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Islam In Prophecy In the Book of Revelation
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"There is practically no part of the entire Book [of Revelation] which is interpreted so uniformly as the exposition of the fifth and sixth seals.... It is applied to the Saracens and the Turks." - Dr. Alexander Keith, as cited by Dr. F.N. Lee in Islam in the Bible, p. 23 (emphases added).
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Powerful Biblical Refutations Of Islam by Brian Schwertley, John Calvin, et al. (Free MP3s, Books, etc.)
Islam (Part 1): A Biblical & Historical Critique by Brian Schwertley (Free MP3)
Islam (Part 2): Allah The Moon God by Brian Schwertley (Free MP3)
Islam (Part 3): Islamic Jihad by Brian Schwertley (Free MP3)
Islam (Part 4): Islamic Jihad Continued by Brian Schwertley (Free MP3)
Islam (Part 5): The Koran by Brian Schwertley (Free MP3)
Islam (Part 6): The Koran's View of Christ by Brian Schwertley(Free MP3)
The Scourge of Islam in Africa, Europe, Canada and America by Kevin Swanson (Interview with Dr. Peter Hammond of Frontline Fellowship) - Free MP3
This is a powerful and eye-opening interview that gives first-hand accounts of Muslim tyranny, torture (of Christians), oppression, rape, murder, etc., which the liberal media almost always ignores. The big picture information given in this interview is also fascinating, as it exposes the exact strategies Islam uses to control, and even take over, countries (and smaller entities and areas).
Click here for the free MP3 of this important interview with Dr. Peter Hammond.
Free MP3s and Books: Islam In The Bible by Dr. Francis N. Lee, E.B. Elliott, Martin Luther, David Steele, W.J. Mencarow, et al.
Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free Online Book)
Islam in the Bible (1/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)
Islam in the Bible (2/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)
Islam in the Bible (3/3) by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free MP3)
Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF)
A printed edition of Islam in the Bible by Dr. F.N. Lee is available at http://www.swrb.com/catalog/l.htm.
The Roots & Fruits of Islam by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF) Dr. Lee's final production, sent on Dec. 14, 2011, just 9 days before he passed into glory.
Bible and Qur'an: The Reliability of the Original Bible and the Original Qur'an by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF)
History And End Of Muhammad, Islam And Muslims by Dr. F. N. Lee (Free PDF)
Calvin on Islam (2000) by Dr. Francis N. Lee (Free PDF)
Martin Luther on Islam and the Papacy by Dr. F.N. Lee (Free PDF)
For more free MP3s by Dr. Francis Nigel Lee on eschatology, Antichrist, Islam, etc., please see Eschatology of Christ's Victory and the Prophecy Fulfillment Series.
At the time of the great Protestant Reformation and thereafter, this Historicalism (Historicism - ed.) was unanimously embraced by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and all the Reformers without any exception whatsoever. When the Lutheran Confessions emphasized this, Rome dually reacted with Ribera of Salamanca's futurism and Alcazar of Seville's preterism. But all to no avail. For against Rome, Historicalism was then championed by all ten of the leading Reformed symbols: the French Confession, the First Scots Confession; the Belgic Confession; the Second Swiss Confession, the Thirty-nine Articles; the Second Scots Confession, the Irish Articles; the Decrees of Dordt; the Westminster Standards (the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Directory for the Publick Worship of God); and the Savoy Declaration.
Thus the Old Testament Church, the New Testament Church, and the Patristic Church were all neither preteristic nor futuristic but strongly historicalistic (Historicist - ed.). Since the rise of the Papacy from A.D. 600 onward, the deformed part of the Church gradually sank into both futurism and preterism -- in spite of many vigorous orthodox-historicalistic protests from both inside and especially outside the Church of Rome.
From the Protestant Reformation onward, whether Lutheran or Calvinist -- all of its Confessions have always been exclusively historicalistic. For such is the orthodox doctrine of the Church of all ages from the coming of the first Adam into the garden of Eden right down to the final coming of the Second Adam at the very end of history. "Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus!"
One last question. Why would God ever allow the centuries-long Antichrist -- both in its A.D. 632f Islamic and in its 666f Romish format - to plague His Church? The answer is threefold.
1), to punish His wayward bride for falling into idolatry.
2), to purge His folk from their corruptions.
3), to force God's true people, down till the very end of history, to pursueChrist's Great Commission vigorously and victoriously. For eschatologically, "the Earth shall [yet] become full of the glory of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea!" (Habakkuk 2:14).
- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Biblical Predictions Not Preterist But Historicist (free PDF), pp. 42-43, emphases added.
Intelligent, faithful, and solemn covenanting with God by social and public bodies is still warrantable.
"One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel."
Acting on this divine warrant, God's people in all ages have resorted to the duty of covenanting with him and with each other, and thereby effected real reformation; but, like all other divine ordinances, it has often been profaned.
When the two contemporary and great anti-Christian powers arose, Mahometanism [i.e. Islam] and Popery, although at enmity between themselves, the one "wholly given to idolatry," the other "abhorring idols," they equally threatened the destruction of the Christian church. Then the Lord's people for safety had recourse to covenanting, as the most effective instrumentality. The Spirit of the Father and the Son, a triune God, stirred them up to this duty, to which, in times of peace, even saints are disinclined. They become languid "through worldly ease and wealth." "Ephraim is a cake not turned" -- hot earthward, hut cold heavenward.
From time to time "the Spirit of life from God enters into his people, granting them repentance unto life." Then they "take hold of his strength," by taking hold of his covenant. It was amid the thickest darkness of the "Dark Ages," in the sixteenth century, that God brought out of mystical Babylon-spiritual Egypt, the instruments of that enemy's overthrow. The names of Calvin, Luther, Knox, are known throughout Christendom as reformers; and associated with them were other "mighty men of valor."
National covenants and international federations were popular forms of social and intensely religious movements in continental Europe, as the most effective means of resisting the intrigues and violence of the "Man of Sin."
- The Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine, pp. 194-195, vol. 1, David Steele (original editor), emphases added. Also see "The Best of the Original Covenanter and Contending Witness magazine."
"The Historicist interpretationwas the standard interpretation from Wycliffe to Spurgeon (500 years) and is known as the Protestant interpretation in distinct contrast to Preterism and Futurism which were Jesuit interpretations contrived during the counter reformation.
Additionally, the Reformational confessions have adopted the Historicist interpretation including the Irish Articles (1615), the original Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), the Savoy Declaration (1658), and the London Baptist Confession (1688).
All Historicists agree that the Book of Revelation prophesies the history of the Church from the Apostolic Era to the future Second Advent of Jesus Christ. Historicists generally agree Revelation 9 speaks of the Muslim scourge which afflicted Christendom.
All Historicists believe that the Papacy is that Anti-Christ, the Man of Sin of II Thessalonians 2, and a Beast of Revelation 13.
The "Time, Times and Half a time," "3 1/2 years," "1260 days", and "42 month" time period, which occurs seven times in Daniel and Revelation, is understood by Historicists to be fulfilled in history. The "Year-Day" principle in prophetic language, is a day of symbolic time and represents a year of actual, historic time, for Historicists." - http://www.historicism.net/ (emphases added)
"Now this expression that the four angels 'were prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year, to slay the third part of men' -- amounts to a shade more than 391 'prophetic days' (= 1 + 30 + 360). For there, anciently a month consisted of 30 and a year of 360 days. This apparently refers, in accordance with the 'year-day' principle of prophetic interpretation -- to the length of prophetic time required for the completion of this entire enterprise. It thus amounts to just over 391 natural years. Cf. Genesis 1:14 & 5:23 & 29:18-30; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:5-8; Daniel 7:25 & 9:2-24f & 12:7-11; and Revelation 11:2-11 & 12:6-14 & 13:5.
As George Stanley Faber pointed out (in 1806) regarding Revelation 9:13-15f: "The accurate accomplishment of this numerical prophecy, is singularly remarkable. The Turks, under Ortogrul, gained their first victory over the Greek Empire in the year 1281 -- by the conquest of Cutahi. In the year 1357, they crossed over into Europe.
'In the year 1453, they took Constantinople. And the remaining Provinces of the [Eastern Roman] Empire soon followed the fate of the capital. In the year 1669, they made themselves masters of Crete. And in the year 1672, they wrested Camenice, their last conquest, from the Poles. If now we compute 391 years from the year 1281 -- they will exactly bring us down to the year 1672.'
The above view was widespread, both before and after Faber. Generally, it is that also of: Downham, Brightman, Mede, Parker, Durham, Goodwin, Increase Mather, Sherwin, Jurieu, Fleming, Cotton Mather, Daubuz, Sir Isaac Newton, Jonathan Edwards, Bishop Thomas Newton, John Gill, John Brown of Haddington, Winthrop, Thomas Scott, Fuller, James Angell Brown, Alexander Keith, Bickersteth, Louis Gaussen, Bishop Elliott, Albert Barnes, and J.P. Lange."
- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Islam in the Bible (free PDF online), p. 28, emphases added, and on the Puritan Hard Drive.
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"This is one (the Papal Antichrist - ed.) of those two great kingdoms which the devil in this period erected in opposition to the kingdom of Christ, and was the greatest and chief. I come now, (2.) To speak of the other, the second, which is in many respects like unto it, viz. his Mahometan (Islamic - ed.) kingdom, which is another great kingdom of mighty power and vast extent, set up by Satan against the kingdom of Christ: he set this up in the Eastern empire, as he did that of Antichrist (the Papacy - ed.) in the Western.
Mahomet was born in the year of Christ, 570, in Arabia. When he was about forty years of age, he began to give forth that he was the great prophet of God, and began to teach his new invented religion, of which he was to be worshiped as the head next under God. He published his Alcoran, which he pretended he received from the angel Gabriel; and being a subtle, crafty man, and possessed of considerable wealth, and living among a people who were very ignorant, and greatly divided in their opinions of religious matters, by subtlety, and fair promises of a sensual paradise, he gained a number to be his followers, and set up for their prince, and propagated his religion by the sword, and made it meritorious of paradise to fight for him. By which means his party grew, and went on fighting until they conquered and brought over the neighboring countries; and so his party gradually grew until they overran a great part of the world. First, the Saracens, who were some of his followers, and were a people of the country of Arabia, where Mahomet lived, about the year 700, began dreadfully to waste the Roman empire. They overran a great many countries belonging to the empire, and continued their conquests for a long time. These are supposed to be meant by the' locusts' that we read of in the 9th chapter of Revelation.
And then after this the Turks, who were originally another people, different from the Saracens, but were followers of Mahomet, conquered all the Eastern empire. They began their empire about the year of Christ 1296, and began to invade Europe 1300, and took Constantinople, and so became masters of all the Eastern empire in the year 1453, which is near three hundred years ago. And thus all those cities and countries where were those famous churches of old, that we read of in the New Testament, as Jerusalem, Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth, &c. now all became subject to the Turks. And they took possession of Constantinople, which was named after Constantine the Great, being made by him the head city of the Roman empire, whereas Rome had been until then. These are supposed to be prophesied of by the' horsemen' in the 9th chapter of Revelation, beginning with the 15th verse."
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"These symbolic locusts have also the property of scorpions, a poisonous reptile, resembling in some degree a lizard combined with a lobster, armed with a sting in the end of its tail. Wicked and impenitent men are compared to scorpions. (Ezek. ii. 6.) But these locusts are under restraint. They are permitted to hurt only "those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." The time of their continuance is "five months," of thirty days each, making 150 years, -- "a day for a year." (Ezek. iv. 6.). In the year 606, Mahomet began his imposture by retiring to the cave of Hera. In 612 he appeared publicly as the apostle of his new religion at the head of his deluded followers. Between 612 and 762 (150 years - ed.), he and the warlike chiefs who succeeded him, overran with terrible destruction, Syria, Persia, India, Egypt and Spain. Although the Saracenic empire continued for a longer time, yet from this time it lost the disorderly Locust character and became a more settled commonwealth. In the year 762, the city of Bagdad was built by one of the caliphs, who called it "the city of peace." This put a stop to the devastations of the locusts, when the empire began to decline. It was foretold, however, that during the time of successful war by these cruel invaders, they would inflict such miseries upon their wretched victims, that they would earnestly but vainly desire death to put an end to their exquisite torments. It is farther said that these locusts resembled horses, as indeed they do, especially in their heads. The Arabians excelled in horsemanship, and their chief force lay in cavalry. The "crowns upon their heads" may refer to the turbans worn by the Arabians as part of their national costume; or to the kingdoms which they subdued. Flowing hair is also characteristic of these people. Their "teeth" like those of lions indicated their strength and fury to destroy. "Breast-plates of iron," -- defensive armour, indicates self-protection by the most effectual public measures. The sound of their wings may denote the fury of their assaults, and the rapidity of their conquests. But the deadly stings in their tails were their most fatal instruments of torture, symbolizing the poison of their abominable and ruinous religion.
Their king is "Abaddon or Apollyon," the destroyer: for so is his name by interpretation, both in Hebrew and Greek. He is from the "bottomless pit," -- from hell, the vicegerent of the devil. Mahomet in person, and in the person of his official successors, will alone answer to this duplicate symbol. This is, without a rational shadow of ground for controversy, the Great Eastern Antichrist, sufficiently distinguished from the Western. The western combination against real Christianity never attained to power by successful conquest of the nations; but on the contrary by chicanery, insidious policy, flattery of princes and priestcraft."
- David Steele, Notes on the Apocalypse (13 free MP3s), pp. 115-116, on the Puritan Hard Drive
(Revelation 9 - ed.) Vs. 13-19. -- At the sounding of the sixth trumpet, a "voice comes from the four horns of the golden altar," the immediate presence of the Almighty. This indicates punishment to be inflicted upon men for corrupting the gospel, similar to the judgment of fire from the "golden censer," (ch. viii. 5.). The effects of the first woe may be supposed to reach from the early part of the seventh century to the latter part of the thirteenth, -- the period of Arabian locusts. During the latter part of this time, the Turks were held in check by the Crusaders, who strove to wrest the Holy Land from the infidels. The "four angels" are the four Turkish Sultanies. The river Euphrates is to be taken in this place literally, as designating the geographical locality of these combined powers, which were the instruments employed by the enthroned Mediator, to demolish the remaining part of the Roman empire, -- "the third part of men." The time occupied in this barbarous work of slaughter is "an hour, a day, a month and a year," about equal to 391 years; or from the year 1281 to 1672. The Western empire had been overthrown by the first four trumpets, the Eastern nearly ruined under the fifth; and under the sixth it was finally subverted. The numbers which the Turks brought into the field are here said to be "two hundred thousand thousand," -- a definite for an indefinite number as usual, a vast army. And historians tell us that they were, in fact, from four to seven hundred thousand, and a large proportion of them cavalry.
From the year 1672, one of their own historians dates the "Decay of the Othman empire!" Since that date, the Turkish power is well known to have been straitened by the Russian empire.
These eastern warriors and their horses are described by their military costume and their arms. Fire is red, jacinth blue, and brimstone yellow, -- the chosen colors of the Ottoman warriors, their military uniform. The heads of their horses "as the heads of lions," denote strength, fierceness and cruelty. "Fire, smoke and brimstone issuing out of their mouths," may be supposed to indicate the employment of gunpowder, first invented about that time, as an element of destruction. The commander at the siege of Constantinople is said to have employed cannon, some of which were of such caliber as to send stones of three hundred pounds weight! Thus their power was in their "mouth:" but like the locusts, "they had in their tails power to do hurt," -- the deadly poison of the Koran. The Turks left behind them wherever they went, as the Saracens had done before, the poisonous and ruinous religion of Mahomet, more durable and injurious to men than all their bloody conquests. By this abominable system of delusion, the remains of the Greek church in the Eastern division of the Roman empire, were almost extirpated; Christianity was nearly extinguished in that part of the world where the gospel had shone brightly, and there Mahometanism continues till the present day. Such has been the desolating effect of the sixth, -- the second woe trumpet. Thus the Judge of all the earth punishes impenitent communities.
- David Steele, Notes on the Apocalypse (free online book), pp. 117-118, on the Puritan Hard Drive
So, in the wake of the false-prophecies of Mohammad himself, came the fearful spread of the apostate religion of Mohammad-an-ism -- alias Islam. After he foresaw how the smoking bottomless pit had been opened, John prophesied further: "Out of the smoke, locusts came upon the Earth. And to them was given power -- like the scorpions of the Earth have power." Indeed, that power, comments the
Calvinistic Geneva Bible, represents "false and deceitful doctrine which is pleasant to the flesh."
Predicted John of those locust-scorpions: "Now it was commanded them that
they should not hurt the grass of the Earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree -- but only those who do not have the seal of God upon their foreheads." This certainly seems to mean that, in spite of the great destruction which they wrought both to men and to property, they were not able spiritually to hurt true Christians who trusted in the Lord Jesus and who had been baptized (alias sealed with the seal of the living God). Cf. Revelation 7:2-4 & 9:4 with Matthew 28:19.
Continues John: "The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared to battle;
and on their heads were, as it were, crowns of gold.... They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings!"
Locusts often come up from the Arabian deserts. Mohammad unleashed his Arab "locusts" to scourge the Mediterranean World and to darken a large area of nominally-Christian civilization. For Mohammad's "locusts" -- similar to those in Joel's vision -- "were like horses prepared to battle." Compare Jihad, alias the 'holy warfare' of Muslims.
Those horse-like "locusts" went forth unto conquest; in regal attire; with savage
appearance; and armed to the teeth. Predicted John: "On their heads were, as it were, crowns of gold; but their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running unto battle." Jihad!
For, as from A.D. 622, Mohammad's Arabian armies of Muslim horsemen swept
not only northward and eastward -- but also westward across Christian North Africa
and then on into Western Europe. Thus they terrorized the previously-
'christianized' Armenia, Cyprus, Crete, Syria, Persia, Kazakstan, Babylonia, Arabia, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Numidia, Mauretania, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, Corsica, and France -- until the great Charles Martel the 'Hammer' finally stopped them in A.D. 732 at the Battle of Tours in Northern France.
Writes... Dr. Alexander Keith: "There is practically no part of the entire Book [of Revelation] which is interpreted so uniformly as the exposition of the fifth and sixth seals.... It is applied to the Saracens and the Turks." Indeed, Professor Davis (in his Short History of the Near East) adds: "The cloud of the Saracenic invasion from the Arabian deserts rolled northward!" Cf. Revelation 9:7b-9.
Dr. Albert Barnes -- nineteenth-century Pastor of Philadelphia's famous First Presbyterian Church and author of what is often called "America's Leading Commentary" -- comments: "With surprising unanimity, commentators have agreed in regarding this as referring to the empire of the Saracens, or to the rise and progress of the religion and the empire set up by Mohammed.... Mohammedan tradition speaks of locusts having dropped into the hands of Mohammed.... Nothing would better represent... the Saracenic hordes that came out of Arabia and that spread over the East, over Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Spain -- and that threatened to spread over Europe." ...
The Calvinistic Dordt Dutch Bible of 1637 rightly says that at Revelation 9:1-11, many here understand "Mohammad with his followers who around the year 620 cobbled together his ungodly doctrine... and was brought forth to appear from the bottomless pit. Thereafter, it was propagated throughout a large part of the World by his Arabs and Saracens, who looked like armed locusts." ...
Clearly, these 'locust-scorpion' objects -- are no mere insects! For ordinary
locusts have no king and wear no crown, whereas these extraordinary 'locusts' have a leader. For "they have a king over them, who is the [fallen] angel of the bottomless pit -- whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon" (alias 'Destroyer'). Again, this "king" strongly suggests not only Mohammad -- the alleged messenger or rasool of Allah (alias the unipersonal Deity of Islam). But to many Christian Theologians, it also suggests that the real influence behind Mohammad and Islam -- is Satan himself. ...
Declares the Word of God: "The sixth angel sounded. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is in front of God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet: 'Loosen the four angels which are bound to the great River Euphrates!' Then the four angels were unleashed -- which were prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year, to slay the third part of men."
Explains Luther: "In chapters 9 and 10 [of the Book of Revelation], the real misery begins. For these earlier bodily and spiritual tribulations are almost a jest, compared with the plagues that are to come. The first woe, the fifth angel, is Arius... who plagued the Church so terribly everywhere.... The second woe is the sixth angel, the shameful Mohammed, with his companions the Saracens, who inflicted a great plague on the Church -- with their doctrines and with the sword." ...
Now it was God in Christ Himself Who unleashed this Turkish scourge from the Euphrates against the West. For the Voice from the four horns of the golden altar, comments the Geneva Bible, is "the Voice of Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father.... The four angels which are bound in the great River Euphrates" signify "the enemies of the East Country who would afflict the Church of God -- as did the Arabians, Saracens, Turks, and Tartars."
Also the Dordt Dutch Bible comments: "By these 'four angels' all expositors mostly understand the sect of the Mohammedans. They consist especially of four nations who subjugate all the others -- namely the Arabs, Saracens, Tartars, and
- Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Islam in the Bible (free PDF), pp. 22-23, 25, 26, 27, 28, and on the Puritan Hard Drive.
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CoasterRiderSC wrote:MrsTaxi wrote:Dan The Coaster Man wrote:Okay so I am submitting a senior "now and then" for the yearbook and I found a picture of me from 2003 at Cedar Point on the bumper cars. I want to submit it but I do not have the "now" picture. So I was thinking of taking it on the bumper cars at SFGAm... but I just realized... don't they board up Rue Le Dodge for Fright Fest? Surely I couldn't recreate the picture if its boarded up. I haven't ridden RLD during FF, what is it like inside? Really want to submit this photo but I don't think I can submit the "now" picture when the park opens back up in April.
Ok. Rue Le Morgue is lit up inside while boarding. Once the ride starts all the lights go out and the music plays. Fog machine inside as well. You could probably take the pic before the ride starts. Inside the que its set up like a morgue.....body bags and what not. Hope this helps.
So the Rue Le Dodge gets transformed similarly as Chubasco?? I didn't know that!
Chubasco is way better!

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Happy birthday to one of the world's most beloved children's book authors, Shel Silverstein! Sheldon Allan Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930, in Chicago,Illinois, to Nathan and Helen Silverstein.
Growing up with his sister, Peggy, in Logan Square, a community northwest of Chicago, Shel pursued his two favorite pastimes, baseball and drawing. As an avid White Sox fan, he hoped to one day join the team, but realizing early in his adolescence that he possessed no athletic ability, drawing became his singular passion. As a student at Roosevelt High School, he tried his best to get the attention of girls—at first through his failed athletic ability, then through his art—both to no avail. Concentrating on his drawings in solitude, Silverstein had no mentor to study under and freely developed his own style.
He studied art at the University of Illinois for a year before expulsion due to grades, transferred to Chicago of Fine Arts for a year, finally to study English at Roosevelt University where he cartooned for the student paper, The Torch. He did not complete his education, however, as he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. In retrospect, Silverstein looked upon his college years with contempt, feeling he could have seen the world rather than waste it in school.
Shel further blossomed as a cartoonist—and a reporter—during his time in the Army with his work on the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes, lampooning the military. Still, this time help a special place in his heart and he credits it towards his artistic growth, when he also learned to play the guitar.
Upon returning home, he worked odd jobs, including a stint atComiskeyPark, while freelancing as a cartoonist before meeting Hugh Hefner. Shel then worked as a cartoonist for Playboy in 1956 while reporting stories for them from around the globe. After a severe car accident rendered him immobile, he spent his recovery time cartooning and composing music.
But perhaps the most serendipitous encounter arose when a close friend of Silverstein's, Tomi Ungerer, introduced Shel to his editor at Harper & Row, Ursula Nordstrom. Both Tomi and Ursula persuaded Silverstein to give writing children's books a try. The rest, as they say, is history. Among his classic children's book collections are The Giving Tree, which a publisher rejected for being "too short", as well as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Runny Babbit. Silverstein had never envisioned himself a children's book writer and illustrator, with his darker humor and sardonic wit. Yet both playful themselves out whimsically in his collections, whether walking a fine line or something more akin to a flying trapeze.
All in all, this artist led a rather unexpected career that ranged from cartooning for the military to working for Playboy, with eventually writing and illustrating award-wining children's books, as well as playwriting and composing film scores. It was a combination as eclectic as the man was talented. Sadly, Shel left the world on May 10, 1999, inKey West,Florida. However, his literary legacy lives on as his poetic humor continues to tickle funny bones and warm hearts around the world, both young and old.


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Catholic Teaching Alliance (North)
Mathematics (28ZS)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- University of Cumbria
- Financial support
- Scholarship, bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 8 October 2019
- Date course starts
- September 2020
- Website
- http://www.catholic-teaching-alliance.org
- About the course
- Interview process
- How school placements work
- Fees
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
- Apply
- Support and advice
About the course
Still recruiting! Whilst we appreciate we are living in unprecedented times, we need new teachers more than ever.
Recruitment to the Catholic Teaching Alliance for September 2020 is ongoing. We are 'Open for Business' and are recruiting as normal.
You can choose to train to be a teacher of Mathematics with the Catholic Teaching Alliance (North) by age range and/or location.
- Secondary level (11-16 yrs) courses are available based at either the main site in Preston or at our Blackburn campus.
- Secondary with post 16 (14-19 yrs) course is available at our Cardinal Newman campus in Preston
Select the correct location for your chosen course.
Your teacher training with the Catholic Teaching Alliance (North) will give you the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and the PGCE award. The PGCE carries 60 credits at Masters Level which could later contribute towards a Master's Degree in Education (180 credits). Our programme is run in partnership with the University of Cumbria. Alongside school based training, you will also undertake two 30-credit masters level modules, to gain a PGCE. These modules are taught by the University of Cumbria lecturers, who work closely with our school direct programme team, to ensure that theory and practice are closely entwined to really inform your teaching and give you a useful toolkit to take forward in your career.
As a summary, your PGCE course will include
- 2 separate placements in contrasting schools/colleges
- 12 Pedagogy for Learning (PfL) days when you will learn about teaching your subject. These will take place mainly at the University of Cumbria Lancaster Campus and are spread over the year.
- A block of training days before the start of each placement and once a week during the first term, delivered by experienced professionals, the majority of whom are outstanding practitioners in our alliance schools and colleges.
- Two modules connected to the PGCE that are assessed by the submission of four written assignments, spread throughout the year, on teaching and learning in your subject and wider educational issues.
Training days, other than PfL days, will be delivered either at your principal campus, or at alliance providers in that area.
Interview process
On the interview day we are looking for a passion for your subject, a positive rapport with pupils and your potential to be outstanding in the classroom.
The key parts of the interview day are:
- A twenty-minute mini -teach. We will let you know the topic beforehand and you will teach a small group of pupils.
- Written tasks. The first is based upon the importance of managing behaviour; you will have chance to prepare this in advance. The other is a subject knowledge audit, i.e., questions on your chosen subject area.
- Face to face interview with staff from the Catholic Teaching Alliance.
How school placements work
- On secondary (11-16 yrs) courses you will have two contrasting school placements, both in Catholic schools.
Placement 1 (September to December) Initial Experience Phase: Monday - Thursday. Three weeks observing followed by a gradual build-up of teaching time to 7 hours per week in Key Stage 3 classes.
Placement 2 (January to June) Sustained Enactment Phase: Monday - Friday. Two weeks observing followed by a gradual build-up of teaching time to 12 hours per week in Key Stage 3 and GCSE classes.
- On secondary with post 16 (14-19 yrs) courses you will have two contrasting placements, one in a secondary school and one in post 16 provider (sixth form). At least one placement will be in a Catholic establishment.
Placement 1 (September to December) Initial Experience Phase: Monday - Thursday. Three weeks observing followed by a gradual build-up of teaching time to 7 hours per week.
Placement 2 (January to June) Sustained Enactment Phase: Monday - Friday. Two weeks observing followed by a gradual build-up of teaching time to 12 hours per week.
Throughout your placements you will have the support and guidance of trained mentors at your placement provider, together with alliance and university colleagues, to meet the standards for QTS.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £28,000
- a bursary of £26,000
With a scholarship or bursary, you'll also get early career payments of £2,000 in your second, third and fourth years of teaching (£3,000 in some areas of England).
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Mathematics or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Minimum requirements -
- Degree (Class 2.2 or higher)
- English and Mathematics at GCSE level at Grade 'C' or above, or equivalent.
Additional information for secondary courses: Your degree must contain evidence of a substantial and appropriate level of subject knowledge.
- Subject Knowledge Enhancement, SKE, courses are available in most subjects.
Additional information for secondary with post 16 courses: Desirable - your degree is in the subject you wish to teach Desirable - that you have an A level, at least grade C, in that subject.
Personal qualities
Passion, professionalism and purpose.
We are looking for people who have an ability to inspire others, a passion to transform young lives and a willingness to learn the profession of teaching from outstanding practitioners.
Inspire others, transform lives, teach.
Other requirements
A satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Background clearance check prior to starting the course. Satisfactory Occupational Health medical check prior to starting the course.
We strongly recommend that you obtain some secondary school experience in a mainstream UK secondary school observing in your chosen teaching specialism before applying.
About the training provider
'Aspirational training to achieve inspirational teachers with pupils' learning and well-being at the heart of our partnership'
Our unique approach to fostering a positive environment where each trainee is known to us as an individual remains one of our greatest strengths and one of the main reasons prospective trainees choose us. The Catholic Teaching Alliance (North) is underpinned by a shared passion to train and develop outstanding and inspirational teachers who are highly employable and dedicated professionals. We aim to deliver the Catholic school leaders of tomorrow. You do not have to be a Catholic to train with us, though you will be expected to uphold the Catholic values of our family of schools. The Catholic Teaching Alliance (North) is a partnership of over 60 primary, secondary and post 16 establishments based mainly in the Dioceses of Lancaster, Liverpool and Salford. The lead school is Our Lady's Catholic High School in Preston, 'Outstanding' in all categories from Ofsted in 2012 and a National Teaching School from 2014. School Direct placements across the partnership ensure that trainees work alongside outstanding practitioners within high performing Catholic schools. We use the best qualified staff with existing expertise to deliver a quality assured training programme to support trainees based upon the Teachers' Standards. By doing so, we are confident in ensuring quality training at all levels. Typically, 100% of our trainees graduate with Good or Outstanding grades.
We can offer support and guidance with your application at our frequent 'Drop - in' information sessions.
About the accredited body
The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCE) in Secondary and General Primary Education Programme offers an opportunity to receive inspirational training. This full time course enables students to focus on their specialist area or subject whilst, at the same time, helping them to understand and participate in the wider aspects of school. As it is a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, it entails work at Masters Level (level 7). This recognises the high levels achieved by students on this Programme and rewards this with Masters-level credits. 'Pedagogy for Learning' days are based at the Lancaster campus or at our training centre in Preston.
Training with disabilities and other needs
All our students have access to University of Cumbria support as well as that offered within our school direct alliance. Much of this university-based support is available online and electronically and so is accessible at a distance. Library and Student Services (LiSS) at the University of Cumbria supports your learning, teaching and research needs by providing pro-active, academically focused services, innovative learning spaces and modern facilities. LiSS is responsible for libraries, information advice and guidance, careers guidance and employability, enhancement and information, academic skills development, student health and wellbeing, disability services and student development. For more details please refer to www.cumbria.ac.uk/liss.
Contact details
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- Telephone
- 01772 326931
- Website
- http://www.catholic-teaching-alliance.org
- Address
Catholic Teaching Alliance (North)
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Französiche Dom, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
I love Berlin. It is so fresh, vibrant and exciting that you feel you are soaking up innovation, ideas and history through your pores as you walk the streets. Berlin has not papered over its cracks, so you see remnants of the Second World War (the bombed-out carcass of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) and the Cold War (the long, chilly footprint of the Wall) everywhere. I learned that none of the trees in the Tiergarten are more than sixty years old, because the previous forest was razed for firewood in the dying days of the war, and in the freezing winters afterwards.
But this is not about me. During my last visit, I fell upon an amazing book – A Woman in Berlin – a diary of a woman who details her life in the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian army. It starts on 20 April 1945 and ends on 22 June 1945. The writer, who has recently died, chose to remain anonymous when it was published, and the book received controversy, especially in Germany where it was accused of "besmirching the honour of German women." As you read, you understand why the book might have been hard to swallow in the 1960s. Not only does she describes in exact and excruciating detail what it is like to live in a city under attack: the scrabbling for food, the nauseating fear of being bombed, the chilling anxiety of waiting for the Russians to arrive, but she deals very frankly with the mass rapes that took place, saying that the women began to ask each other not "Were you … ?" but "How many times … ?".
According to the introduction, over 160 000 Berlin women were raped as the Russians swept through the city. They were considered an acceptable booty for the travails of being a soldier, and all women of all ages are targetted. People in the writer's apartment building spirited their daughters away in crawl spaces, while only the oldest women ventured out into the streets to fetch water. The writer herself is not spared, and she finally makes a Faustian pact, singling out the most senior – and potentially most cultured and gentlemanly – Russian officer she can find to act as protector. In exchange for sexual favours, she receives food which she shares with the elderly and ailing residents of the building. What Berlin's liberators come to call "forced intercourse" becomes her only method of survival.
The writer is a journalist and photographer, and her prose builds unforgettable images of war. This means the book can be hard going, since the subject matter is almost unbearable, but it is leavened with her salty sense of humour and astonishing courage.
Here is one excerpt that moved me with its prescience:
I barely glanced at the news from the western front. What does it matter to us now? Our fate is rolling in from the east and it will transfer the climate, like another Ice Age.
On hunger:
I found a letter wedged inside a drawer, addressed to the real tenant. I felt ashamed for reading it, but I read it all the same. A passionate love letter, which I flushed down the toilet. (Most of the time we still have water.) Heart, hurt, love, desire: how foreign, how distant these words sound now. Evidently a sophisticated, discriminating love-life requires three square meals a day. My sole concern as I write these lines is my stomach. All thinking and feeling, all wishes and hopes begin with food.
On the futility of technology:
Our radio's been dead for four days. Once again we see what a dubious blessing technology really is. Machines with no intrinsic value, worthless if you can't plug them in somewhere. Bread, however, is absolute. Coal is absolute. And gold is gold whether you're in Rome, Peru or Breslau. But radios, gas stoves, central heating, hot plates, all these gifts of the modern age – they're nothing but dead weight if the power goes out. At the moment we're marching backwards in time. Cave dwellers.
This is a powerful and heart-rending book. It's also an amazing piece of social history and now that Germany has learnt to be more open about its past, now that other countries have faced up to their roles in the making of war, this is a good time time to be reading this book. It may deal with a very short and very specific period in German history, but it talks to all of us about how far we will go when we are starving, about the bleak impact war has on civilians and about the small sparks of humanity that help people to survive when that seems impossible.


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SOUL CATCHER Film Finds Screenwriter and Director
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Eyre has signed on to direct Soul Catcher with John Sayles attached to write the screenplay. Based on the novel by Dune author Frank Herbert, the psychological thriller centers on a Native American activist who, driven by ancient spirits and injustice towards his people, kidnaps the son of an important U.S. politician with the intent to sacrifice the child as revenge. As the captors and captive attempt to escape from hunters across the Pacific Northwest, they form an unexpected bond which disrupts the planned ritual. Dimitri Villard optioned the book and is producing.


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The best way to protect wetlands and the incomes of millions who depend on them is not to shut people out, but to find the right balance between farming and conservation, a report says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The best way to protect wetlands and the incomes of millions who depend on them is not to shut people out, but to find the right balance between farming and conservation, a report said on Sunday.
Agriculture is regarded as one of the biggest threats to the survival of wetlands, but stopping it is not the answer, the report said. Thinking has now shifted towards meeting local people's needs while safeguarding wildlife, birds and water resources, said the study released on World Wetlands Day.
"Wetlands and agriculture can and must coexist," Matthew McCartney, a hydrologist with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a contributor to the report, said in a statement. "We need policies on wetlands that support ecosystems, sustain rich biodiversity, and simultaneously improve the livelihoods of farming communities who depend on wetlands or whose activities directly affect them."
According to the report, written by IWMI and CGIAR researchers, many types of wetlands – especially those in flood plains – are highly suitable for agriculture, and have been farmed and fished for thousands of years. Wetlands include areas of marsh, fen, peatland and shallow water bodies, and can be natural or manmade.
Millions of people rely on them directly for their livelihoods – including 1.5 million in Nigeria's Hadejia-Nguru wetland, more than 1 million in the Sudd wetland of South Sudan, 1 million people near Lake Chilwa in Malawi, and 300,000 in Mali's Inner Niger Delta, which also supports around 2 million cattle and 3 million sheep.
"Ensuring wetlands are used sustainably will ensure that poor people can continue to obtain the benefits that wetlands provide, and is therefore essential for reducing poverty," the report said. But at the same time, wetlands cannot be exploited indiscriminately because they are sensitive ecosystems, it warned.
Wetlands – which account for around 6 percent of the world's land mass – capture and store rainwater, help replenish groundwater, regulate river flows and are important stores of carbon. A "crude estimate" of the global value of wetlands is $70 billion a year, the report said.
But they are under threat. Millions of hectares in Southeast Asia have been drained to grow oil palm and produce biofuels. Water in rivers supplying wetlands has been diverted for irrigation, and they have been polluted by fertilisers and pesticides. Other growing risks include climate change, hydropower development, land degradation and population growth, the report said.
The researchers recommend "wise use" of wetlands – an approach that integrates protection with development – as advocated by the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty on wetland conservation.
The report gives examples such as Cambodia, where new laws have been approved to reduce agricultural chemical use and maintain water quality in the Tonle Sap Great Lake area, the country's largest inland fishery.
In China's Guizhou Province, local farmers were encouraged to shift from practices that were destroying the Caohai Nature Reserve wetland toward tourism and more sustainable farming methods.
And Uganda has a national wetland policy that recognises the importance of seasonal wetlands for grazing cattle, growing arable crops and domestic water use. It acknowledges that wetland conservation requires a cooperative approach involving all the people and organisations concerned.
"Outright protection of wetlands is incompatible with farming and undermines livelihoods," McCartney said. "But there are landscape approaches and agricultural practices that can support and sustain healthy wetlands, and vice versa. Working with local communities will help us find the best solutions."
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Business deals are often sealed outside of the boardroom, and at the Krannert School of Management, you can expect your education to continue beyond the classroom. Life at Krannert includes opportunities to:
Develop strategic thinking
Enhance leadership skills
Expand cultural intelligence
Students put theory into practice while participating in a case competition based on a real-world business problem. Organizational behavior concepts can be tested during student club activities.
And whether you study abroad, or just take advantage of the diverse student population at Krannert, you will learn about other customs and cultures to prepare you for leadership on a global scale. Find your passion and pursue it outside of the classroom to make your life at Krannert that much more memorable.


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Point Park Ad Competition Team Places Third - Best Placement in University's History Friday, June 4, 2010
The National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team from Point Park University took third place in this year's regional competition for an integrated marketing communications campaign proposal for State Farm Insurance directed at the 18-25 year old market for auto and renters insurance.
In Point Park's 20 plus year history with the NSAC this was the university's best showing and judges also awarded Point Park with "Best Print Production" for layout, copy and production of both the plans book and executed campaign materials. First place for the day was awarded to Syracuse University; second awarded to Ithaca College. Scoring below Point Park were: Fashion Institute, Georgetown University, Kutztown, Pace and St. John's. Point Park's team included seven students and larger schools often have teams of 40 or more students.
According to Point Park Professor Bob O'Gara, "What made the judge's decision so meaningful is their comments that our campaign had solid creative platforms that resonated well with the target and a media mix effective at reaching the target multiple times with a clear message. They (judges) praised the work as having solid situation analysis and research leading to a consistent message carried through to both the target and those personal influencers that make the target respond. They particularly praised the application of public relations, social media and promotions to reinforce traditional media recommendations. As we teach this integrated approach in the Point Park curriculum it was heartening to see it validated by top professionals in the American Advertising Federation."
The Point Park campaign utilized the theme: "Good or Bad, We're There" to draw on the traditional theme of State Farm as a "Good Neighbor." The theme was executed with messages of reliability, necessity and accessibility. Creative included understated humor of running with scissors and using electrical appliances in the bathtub. Social media and interactive recommendations included Facebook quizzes on "Risky Business", Twitter, ingame advertising, blogging and LinkedIn applications. Public Relations and cause marketing recommendations included partnerships with Ford Motors, American Red Cross and an innovative "Safe Cities" media relations campaign. State Farm employees were also targeted with motivational and recognition programs to carry the program theme internally.


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Jailed Connecticut transgender teen Jane Doe accepted at Massachusetts facility
HARTFORD >> A 16-year-old transgender girl detained without criminal charges at an adult women's prison in Connecticut for the past two months has been accepted into a private treatment center for youths in Massachusetts, the top child welfare official in Connecticut said Thursday.
Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz said she expects the girl to be brought to the treatment center within the next two weeks. Officials didn't disclose the center's name or location. Katz said the relocation is tentative, because the girl has the right to ask for a hearing if she objects.
The teen, who was born a boy but identifies as a girl, has suffered sexual abuse and other trauma and has a range of mental health needs, according to her lawyer, Aaron Romano. He has said he was worried her mental health problems were getting worse because she has been detained in what he called solitary confinement, which DCF officials denied.
"We are preparing for our hearing in federal court scheduled for the 16th. It has been over 50 days of illegal incarceration for this young girl. We have always been open to discussions to work toward a resolution. We would welcome an agreement between the parties," Romano said in a statement Thursday. "If one cannot be reached prior to the scheduled court date we look forward to presenting our case before the judge and allowing him to determine what the appropriate conditions of confinement for Jane should be."
A state judge in April ordered the girl transferred from DCF custody to Department of Correction custody, because DCF officials said she was too violent for them to handle.
The teen, known only as Jane Doe in court documents, has supporters across the country including civil liberties activists who have been calling for her to be moved to a facility that can better meet her needs. About 15,900 people have signed a Change.org petition protesting her imprisonment at York Correctional Institution in Niantic.
Katz's announcement came a day after a federal judge in Hartford set a June 16 hearing on whether to issue an injunction barring state officials from continuing to detain the girl in an adult prison. DCF officials said they have been looking for a better treatment location since before the girl was sent to prison.
Katz said the treatment center that has accepted the girl has staff trained in meeting the needs of transgender youths. She said the center is secure and the program's goal is to teach the youths how to control their behaviors.
"This transition will allow her to get the treatment she needs and begin the process of healing," Katz said in a statement. "I hope this can eventually lead to successful re-integration into a family and community as well as a transition to a healthy adulthood."
Staff reports contributed to this story.