats to force passage through the Tiger's Mouth.  They were to deal with whatever resistance was made upon them and to take up positions in Whampoa and protect British subjects and their property. After ordering the ships off he addressed a letter to Lu Kun and the Hong merchants declaring “you have opened the preliminaries of war. His imperial majesty will not permit such folly, wickedness, and cruelty as you have been guilty of, since my arrival here, to go unpunished”. Unfortunately, the British governments actual response to Napiers call for war would not reach Canton until it was far too late. The British governments response was of course, to tell him to back down and to follow instructions and behave. “It is not by force and violence that his majesty intends to establish a commercial intercourse between his subjects and China”.    The 2 warships forced their passage through the Tiger's Mouth and exchanged fire with the Chinese forts that guarded it. Napiers 2 frigates unloaded more than 700 rounds into the Chinese forts, 2 British sailors were killed with 5 wounded.The forts were hammered into silence and thus ended what is called the Battle of the Bogue. The Chinese forts lacked the firepower that the British cannons held. The 2 warships proceeded to Whampoa, but the Chinese built heavy obstacles upriver, such as a large cable drawn across the river with hundreds of fire rafts loaded with gunpowder and a fleet of war junks to try and block the passage towards Canton. The 2 warships were not able to get close enough to Canton to be visible from the factories in it. The shock and awe that Napier had wanted to inflict did not come to fruition. The British merchants refused to followed Napiers lead, most simply wanted trade to resume, not a war. Jardine and Matheson were some of the very few who supported Napiers hardline stance, but most asked Napier to obey Lu Kun's orders and to go to Macao immediately. Many of the merchants began to petition Napier complaining how much financial losses he was causing them. Meanwhile Lu Kun made it clear he had zero problems with the merchants, it was Napier alone as to why trade was shut down and that normal commerce would resume the second he left. Napier felt betrayed by his own people and was humiliated.    Napier was quite alone in the empty factory building, out of reach from his 2 gunboats and the Qing were making sure no provisions reached the factory. He realized the consequences if British trade suffered serious harm from his personal actions and coincidentally he was beginning to become quite ill. Thus Napier backed down, on september 21 he ordered the 2 gunboats to pull out and he left Canton a broken man. Trade resumed to normal a fews days after his departure. Britain's first chief superintendent of trade, a proud veteran of Trafalgar and the Napoleonic wars had been brought to his knees by Lu Kun. After a 5 day trip under heavy Qing military escort, Napier arrived in Macao pale and feverish. He died 2 weeks later.   The British public did not mourn the loss of Napier. The Duke of Wellington summed up their views by stating “the attempt to force upon the Chinese authorities at Canton an accustomed mode of communication with an authority of whose powers and of whose nature they had no knowledge had failed, as it is obvious that such an attempt must invariably fail, and lead again to national disgrace”. Jardine and Matheson alongside 85 other independent merchants all signed a petition to the new King of England William IV, demanding revenge for Napiers humiliations. Within China the situation was getting worse. Patronage, bribery and embezzlement were becoming the norm among civil officials. Opium was weaving its way through the fabric of Chinese society. In spite of Daoguang's edicts to control the illicit drug the trade was growing exponentially. A major north south land transport route for opium emerged through Hunan province and with it some uprisings sprang up. The Qing government sent military forces to pacify the uprisings but ironically the soldiers that were sent were heavy users of opium and performed terribly. Forces which were sent to opium heavy regions would fall victim to the substance. The Chinese economy was falling into a depression. Grain prices deflated, driving down the income of farmers. Unemployment rose and the Qing government tax revenues were declining. Soon it became expensive to maintain public works like flood control which led to shoddy construction giving way to destructive episodes of flooding. With the flooding came agricultural failures and with that famines.   China's monetary system was collapsing, a major problem was the side effect of the opium trade, the exportation of silver. The Hong merchants paid for the opium with silver, but could not accept silver as payment for tea or silk because it would indicate that they had exported silver in the first place which was illegal. Thus silver was pouring out of China and not coming back in and on top of this, since the 1820 the worlds supply of silver had been coming from mines in Mexico and Peru, but national revolutions in Latin America had shut down those mines. The combination of these 2 factors had a disastrous effect on China.   Silver was the international currency, but copper coins were an important part of China's internal economy. A tael of silver was worth 1000 copper coins during normal times, moving such a large amount of copper was logistically unstable thus silver played a crucial role in China's economy. Silver was the basis of tax payments, a medium for all long distance trade conducted within China and abroad. But copper was used as a medium for the local economies, the marketplace and menial wages. The income and savings for all the lower classes of China, farmers laborers, craftsmen was all paid in copper. As silver flooded out of China it became more and more valuable and this skewed its exchange with copper to the point of absolute mayhem. By 1830 a tael of silver was worth 1365 copper coins and soon it rose to 1600, then to 2000 by the late 1830's. With the inflation came a need for higher taxes, but the lower class could not afford to pay them.   The Qing court debated many ways to remedy the situation. Some said they should merely open ports to appease the traders, some went as far as saying they should simply lift the illegal status of opium so it could be traded accordingly and proper taxes could be levied. In the end Emperor Daoguang increased his hardline stance against opium. Now commoners and soldiers convicted of smoking opium would be punished with 100 lashes and 2 months in the cangue (plank of wood with their hands and neck inside). Even family members of opium users could be punished, such as a father failing to control his children from smoking it.    Now when Britain got rid of the East India Company's monopoly, the responsibility for the conduct of British opium traders in China shifted from the company to the British government itself. The government of Britain tried to pretend the trade did not exist, but the public was learning more and more about it, especially after the Napier affair. Back to Jardine & Matheson's petitions to the king, they demanded a full fledged ambassador, backed up by a war fleet, to demand reparation for China's apparent crimes. More and more letters came to Britain demanding war like action and that just a small force of 2 frigates and 3 or 4 armed vessels could blockade most of the sea trade for the Qing empire. “Intercepting its revenues in their progres to the capital, and taking possession of all the armed vessels of the country”. Such actions they argued would not see full scale war, it would just lead to more amenable trade relations. The new man to replace Napier was a longtime East India company man named John Davis. And to their misery he immediately rejected their demand for reparations and was adamantly against their free trade movement. Davis subscribed to the idea that China trade should be conducted with caution and respect. As Jardine & Matheson continuously called for war, Davis sent word back to Palmersson in Britain to ignore them. Davis was far more optimistic that Britain could find a peaceful way after the embarrassing Napier situation. Jardine & Matheson would not quit, and Matheson went back to Britain to drum up support for a punitive expedition against China.   While Matheson held no significant influence over the British government, fortunately Lady Napier did whom he was pushing to rally support for the cause. He used Lady Napier to gain an audience with Lord Palmerston, but as much as he tried to persuade the man, Palmerston like many other officials believed the Canton trade would regain its balance naturally with time and noninterference. Before leaving to go back to China in 1836, Matheson created a hundred page pamphlet titled “the present position and prospects of the British trade with China”. The piece argued for the necessity of a british naval expedition to open China or trade would simply come to an end.    Back in Canton, Davis appointed Charles Elliot as secretary to the committee of superintendents. Charles Elliot was a light haired, thin lipped captain in the Royal Navy. In 1830 he was appointed protector of slaves in British Guyana where his job was to investigate the most abusive practices of the British plantation owners and represent the interests of the slaves who suffered under them. The experience hardened Elliot into an abolitionist. Lord Palmerston saw him as a convenient person at the right time to take up the cause in China against opium and had sent him alongside Napier. Eliot was a calculating man, obsessed on how his actions would be interpreted back home in Britain, angling to improve his career. Davis took a strong liking to Elliot, he was flexible and not as headstrong as Napier. Davis also knew he was not expected to hold his position long, the chief superintendent should not be a former company man. Davis wanted to save face and resigned preemptively. When he resigned he lobbied for Elliot to be made the new superintendent. And thus Elliot got the job to his surprise.    Elliot would likewise have a new governor general to deal with, Lu Kun died and was replaced by Deng Tingzhen. They started of on the right foot, Elliot presented his credentials as the new superintendent of trade at Macao and asked for permission to come to Canton. His polite and respectful approach was approved by the emperor and he was welcomed to Canton and took up residence at the old British factory. In Chinese he was referred to as Lingshi “consul” a respectable title that could not be confused with barbarian eye. In november of 1836, just 5 months after Elliots arrival, the Daoguang Emperor issued an edict banning both the importation and use of opium throughout China. Deng Tingzhen proclaimed “The smoke of opium is a deadly poison. Opium is nothing else but a flowing poison; that it leads to extravagant expenditure is a small evil, but as it utterly ruins the mind and morals of the people, it is a dreadful calamity.” The crackdown was immense, Qing forces under Deng chased down Chinese smugglers and destroyed their transport ships. They went after dealers on land breaking the supply lines leading the Chinese smugglers to demand higher and higher fees from the foreign traders to transport the opium.   Jardine wrote letters back to Bombay stating the once flourishing opium traffic was falling apart “the Drug market is becoming worse every day owing to the extreme vigilance of the authorities, and we see no chance of amendment”. Though Elliot hate the opium trade he knew it was a evil necessity for Britain and feared an outbreak of violence between the Chinese government forces and the increasingly desperate British opium traders. Because the traders were resorting to more dramatic actions Elliot feared the honest traders in canton would soon face consequences because of the opium traders. Then the Hong merchants sent word to Elliot from the Emperor urging him to banish the British opium traders vessels from Canton, but Eliot pleaded that his government never gave him such authority. Elliots orders the Foreign Office were to make sure Britain's drug of choice, tea, made it safely out of China and into the teacups of English drawing rooms for the ritual afternoon tea”. They were also to ensure the safety of British subjects in China. Without any authority to stop the opium smugglers he sought action that would at least thwart violence. Elliot wrote to Palmerston in 1837 asking if Britain could make a diplomatic intervention in China to reduce the risk of losing the tea commerce.   Elliot, Deng Tingzhen the Chinese and independent merchants all were under the belief the Emperor was on the verge of declaring opium legalized. Indeed Deng and many other high ranking Qing officials had pressed the case for legalization for quite awhile and the Emperor had been showing a lot of interest in it as a solution for the silver crisis. Elliot proposed sending another ambassador accompanied by a peaceful naval force to argue in favor of legalizing opium.  His thinking was that by displaying power, but not guns blazing, could in a respectful manner impress the Qing the importance of the tea trade to both nations. Elliot also had a lot of suggestions for the ambassador. For one that he should inform the emperor that half of the opium was coming from free areas of India that Britain did not control. Also that if Britain stopped its opium traders, other nations would simply fill its space. In light of such logic the only outcome had to be legalization of opium.   Palmerston was aghast, Elliot of all people who was so against the illicit trade was now arguing on the side of the opium smugglers? Palmerston could not agree to such an idea to argue the cause of the smugglers to the emperor no, instead he proposed a “china courts bill” that would grant Elliot formal legal authority over the British subjects in China. He foresaw the creation of a British court of law in Canton, under the superintendent with jurisdiction over all British subjects 100 miles of the Chinese coast. Thus Elliot would have authority both in civil and criminal disputes. Palmerston hoped Elliot would be able to keep the free traders in line and banish the worst offenders, thus appeasing the Chinese. Palmerston never thought such an act would be seen by the Chinese as interfering with their own jurisdiction and authority. The bill was a complete breach of Chinese sovereignty, and thus when it went through parliament it was utterly destroyed.    Meanwhile back on the Chinese side, Deng Tingzhen was continuing to make progress at crushing the opium trade. But then in 1838 a Qing official named Huang Juezi submitted a new method of crushing the opium trade and stopping the loss of silver. His proposal “thus, the way to defend against this calamity, lies not with foreign merchants but with the wicked chinese”. He argued it was impossible to block the opium by embargo and it risked foreign trade. To go after the traffickers had proven to be ineffective, because of the extremity of official corruption. Thus they should target the Chinese consumers. As he summed it up “if there were no common users of opium in China then there naturally would be no dealers, no traffickers and no international smuggling trade to drain silver out of China”. It was going to be an exceptionally harsh policy, but Emperor Daoguang was intrigued and brought the proposal to the court.   The majority of officials were against it, but the vast majority were also against legalization. One official who was for Huang Juezi's proposal was Lin Zexu the governor general of Hunan and Hubei provinces. Ah yes, for my Chinese listeners or those familiar with Chinese history, one of the most famous figures has emerged onto the stage.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.  The British were walking a tightrope between getting their tea fix and not being banned from trade with China because of the Opium smuggling. Silver was flooding back into Britain while being drained from China and enough was enough for the Qing dynasty, now they would wage war on the illicit drug.  

Do you find transitions tricky? It always takes me a few weeks to adjust when school starts or stops. Bigger transitions are even trickier for me. I share some ideas and a powerful tool to help you with tricky transitions in todays episode. TOPICS COVERED [00:00:56] Types of Transitions [00:01:53] Transitions Can Create Uncertainty and Our Saboteurs Pop Up More Often [00:02:29] Saboteurs - the 10 types [00:03:05] This transition, really got me spinning! [00:05:21] Intercepting a Saboteur. [00:07:03] Once we got used to Devon being home - now he is moving out! Another transition! [00:08:54] Free Class HELPFUL LINKS Today's Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/ Link to Joy in All Seasons Summit - https://www.choosingwisdom.org/joy-summit-2022-sheridan Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope Follow me on Instagram @powerupyourprayers Podcast Episodes – https://sheridanripley.com/category/podcast/ Grab a Copy of one of my Books Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools

4:08 | Is it time to overhaul the RCMP? In April of 2020, Twenty-two people were killed when a gunman driving a replica police cruiser rampaged through several Nova Scotia communities. The subsequent public inquiry shone a light on communication failures, organizational breakdowns, and alleged political interference. Dr. Eli Sopow has twenty years of experience examining the inner workings of Canada's national police force. He says significant change is much needed and long-overdue.  READ DR. SOPOW'S PIECE ON RESTRUCTURING THE RCMP: https://theconversation.com/alleged-political-interference-in-the-n-s-mass-shootings-means-the-rcmp-must-be-restructured-185674 21:27 | Ryan touches on overnight developments, as Patrick Brown is disqualified from the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership race. 29:29 | Do you know who your kids are talking to online? Anna Savage and her husband didn't, until parental "spidey senses" kicked in, prompting a review of their teenage daughter's Instagram messages. What happened next is chilling. Don't miss this interview, a follow up to our conversation with RCMP Sgt. Kerry Shima on July 4. EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  52:15 | Are women in politics and other leadership positions set up to fail? Political science professor Dr. Lisa Young talks about the "glass cliff," including how to identify and avoid it. Dr. Young also touches on Patrick Brown's leadership disqualification, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson's early tenure, and AFN National Chief Roseanne Archibald's suspension. READ DR. YOUNG'S "GLASS CLIFF" PIECE: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/opinion-ucp-women-leadership-glass-cliff-1.6496317 1:20:59 | Does the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States impact your desire to live, or even visit, south of the border? Ryan and John review Twitter feedback from Real Talkers following the July 4th parade attacks in Highland Park, IL. 1:28:31 | "Whatever you do, don't come to Jasper!" That's the warning being hilariously spread by the Danish duo behind Jasper's newest theatre experience. Learn about "From Jasper, With Love" in this week's edition of #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper. CHECK OUT THE VENTURE BEYOND SERIES: https://www.jasper.travel/discover-jasper/venture-beyond-series/ BOOK YOUR TRIP TO JASPER: https://www.jasper.travel/realtalk/

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Guest: Dr. Adam HoustonIt's been more than 25 years since the movie Twister came out, depicting scientists trying to gather data from inside tornadoes by leaving instruments in their paths. As happens with time, technology improves and now it's not just in the movies where scientists are attempting to get data from inside a tornado. One group of scientists are using drones to intercept tornadoes to gather data to help shed light on their inner workings and also to help the National Weather Service issue more accurate tornado warnings with longer lead times. The head of that project, Dr. Adam Houston, is here with us today.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on the How We Can Heal Podcast, Lisa Danylchuk sits with Delia Ginorio to unfold the realities of working in the field of violence interception. In her experience and the experiences she's listened to, healing clearly is a journey. For everyone, it is lifelong work. In this talk, Delia shares the limitations and boundaries she sets for herself in survivor restoration. She also speaks on the areas she struggles at in work, how she determines when to work and when to walk away, and the pieces that give her hope to continue every day. Victims sometimes become perpetratorsFor Delia Ginorio, the Director of the Survivor Restoration Program at the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, resources and support programs for survivors and victims of abuse and trauma are always critical. This helps survivors process what they've experienced and to have a platform where they can be heard. In her experience in the field, not having these can carry adverse effects on a survivor.As Delia recalls her younger years, she puts into the picture how vital support is for abuse and trauma victims. Growing up with trauma, Delia identifies herself as a furious young woman. She carried so much anger that it wouldn't be hard for her to be aggressive to anyone. She was just waiting for somebody. If not for the direction she was taken to in her current career, Delia, in her own words, 'could easily be in prison right now.'About Delia Ginorio:Delia Ginorio is the Survivor Restoration Program Director for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department (SFSD) and a nationally recognized expert in criminal justice reform and approaches. Ms. Ginorio is a key leader in the award-winning Resolve to Stop the Violence Project (RSVP).  Outline of the episode: ●     [02:03] One to three sessions are nothing in therapy●     [08:46] Honoring Delia Ginorio's late mother●     [14:21]Victims sometimes become perpetrators●     [19:01] Delia Ginorio's limitations on animal abuse cases●     [27:14] Violence isn't the answer●     [32:42] Delia Ginorio – The hardest population for me to work with ●     [38:19] It's healing and powerful for a survivor to share their stories and be heard●     [43:11] It's easier to stay angry than to be deeply sad and hurt●     [49:06] How does Delia find the balance between doing her work and not doing it●     [55:07] But even some of the folks I thought were never going to change are my coworkers today!Resources: DV Hotline #'s in San Francisco Woman Inc: (877) 384-3578La Casa de las Madres: (877)503-1850Riley Center: (415) 255-0165SF Woman Against Rape: (415) 647-7273 Five Keys Schools and ProgramsCommunity Works West – Justice Demands HumanityRSVP Video Clip:Resolve to Stop the Violence: Innovator's Focus    Domestic Violence Support and Resources You are not alone. 24/7 help is available if you need support. Reach out for help if your partner or someone in your life is: Putting you down Hurting you Threatening you Making you feel afraid In an emergency, call 911 If it is not safe to call 911, you can text 911.24-hour National Domestic Violence HotlineCall 1-800-799-7233 anytime.More Resources: https://bit.ly/3wiWZ2R

On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki gives advice on how to cultivate a success mindset using the STFAR Model. Watch the episode for more details! Check out our Youtube for more episodes https://www.youtube.com/c/focusinspired Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/lincolnalexanderthe2nd/ for the theme music Want more personalized career coaching or to connect with Luki: http://linkedin.com/in/lukidanu http://focusinspired.com http://instagram.com/lukidanu http://twitter.com/lukidanu Get SIWIKE Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier: How to unlock your career potential here https://amzn.to/2LEF52R TIMESTAMPS 00:13 STFAR model 00:36 Identifying mindset barriers 01:02 Rethinking cause and effect 03:08 Identifying elements of the STFAR Model 05:32 Intercepting irrelevant thoughts newgraduates #careeradvice #jobsearch #success #positivity #motivation #podcast #SIWIKE

Emily Young, PT, DPT, CLC, Erin Kottich, PT, DPT and Katie Farrell with Katie Farrell Yoga + Pilates are all discussing how it was God's handiwork that their paths intercepted to lead them to pursue the lives God intended for them.

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Phil preached a sermon called “Intercepting Entropy.” He talked about why our goal setting often comes up short and encouraged us to explore a different kind of motivation that might help us along the way.

For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky was the eighth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a displaced civilisation unknowingly on course to destroy an inhabited world. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the difference between known unknowns and unknown unknowns. Intercepting an asteroid bound to destroy the world of Daran V, the Enterprise crew discover it is in fact an ancient spaceship containing a population unaware that they are not in fact on a planet themselves. Led by High Priestess Natira (Katherine Woodville), they are ignorant of their world's true nature. When Natira takes a romantic interest in the recently-diagnosed-as-terminally-ill McCoy, it seems the doctor may choose to live out his days on the asteroid-ship, but a new discovery shows him it may be possible to save the colonists as well as the people of Daran V. For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky was directed by Tony Leader, his only Star Trek episode. The writer was Hendrik Vollaerts, the third of his four for the show. In this episode Gerry and Iain considered whether a McCoy love story was overdue or unnecessary. The discussion continues in the comments below and please keep in touch with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram where we're @trekpodcast. You can listen to the show here on the website, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher, Google or wherever you find your podcasts. For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky was released in 1968. It is 50 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on Paramount+ in the United states, Netflix in the UK and is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries, including a comprehensive remastered set of all three seasons released by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Raiders.com's Eddie Paskal chats with linebacker Divine Deablo about signing his rookie contract, defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, intercepting Trevor Lawrence in college and more on this edition of The Morning Grind.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Psychologist Linda Mintle talks about ways to control your boredom and stress eating during pandemic isolation, as well as ways to avoid overreaction to unpleasant situations.  Global Affairs expert David Aikman talks about Japanese Prime Minister Abe's resignation and China's increased crackdowns on fleeing Hong Kongers and Christians.

Psychologist Linda Mintle talks about ways to control your boredom and stress eating during pandemic isolation, as well as ways to avoid overreaction to unpleasant situations.  Global Affairs expert David Aikman talks about Japanese Prime Minister Abe's resignation and China's increased crackdowns on fleeing Hong Kongers and Christians.

On this week's episode of 'The Season: 2008 Steelers,' host Bryant McFadden welcomes his former teammate and fellow defensive back Deshea Townsend to break down Pittsburgh's Week 14 victory over Dallas. Townsend discusses his knack for learning and his defensive IQ, defending Terrell Owens and his game-winning pick six off Tony Romo to lead the Steelers to victory over the Cowboys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices