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No be news again say award winning Nigerian movie star Funke Akindele-Bello na one of the most talented comic actresses for Nollywood. Na she be the producer of the popular movie Jenifa as well as comedy series Jenifa's Diary.
Funke wey according to reports dey for the United Kingdom (UK) dey wait for the time wey she go born enter Instagram recently share photos where she dey the location of her second TV series, Industreet.
Funke dey for the company of famous Ghanaian movie star Lydia Forson wey also be part of the cast for the new season of her TV series.
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Richard Fuller was born on this in 1804 in Beautfort, S.C. When he became of age, he entered Harvard College to study law and eventually became a lawyer. Back in Beaufort, Fuller heard the gospel preaching of Daniel Barker. A revival swept through the community and a great many of the more prominent residents were born again.. One of these was Richard Fuller. Later he said of his conversion, "My soul ran over with love and joy and praise. For days I could nether eat nor sleep" for joy.
He had been raised an Episcopalian, but with his salvation he gave himself to the work of Christ among the Baptists. He was baptized and joined the Baptist Church in Beaufort. Soon after that he was ordained and became its pastor. When he first took the pulpit the church was weak, but after 15 years it had increased to about 200 white members and 2,400 blacks.
In 1847 he left Beaufort to pastor the 87 members of the Seventh Baptist Church in Baltimore. Under his ministry it grew to about 1,200. At that point he departed with a few other members and started the Eutaw Place Baptist Church where he remained for five years before retiring to Heaven on October 20, 1876.
The historian Thomas Armitage says of Richard Fuller, "The writer once heard him when he showed himself to be a perfect master of in the art of oratory, by denouncing the tricks of the orator in preaching. He wove one of the most fresh, vivid, and finished pieces of oratorical denunciation against dependence on pulpit oratorical effect that a man could put together."

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The Artists and Crafters Circle is an activity group where artists meet to take and do art together, share suggestions and ideas, and to build friendships. Artists may work on their own or in a group. During each session, the artists will gather together to share and discuss each other's work.
Community Concerts
We are home to the Claring Chamber Players and Music Amici, two professional chamber music concert groups. We also offer soloist and instrumental concerts. As such, we offer seasonal concerts open to the public.
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Even by summer's traditionally low stock volume standards, this year has been very light, culminating in a "dismal" August which has left volumes down year-over-year, according to traders.
While the general absence of rollercoaster style moves in stock indexes and hairpin changes in price may cause many investors and companies to breathe a sigh of relief, it does drastically reduce the opportunity for investors to make money from speculating on movements in the market.
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Who Is Accountable?
Who is accountable?
A lot of questions still remain unanswered following the fire at Grenfell Tower disaster. The public are angry and confused and still waiting for answers.
Charities and not for profit organisations are in hard times with Government cut backs as they have been as a result of the 2010 austerity budget. This has impacted on Local Authority cutting back on their funding to many charities and not for profit organisations. This in turn has put immense pressure on the charity's resources and services. There has been much debate whether cutback in funding has compromised on the quality of the services.
Public benefit is at the heart of every charity. Charity trustees have their duties and responsibilities. It is absolutely paramount that they uphold them as their decision will impact on people's lives and make a difference to the local community or to society as a whole. Grenfell Tower tragedy has highlighted this fact and has exposed many weaknesses. Many lessons will be learned from this horrific event.
Trustees have a duty to ensure that their charity is accountable. This include being compliant with the law, being well ran, effective and accountable for any delegated responsibilities for a particular task or decision to staff or volunteers.
Trustees can be held personally liable if they have caused financial loss by acting improperly or the charity can not meet a legal claim.
Guidance is available from The Charity Commission to those people who are considering to become a trustee or have been appointed as a trustee of a charity. The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do (CC3) and Charity trustees: what's involve (CC3a) explain the key duties of all trustees of charities in England and Wales, and what trustees need to do to carry out these duties competently.
Early this year The Charity Commission released further guidance in March on the charity governance. The Commission designed 15 questions to help charity trustees carry out a review and decide what they need to focus on. This will enable the charity to identify the critical issues in this current economic climate, making the most of their finances whilst continuing to provide services for their beneficiaries.
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Chelsea Baker (organizer of OZF 2015 and 2016) began making zines in high school, but didn't know what a zine was until college. Since then, she has produced an impressively large body of work, primarily comprised of the Daily Comics she started at the end of 2008. In almost seven years, she's never missed a day. Her other non-fiction comics cover subjects as varied as the genetic science of Down syndrome and a first-hand account of sex work. She spent several years as the director of the Olympia Comics Festival and squanders too much of her free time making cutesy faces at cats.
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November 6, 2017
Indiana Social Security Disability Appeals
Have you filed a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claim and been denied? Being timely when filing your appeal can be very important in getting your disability claim resolved. During free initial client consultations, I see that many claimants have simply filed initial application after initial application without ever filing an appeal. The Social Security Administration has steps you must initiate in order to follow through with your claim if you have been denied. In my experience, starting over each time with an initial application is usually not in your best interest. If you are denied on an Initial Application, you have sixty days to file what is called a "Request for Reconsideration". This is basically telling the SSA you believe they have made a mistake and are asking them another look at your claim. They will assign a reviewer to your claim and usually make a decision within 60-90 days. If you are again denied, you must request a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Again, time is of the essence and you only have sixty days to file the correct paperwork. There are exceptions that the SSA will look at on a case-by-case basis if you turn in your paperwork late. In my experience, relying on the SSA to accept an untimely filing is probably not your best bet. One of the reasons many people hire an attorney is to have a trained professional in this area to help ensure deadlines are met. The Social Security Administration has various rules and regulations that are used to process disability claims. Considering the numerous claims they receive, providing them with all of the information they need in a timely and complete fashion can only enhance your chances of winning your disability claim. … Continued
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May 20, 2016
Anatomy of a Social Security Hearing Decision Part I: How do I know if I won?
If you have a Social Security disability hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), you probably will leave the hearing without knowing whether you won or not. Most claimants have to wait between thirty and ninety days to receive the ALJ's decision in the mail. (Sometimes it can take even longer if the judge needs to get additional information.) When you receive your decision and look it over, you still might have trouble telling whether you won or not! The decisions have a lot of information in them, and it can be hard at first glance to figure out what's important. The first page of your decision will look something like this: The first clue you have about the outcome of your case is the title at the top. There are four possibilities: Notice of Decision – Fully Favorable: Congratulations! You won! A "fully favorable" decision means that the ALJ found that you became disabled as of your alleged onset date and continue to be disabled. An ALJ also issues a favorable decision when the claimant agrees at the hearing to change his or her alleged onset date or to accept a closed period of disability. Notice of Decision – Partially Favorable: This decision is typically mostly good news, but not always. In short, a partially favorable decision is one in which the judge found that you are (or were) disabled for some of the time since your alleged onset date, but not for all of that time. If you received a "partially favorable" decision, it could mean one of two things: The judge gave you a closed period of disability. In other words, the ALJ found that you became disabled as of your alleged onset date (or at a point later in time) but also … Continued
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May 17, 2016
The Indianapolis Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Most people who apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) end up having to go to a hearing if they pursue their claim after the initial denial. If you live in central Indiana and have a hearing, you will likely end up at the Indianapolis hearings office. The address of the Indianapolis Office of Disability, Adjudication, and Review (ODAR) office is 151 N. Delaware Street, Room 400, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204. The hearing office is in Market Square Center, but most people call it the "Gold Building" due to the gold glass windows on the outside of the building. There is metered street parking and a parking garage east of the building. You should plan to bring money to pay for parking; Social Security does not validate parking for you. Once inside the building, take the elevators to the fourth floor. When exiting the elevators, look to your left and you will see a security officer. It is important to remember that the hearing office is a federal facility, so certain rules apply. The security officer will ask to see valid photo identification, such as a drivers' license or state ID card. Make sure your license or ID card is not expired! If it is, the judge may postpone your hearing until you obtain valid identification. The security officer will also scan everyone entering the office with a metal detection wand. It is important that you do not attempt to bring in guns, knives, or other sharp objects that could be used as weapons. Once you are cleared by security you should check in at the window and have a seat in the waiting area. The Social Security Administration (SSA) employs Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to preside over the hearings. The judges are men and women … Continued
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January 23, 2015
Hearings at the Indianapolis Social Security Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
You probably have seen television or movie depictions of courtrooms, so you may expect your Social Security disability hearing to take place in a big, old courtroom in a big, old courthouse with lots of pomp and circumstance. Every hearing office is a different, but if you have a disability hearing scheduled in Indianapolis, Indiana, your hearing will most likely be held at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) located at 151 North Delaware Street, Room 400, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indianapolis ODAR is on the fourth floor of a regular downtown office building. As you leave the elevator on the fourth floor and turn left, you will see a security officer sitting at a desk. He is there for your safety as well as that of the Social Security staff and Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). The security guard will ask you for valid picture identification, such as a driver's license, state identification card, or passport. Before the date of your hearing, make sure your identification has not expired! Also be prepared to empty all of your pockets and remove your hat if you are wearing one. You will be scanned with a metal detector, and the security guard will inspect any bags or purses you are carrying with you. You may not carry deadly weapons, such as guns and knives, into the Social Security office. Women carrying pepper spray in their purses will also be turned away. If you have any of these items with you when you come to the hearing office, you will most likely be asked to take them back to your vehicle. Once you have passed the security check, you will be directed to give your name to a staff person at the office window. The staff member will confirm that you have a … Continued
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October 14, 2011
Indiana Social Security Disability Hearings Office
Social Security disability applicants that have been denied disability benefits have the right to appeal that decision made by the Social Security Administration (SSA). As an individual goes through the stages of appeals, he/she may eventually find him/herself in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Indiana hearings are heard at one of the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) locations. Most states have more than one ODAR location. According to the SSA, there are currently 10 regional offices, 169 hearing offices (including 7 satellite offices), 5 national hearing centers, and 1 national case assistance center. There are approximately 1,300 administrative law judges and 7,000 support staff in the field organization. Additionally, administrative law judges may travel to other sites such as local Social Security offices to conduct hearings if needed or appear by video at your location. In addition to the stated above, the SSA may use other facilities throughout the state to conduct the hearing. Don't be surprised if you are scheduled for a hearing at the Social Security Administration office, a conference room at another facility or in a hotel or bank. Regardless of the location, the ALJ that presides over the case will still review the evidence, listen to the comments made by your disability attorney, and hear testimony from medical or vocational experts. The ODAR Chicago Region services residents in the six state area comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Indiana residents will find their hearing scheduled at the location closest to their home. Indiana Social Security disability attorney Scott D. Lewis finds himself traveling throughout the state of Indiana to represent disabled individuals with their Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claim. If you have been denied disability benefits or if you cannot work due to a disabling condition, contact Indiana … Continued
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November 18, 2010
Security Issues At Social Security Disability Hearing Offices
Indianapolis Social Security lawyer Scott Lewis travels to many Social Security hearing offices around the state of Indiana. There has been much news recently about the safety and security of these Social Security hearing offices. Due to the large amount of pending Indiana Social Security disability claims, some hearings take place in atmospheres that may surprise Indiana Social Security disability claimants. With that in mind, it may not be a surprise that the level of security varies from one hearing location to another. The majority of the time an Indiana Social Security disability claimant will have a hearing at the Office of Disability, Adjudication and Review (ODAR). At the majority of ODAR locations Indianapolis disability attorney Scott Lewis visits, the security is very similar. Indiana Social Security disability claimants will enter the hearing office and be asked for photo identification, asked some basic questions, and then usually purses and belongings are checked over and a metal detector is used. If everything checks out, you let the staff know you have arrived and take a seat. Recently, due to a large amount of pending claims, hearings are being held in what Indiana Social Security disability claimants may think is a strange atmosphere for a hearing. Some of these locations may even include hotels. Indianapolis Social Security disability lawyer Scott Lewis sometimes finds himself and his client in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in a hotel room. Yes that is correct, a hotel room. Will your end result be different from a hearing in a hotel room? Probably not, but it does seem rather odd. The only thing Indiana disability lawyer Scott Lewis has noticed at these "make shift" hearings location is that there is minimal security. At times the Indiana disability client does not even check in. They simply … Continued
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November 13, 2010
Indianapolis Disability Lawyer Comments On Hearing Backlog And Virtual Screening Units
Indiana Social Security disability claimants waiting for a hearing have had their patience tested. Currently, the Indianapolis Social Security hearings office known as The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) has a very lengthy wait. Now add in the ever growing amount of individuals applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims, which have been estimated at perhaps 700,000 more initial claims in Fiscal Year 2010 compared to the number in Fiscal Year 2008, and it becomes obvious measures must be taken to alleviate this tremendous caseload. What is the Virtual Screening Unit and will it help me? This is a tool to identify cases that may receive a favorable outcome without the use of a hearing. By identifying certain factors and forwarding these cases to the Social Security Administration's senior attorneys it is believed this will help alleviate the hearing backlog because a fully favorable determination can be made on the record. In Social Security disability lawyer Scott Lewis' experience the majority of the individuals sent to the virtual screening unit are over 50 years of age. Although, some are younger than 50 years old, it would appear these younger individuals selected by the Virtual Screening Unit have substantial severe disabilities that the virtual screening unit may believe can be found fully favorable without a hearing. At times, an attorney advisor may contact Indianapolis disability attorney Scott Lewis' office and request more recent updated medical records to help further a determination on their Indiana Social Security claim. As always, Indianapolis Social Security attorney Scott Lewis advises his disability clients to keep seeking medical attention while their claim is pending. When it comes to your day in front of an Indiana Administrative Law Judge or in selected cases the eyes of an Attorney Advisor … Continued
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I have a ring that says, "Do What You Love" on the outside of the band and on the inside it says "Love What You Do." This ring has been such a great reminder to me in the last few years when it comes to the jobs I've had. There have been times where I was at a job I knew wasn't my passion, but I had to be reminded that this is where I have been placed now and I can find things I love rather than focus on what I don't. But the great part is that there is another part of this message. For me it was a visual reminder for such a long time that I don't want to stay at a job that I hate, but to seek out the things I love and am gifted at and be there! When I think of the journey I went on to get to my position now at Grace, I am amazed at all the Lord did for me. Sometimes I wonder if they created this position just for me because it feels like just the right fit. I am so fortunate to really be doing what I love, even though there are days I have to "love what I do". :)
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As the new year begins, we often think of New Year's resolutions and new beginnings. It's seen as an opportunity to look forward toward a better future by making changes that improve our selves.
Illinois has a TON of opportunity to find a realistic New Year's Resolution. We all know that our State is broken and change is needed. Remember that "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
We just ended a decade of one-party rule. Over that time, pension payments were skipped, taxes were raised 67 percent, education funding was decreased, unpaid bills increased, and the number of people on Medicaid more than doubled from 1.5 million to 3.25 million.
The last budget Illinois had was $36.5 billion. The last budgets proposed by the Illinois House Speaker have been $38 billion and $40 billion. And, by the way, we have $32 billion in revenue.
As we look forward, we didn't get here overnight, so we need to start with some simple long-term New Year's resolutions (The Taxpayers Fiscal Charter):
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2. No new programs or expansions until all bills are paid within 30 days.
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4. Pay-As-You-Go: Any new spending must be accompanied by the revenue or cuts necessary to sustain the program.
5. No unfunded mandates to schools or other units of local government. If a proposal is important enough to be mandated, it should be important enough to fund.
6. The State is required to publish the estimated income, balance sheet, cash flow and surplus or deficit prior to passing any appropriation bills. All appropriation bills will be required to be published electronically 72 hours before any vote is taken.
These are simple New Year's resolutions that will stop the financial bleeding and create a stable base on which to grow our economy, create jobs and finally move Illinois forward.


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Estimating the Numbers of Malaria Infections in Blood Samples Using High-Resolution Genotyping Data
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People living in endemic areas often habour several malaria infections at once. High-resolution genotyping can distinguish between infections by detecting the presence of different alleles at a polymorphic locus. However the number of infections may not be accurately counted since parasites from multiple infections may carry the same allele. We use simulation to determine the circumstances under which the number of observed genotypes are likely to be substantially less than the number of infections present and investigate the performance of two methods for estimating the numbers of infections from high-resolution genotyping data.The simulations suggest that the problem is not substantial in most datasets: the disparity between the mean numbers of infections and of observed genotypes was small when there was 20 or more alleles, 20 or more blood samples, a mean number of infections of 6 or less and where the frequency of the most common allele was no greater than 20%. The issue of multiple infections carrying the same allele is unlikely to be a major component of the errors in PCR-based genotyping.Simulations also showed that, with heterogeneity in allele frequencies, the observed frequencies are not a good approximation of the true allele frequencies. The first method that we proposed to estimate the numbers of infections assumes that they are a good approximation and hence did poorly in the presence of heterogeneity. In contrast, the second method by Li et al estimates both the numbers of infections and the true allele frequencies simultaneously and produced accurate estimates of the mean number of infections.
Autor: Amanda Ross , Cristian Koepfli, Xiaohong Li, Sonja Schoepflin, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Ingrid Felger, Thomas Smith
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Lakin Gets Bashed in FitRep
Here is a link to WingNutDaily's coverage of changes to LTC Lakin's FitRep. The period of the FitRep ended April 12, 2010 and the LTC's video was released March 30. According to WND the FitRepwas changed after being signed to reflect questions about LTC Lakin's judgment and loyalty. But I am sure there is more to that story. Question, if you are his counsel and know his FitRep runs through April 12, why have him release the video on March 30? Would 13 days really make that much of a difference?
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If you have already decided not to obey your deployment orders — or any other orders — would you really be concerned about your fitness report?
If I understand the birthers correctly, every second that someone who has shown a short, rather than a long form birth certificate, is in the White House represents the most dire national security crisis imaginable. That 12 days could be the difference between the survival and the demise of the Republic.
Similarly, should he be at all surprised? Refusing orders hardly exemplary leadership, particularly when it is at odds with the professional judgment and leadership of everyone in a higher pay-grade than him. If you're going to argue everyone else's judgment is flawed, don't be surprised when yours is questioned.
Hey, Navy guys. Unfortunately, the wing-nut is in the Army. It's called an Officer Evaluation Report (OER), not a FitRep.
And dont worry- when he wins at his court martial, and saves the republic from certain collapse, he will have great grounds for his OER appeal.
Old marks, revised marks, what do they matter to this birfer – doesn't the authority to rate this guy in the first place derive from an illegitimate commander in chief?
pretty clear from recent cases you don't have to be sane to be a five-star physician or psychologist in the ARMY. degree + license + pulse = golden.
and oh yeah, the ARMY will help you get at least 2 of those 3.
Are you saying the Army is cloning Doctors?
No Man, have you seen any evidence of planning in the conduct of the Lakin defense?
Well, I would have thought that WRAMC would have learned to write accurate OERs in December. Like, Hassan's early warning signs, it was clear way before he posted his video that he was diving head first into the deep end.
Also, why can't WND write some original articles. Seems like 70% of their material is recycled from previous articles. (and it is done badly at that, usually not a pro pos of the current issue). I swear, I will stop going to their site for my news if they don't clean up their act.
Why would you go there for news? The rest of us go there for the entertainment value along with a side of guano.
Comedy gold is the name of the game for the World Nutter Daily.
By the time LTC gets to sentencing, and after he takes the stand to proclaim the President to be a fraud to an 0-6 panel, I don't think his last OER is going to make a damn bit of difference. Although I am ignorant of army ground maneuvers and tactics, I think the correct language to describe the defense strategy is "scorched-earth."
This merely confirms what we already knew-that Lakin has chosen to throw away his career in support of arguably the dumbest cause in history.
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I don't know if you're kidding or not, Poe's Law, and all (http://tinyurl.com/6rrmf3) so I'm just going to ASSUME that there are people reading who do not know the following:
The Court-Martial is a legal proceeding and the the Officer Efficiency Report is an administrative document. Neither has anything to do with the other under military law and regulation.
Lots of personnel, Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers have their careers ended by adverse OERs/NCOERs and never set foot inside a court-martial. What substantive grounds are there for appeal? He was given an order. He refused to carry that order out. In so doing, he behaved in a manner that was disloyal to his chain of command and his immediate superiors and subordinates. In so doing, he revealed a hitherto-unknown tendency to do things that he should, through experience and training, know not to do, thus bad judgement.
Whether or not he is acquitted of the criminal charges has little to no bearing on his continued fitness as an officer of the Army.
These facts about his personality and quality as an officer are not the subject of court hearings. They are solely the subjects of his superiors' necessarily subjective viewpoints and decisions.
The best he could hope for is to get his OER redone, but a lightning strike like that won't help him because in the small community of Army doctors, he will not be selected for advancement to Colonel when there are other officers who will also have stellar records and OERs who are not named Lakin and do not have a history of news reports on them. He will consistently be the 6th man selected for the 5-man team.
And there will be NOTHING he can do about it.
Soonergrunt, check out RCM 1001(b)(2). Every court-martial I've ever seen has the accused's performance reports as one of the first exhibits introduced during the sentencing phase.
@Ama Goste,
I've no doubt about that, but the point I was making was that even if Lakin wins at Court-Martial (and nothing I've read here indicates that to be even a remote possibility,) his OER is still a career ender unrelated to the CM.
And here I thought that the "save the republic from certain collapse" line was a dead give away that I was in jest.
But, if he DID save the republic from collapse- I bet he could get promoted- and pro'lly a medal to boot.
As I noted with Poe's Law:
"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing." In other words, No matter how bizzare, outrageous, or just plain idiotic a parody of a Fundamentalist may seem, there will always be someone who cannot tell that it is a parody, having seen similar REAL ideas from real religious/political Fundamentalists.
I wouldn't. As you said, I go there for entertainment. And it would be more entertaining if they just didn't just rehash all their old guano. I WANT NEW GUANO!
Exactly. Lakin's OER will be void once discovery proves that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii and Joe Biden is sworn in as President. ;)
KyAtty…Although I do not know Dr. Lakin, I suspect he would characterize his "career" as the practice of medicine, not the Army. And while this "frolic and detour" certainly will end his association with the Army, I suspect it will not end his practice of medicine. I also suspect there are a number of state licensing boards in this great country who would regard his status as a "birther" a positive endorsement of his application to practice in their jurisdiction. Perhaps the one where the Governor has threatened to succeed from the United States?
LTC Lakin currently has licenses in MD, CO and HI. If he is convicted and dismissed after serving time in Leavenworth (the likely scenario based on Huet-Vaughn) then each board will have to decide if he meets criteria for losing his license based on state law. Huet-Vaughn was fined by the KS board but only after many physicians, including members of her unit, pointed out that she served the poorest part of Kansas City. As it was she was fined a substantial amount and her name placed on the dreaded national data base due to "action taken" by the KS board and will never be on the staff of a hospital.
If one of the states takes his license away due to his having the equivalent of a felony on his record, he could lose his license to practice in the remaining states by virtue of being on the national data base. I suspect that the HI board is not on that list of positive endorsers.
The national data base I am referring to is a list of all doctors who have been disciplined by medical boards and hospitals. If you are on the list then it will be very hard to get hospital privileges and medical examining boards look askance on anyone whose name apears and is trying to get a license to practice. It is referred to as the "nuclear response" in the medical field and is to be avoided at all costs if you want to continue your career.
HI code 436B-19(12) states that a license can be removed due to "(12)
Failure to comply, observe, or adhere to any law in a manner such that the licensing authority deems the applicant or holder to be an unfit or improper person to hold a license;
The other two states have sections defining those felonies that reflect "moral terpitude" as reasons to take the license away.
Tell you what Mikeyes – Bookmark this and we can return to it in a year or so. I bet a cup of coffee that Dr. Lakin is practicing medecine somewhere, driving his BMW, enjoying his McMansion while we continue to spend our preciouis time posting to blogs!
18 months.
The laws are not that precise and only have to be followed if the conviction affects the practice of medicine. He will be in prison longer than a year.
It looks like Lakin is contesting his OER. I bet Lakin had thought his OER was final when he made his first video – and did not anticipate that the Army might revise it in light of his (very) public statements and actions.
Does Lakin really think he can salvage his Army career at this point? Or is he already looking toward the sentencing phase of his trial? In any event, contesting the OER seems to be yet another of the Lieutenant Colonel's misplaced priorities.


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"Healthy Places. Healthy People."
Town of the Blue Mountains, ON - The 78th Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) national conference, on environmental health and infection prevention and control, will bring together roughly 300 health inspectors from across Canada. The conference will cover a variety of important topics, including brownfields, bed bugs, microcystins in recreational lakes, and remediating clandestine drug labs, just to name a few.
What: 72nd CIPHI Conference: Healthy Places. Healthy People.
When: September 16-19, 2012
Where: Blue Mountain Resort
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Keynote Speakers: Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, PHAC
Monday, September 17, 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Holly Dressel, Author and Adjunct Professor, McGill University
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Tuesday, September 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
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For a complete breakdown of this year's conference program please visit http://www.ciphi.on.ca/knowledge-centre/events/2012conference.
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The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) is the professional association for Environmental Public Health Professionals (EPHPs) (i.e. Public Health Inspectors) in Canada (incorporated 1934). The CIPHI works to protect the health of all Canadians, advance the sanitary/environmental sciences and enhance the field of Public Health Inspection. CIPHI (ON BR) is a constituent society of the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) and has been active in advocating for sound public health policy in the province for many years with government departments and a wide variety of stakeholders.
The CIPHI through its Board of Certification (BOC) certifies Public Health Inspectors in Canada. The Certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada) is recognized by the departments of health and other agencies in Canada as evidence of satisfactory training. In Canada, Certified Public Health Inspectors are employed with ministries of health, environment, and agriculture within the public sector and within corporate offices in the private sector. The newly established Council of Professional Experience (CoPE) ensures that EPHPs meet and maintain standards of professional competency and practice across Canada. For more information about CIPHI please visit www.ciphi.ca. The CIPHI (ON Br.) will continue to lead, promote, advocate on behalf of EPHPs in Ontario.
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Nightlife Spots in Marrakech 1
Glamorous, posh and extravagant – Hivernage has the best nightlife in Marrakesh, hands down! It's basically an elite residential neighborhood that has all of the city's best bars and clubs stacked next to each other or perched on the rooftops of hotels. High-end venues include Ibiza-style discos, cabarets, nightclubs all with the option of good drinks, live music and some of the best DJ's in the Middle East.
Every day of the week you'll find the district bumping with life, and just walking through the neighborhood you'll feel the bass vibrations go through your body, and you'll see the very nicely-dressed crowd getting ready for the night. Your local guide will help you choose which club to go to depending on your preferences!


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Having been exposed to various professionals around the world, along with customers from different origins (hence different hair and skin types as well as eyebrow shapes), what they brought back was not just threading but their own threading technique that combines the expertise of the best threading experts. Sandrine and Rizwan have taken the traditional technique of threading to another level, re-inventing a group of sub-techniques which are now copyrighted.
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The things a man has heard and seen are threads of life, and if he pull them carefully from the confused distaff of memory, any who will can weave them into whatever garments of belief please them best. I too have woven my garment like another, but I shall try to keep warm in it, and shall be well content if it do not unbecome me. Votes: 6William Butler Yeats
Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs. Votes: 5Don McLean
For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man! Votes: 4Homer
Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. Votes: 4Mikhail Gorbachev
But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it. Votes: 4Martha Ostenso
I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like a thread of life. Votes: 4Maya Lin
Brain surgeons are dealing with the very last thread of life, and they have to be very confident, but I think they tend to remember their failures rather than their successes, and that must be very hard. Who do you share that failure with? That's why their personal lives are often disastrous. Votes: 4James Nesbitt
A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginning and its promise-filled childhood, as though it could discover new hopes there and retie the broken threads of life. The shoots grow rapidly and eagerly, but it is only a sham life that will never be a genuine tree. Votes: 4Hermann Hesse
Principles are deep fundamental truths... lightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of life. Votes: 1Stephen Covey
Your life is always under construction. It is your job to learn howto untangle the threads and weave a tapestry that matches your desires. Votes: 1Dannye Williamsen
A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it. Votes: 0Richard Hell
Illusion, Temperament, Succession, Surface, Surprise, Reality, Subjectiveness,--these are the threads on the loom of time, these are the lords of life. Votes: 0Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible. Votes: 0Madame de Stael
Life doesn't have plots and subplots and denouements. It's just a big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get explained. Votes: 0Grant Morrison
Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.. Votes: 0Corrie Ten Boom
Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth. Votes: 0Joan Halifax
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Correlations Between the Antichrist and the Islamic Mahdi PT4
The Christian prophecies clearly state the Antichrist will cause the entire world to submit to his one world religion and government. The Bible also shows how the Antichrist will target his wrath against Jews and Christians. Likewise, the Mahdi will also cause the entire world to submit to his one world religion and government but that he also focuses his campaign against Jews and Christians.
Since we've already seen how the Antichrist and Mahdi will create a one world government in THIS post and a one world religion in THIS post, let's now turn our attention on the similar targets of the Antichrist and Mahdi: Jews and Christians.
The Antichrist Targets Jews and Christians
There are so many passages in the Bible showing the persecution and murder of Christians and Jews during the Antichrist's reign so let's focus on a few examples.
He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
Daniel 7:25
In the next post we will show how both the Antichrist and the Mahdi will change the calender and laws but for now let's focus on the Antichrist's 'oppression of the saints' cited in the passage above. The phrase 'A time, times, and half a time' is an idiom meaning 3 1/2 years. This passage is stating that when the Antichrist breaks his treaty with Israel at the 3 1/2 year mark, the last 3 1/2 years of his reign will be spent persecuting those of the Judeo-Christian faiths.
We now turn our attention to prophecy in Revelation that is rich with symbolism and imagery. The book of Revelation is written in a style known as 'apocalyptic literature.' Everything is written using highly symbolic language including Revelation 12 that shows the targeted campaign against Christians and Jews.
An excerpt from the entire context linked to in the paragraph above:
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach…. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 12:13-17
An explanation for the symbolism above:
The Dragon = Satan as well as his manifestation in the Antichrist.
The Woman = Israel and the Jewish people.
The Male Child = Jesus who has already ascended.
The Woman's Offspring: Jews and Christians collectively.
The passage above shows the flight of many Jews from Israel to escape the wrath of the Antichrist. Remember, one of the passages I cited earlier in this project is a warning from Jesus to the Jews to flee Israel:
So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains… For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again… See, I have told you ahead of time.
Matthew 24
John's vision in Revelation of Jewish flight from Israel meshes flawlessly with Jesus' warning in Matthew for the Jews to flee Israel. It looks like many take His advice. Then right after this flight occurs, we see the Antichrist dropping his facade of false peace, breaking the covenant, and beginning his official slaughter of Jews who remain behind in Israel as well as Jews worldwide and all Christians who refuse to convert to the Antichrist religion.
One final example before moving on to the Mahdi portion:
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
He who has an ear, let him hear.
If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed.
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
Revelation 13:8-10
Cross referenced with:
I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands.
Revelation 20:4
The above passages state that while the rest of the world will follow the Antichrist, the saints will resist and be killed for it. The persecution that will be prevalent throughout the Antichrist's reign comes with an admonition to the saints to endure in faithfulness among the rampage brought by the Antichrist and the saints who resist will be beheaded. Cross reference this passage with Revelation 6:9-11 where the martyrs killed for their faith are asking when justice will be served.
The Mahdi Targets Jews and Christians
A consistent theme in Islamic literature regarding the end times is the Mahdi's preoccupation with the conversion of Jews and Christians. He offers them the choice to convert peacefully. If they refuse, death is the only option. We will be going over this in detail once we begin Part 2 in a few more posts consisting of parallels between Isa and the False prophet but for now let's few some examples of the Mahdi's focus on Jews and Christians.
Like the Antichrist, although the Mahdi will force everyone to submit to his empire and religion (as we have shown in previous posts), he, too, will have Jews and Christians as his primary focus.
The Mahdi will offer the religion of Islam to the Jews and Christians. If they accept it they will be spared, otherwise they will be killed.
-Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini, Al-Imam Al-Mahdi: The Just Leader of Humanity
We also have the following Hadith as an example to show the belief that the 'last hour' (Islamic end times) will not 'come' (be fulfilled) until the Muslims wage a war against the Jews and kill them:
The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or tree would say, 'Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me. Come and kill him!'
-Sahih Muslim, Book 041, Number 6985
Although it can often be hard to gauge the reliability of certain Hadith sayings, this one does appear to have veracity. The second segment of that Hadith states:
But the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.
In this centuries old prophecy, it shows the Muslims slaughtering the Jews and predicts a certain kind of tree in Israel. One author goes on to explain the significance:
After commenting on this particular Hadith, several Muslim authors have been quick to point out the very 'interesting' fact that this particular tree, 'the Gharqad' (apparently the boxwood trees) is presently being planted in abundance by Jews in Israel. The point is that this final holocaust is expected by Muslims to take place within the present state of Israel.
-Joel Richardson, Islam's Awaited Messiah, pg 61.
Many Muslims are therefore seeing this prophecy already showing signs of fulfillment and preparation.
On a final note, to show the Mahdi's mission to specifically convert Jews and Christians to Islam, one of the prophecies of the Mahdi show him discovering ancient Jewish and Christian texts to 'prove' their texts are corrupt while only Islamic texts have maintained their integrity:
Ka'b al-Ahbar says, 'He will be called Mahdi because he will guide to something hidden and will bring out the Torah and Gospel from a town called Antioch
Izzat and Arif, p.40
Of course the Torah is Jewish and the Gospels are Christian.
It continues:
He is called the Mahdi because he will guide the people to a mountain in Syria from which he will bring out the volumes of the Torah to refute the Jews… He will bring forth the volumes of the Torah with which to argue against the Jews and at his hands a group of them will become Muslim.
So among his violent pursuits, the Mahdi will also target his attempt to convert Christian and Jews by using gentle persuasion after allegedly proving the Judeo-Christian texts to be corrupt.
Next up we will show how both the Antichrist and the Mahdi will change the calender and implement new laws. Shortly after that, we will see what Isa is claimed to do compared to the false prophet and will reinforce the information in this post about Jews and Christians being targeted for conversion or destruction.
Continued from part one.
Prologue: Satan, the cosmic phony, he perverts and subverts the things of God. God initiates, he tries to imitate.
Abraham to Muhammad
"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Ge 12:1-3)
Why was God so insistent that Abraham get out of his country and away from his extended family? Very simply, the reason was to remove him from the influence of his native Ur of the Chaldees religion, worship of the moon god Sin.
The two chief seats of Sin's worship were Ur in the south, and Harran to the north. The cult of Sin spread to other centers, and temples of the moon-god are found in all the large cities of Babylonia and Assyria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin (mythology)
This god, Sin, would ultimately become the supreme deity of the entire Babylonian empire. The root names of many individuals in Babylon preserves links to the gods of the Babylonian pantheon. In fact the well known son of Sargon II, King Sennacherib's name is rooted in the name of the moon god. "Sin Ech-erib" = "Sin multiplies his brothers."
Nabonidus praying to the moon god Sin
Nabonidus was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556-539 BCE. He was the absentee King that delegated the throne to his son Belshazzar in the book of Daniel. Many scholars believe he was an Assyrian. He revered the moon god Sin beyond all the other gods and paid special devotion to Sin's temple in Harran, where his mother was a priestess. Some scholars argue that he elevated Sin the top of the Babylonian pantheon in an effort to make Babylonian religion more acceptable to subjects like the Arabians.
Pre Islamic Arabia
In my comparison of dispensations we were able to match Christian and Muslim with the Abrahamic covenant. The principle difference between the two religions is delineated by the two sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. The Genesis account tells us how, doubting Gods promise, Abrahams wife Sarai arranged for him to sleep with their servant Hagar to father a successor. The result of this compromise union was Ishmael, the father of the Arabians. In this excerpt God comforts the servant Hagar's fear and assures her that her son would be the father of a nation as well,
"Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude." And the Angel of the Lord said to her: "Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man's hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."" (Ge 16:10-12)
The parallel of this prophetic dialog to our present geopolitical reality is astonishing. Of course some fourteen years later God shocked Abraham and his wife with Isaac the son of promise. Of course this is a major point of contention as Islam claims Ishmael as the son of promise. I find the juxtaposition of the two conceptions to be the most revealing. The former being out of wedlock against the counsel of the Lord – the latter as God had promised and miraculous. Blessed with the spiritual gift of flippancy I often quip, "One day you sleep with the maid, the next thing you know, the world trade center falls down." Flippancy aside, there is a profound truth that when man seeks his own way, a shortcut or deviation from what God prescribes, the results lead to tragedy. It's not a racial issue as Jesus died for the Arab people too and we all are under the curse of sin. However it is a spiritual battle that has been going on ever since Abraham and Sarai took the shortcut instead of trusting God, like we often still do today, when we seek fulfillment outside of Gods plan. But the Bible states that the child of promise was Isaac:
" By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son," (Heb 11:17)
Muslims feel that Ishmael was the one offered up by Abraham. They believe that the Holy Bible supports this by its declaration that Abraham offered his only son. Ishmael was Abraham's only son for over 13 years, which would make it impossible for Isaac to be the child of sacrifice. Muslims believe that scribes later corrupted the original reading from Ishmael to Isaac. Isaac was the only child of promise, which the Quran also agrees with.
Then he conceived a fear of them (when they ate not). They said: "Fear not." And they gave him glad tidings of an intelligent son,[this is the promise] having knowledge (about Allah and His religion of True Monotheism). Then his wife came forward with a loud voice, she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!" They said: "Even so says your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower." (Sura 51:28-30}
Matches up quite nicely with the Genesis account that occurs after we were told that Ishmael was thirteen years old (Gen 17:25)
"And He said, "I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"" (Ge 18:10-12)
Considering how overzealous many Muslims have been in their arguments that Ishmael, not Isaac, was that son, the fact that the Quran never mentions the name of the sacrificial child anywhere in its account escapes them. Muslim scholar Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of the Zaytuna Institute, concedes that:
This was the child that Abraham was given, and there is a difference of opinion about who that child was. The majority of the later scholars say it was Ismail, many of the early scholars said it was Ishaq. It should not be a point of contention for the believers; it's not the point of the story. Both are valid opinions. (Yusuf)
While I admire his candor on the controversy, they are not both valid. What makes their efforts almost comical is the undisputable fact that Muhammad appears a couple of thousand years after Moses and a full 600 years after Jesus. The Quran was not codified until around 650 AD.
Having studied this account in detail, in light of New Testament revelation, there is more going on here. One should recall that God stopped Abraham and provided the ram for the sacrifice. This is the origin of the name of God, Jehova Jira which means the "Lord will provide". Flash forward to the New Testament and recall that John the Baptist said of Jesus the first time he laid eyes on him "Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the whole world!" Now it is abundantly clear that Abraham's offering of Isaac was a prophetic foreshadowing of the pivotal event in human history that would occur on the very same spot, the highest point on Mount Moriah Golgotha, where another Father would offer his only begotten Son for the sins of the world. Note that Adam was also Gods first son, yet Jesus was the son of promise. The spirit of antichrist working in Islam to conceal this amazing confirmation of Jesus Christ is transparent.
Occult Roots
crescent moon god symbols still adorn mosques
The Bedouin's astral beliefs centred upon the moon, in whose light he grazed his flocks. Moon-worship implies a pastoral society, whereas sun-worship represents a later agricultural stage. In our own day the Moslem Ruwalah Bedouins imagine that their life is regulated by the moon, which condenses the water vapours, distils the beneficent dew on the pasture and makes possible the growth of plants. On the other hand the sun, as they believe, would like to destroy the Bedouins as well as all animal and plant life. (Hitti)
The moon god worship by Abraham's kindred in Ur was widespread in Arabia. The brutal nature of the desert climate led the Arabians to esteem the moon god above all others, but they had more difficulty identifying with Marduk, the supreme Babylonian deity. Recall that the last Babylonian king Nabonidus had promoted the moon god, thus Sin became the supreme deity of Babylon and Arabia.
Sin, "The Controller of the Night," had the crescent moon (now the primary symbol of Islam) as his emblem and was worshiped by various names in Arabia. Mount Sinai of Arabia draws its name from the moon god. Mecca the home of the Ka'aba, a cube that houses a black meteorite fetish, was the center of all pagan religions of Arabia. AI-Ilah, the moon god – lord of the Ka'aba, ruled over 360 idols at the Ka'aba. Pagan polytheists in Saudi Arabia, before Muhammad, worshiped toward Mecca because it was where their idols were located. All of this was in place long before Muhammad came on the scene. Traditions which are carried on to this day in Islam.
The Ka'aba houses the black meteorite idol still worshiped in Islam today
The Antichrist and the Laws and the Calender
Once the Antichrist makes his rise to power, this will be yet another clue to reveal he is the one the prophecies warn about. We see the Antichrist will attempt to change the calender and laws. This will most likely be done to phase out the Gregorian calender based on the life of Jesus Christ.
He will…try to change the set times and the laws.
Daniel 7:25
The altering of the laws could possibly allude to a couple of things:
1). Like we mention in my previous post about the Mahdi claiming to discover ancient Jewish texts (specifically the Torah), the Antichrist could possibly claim the Jewish laws of the Torah as we know them have been corrupted and must be changed.
2). Since the Antichrist will head a one world government, this could possibly mean he trumps the laws of individual nations to implement his own laws world wide.
One thing is certain: He will somehow attempt to change the laws and the calender system.
The Mahdi and the Laws and the Calender
The Law
There's no question about the legal system the Mahdi is said to implement. It will undoubtedly be Sharia Law and he will use Isa to achieve and uphold his vision:
The Mahdi will lead the Muslims in prayer and Isa will rule the Muslims according to the Divine Shari'ah.
-Sahih Ashrat as-Sa'at, Kabbani, p.236
Isa, the son of Mary will descend and will lead them judging among them according to the holy Koran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad.
-Veliankode, p.351
The Sunnah, as we mention in the introductory material, is where most of the Muslim traditions are found. This is what will be used as a guideline for the Mahdi's law.
The Calender
Besides having its own law, Islam also has its own calender system. While the Gregorian calender is based on the birth of Christ, the Islamic calender is based on the career of Muhammad and some view it as mandatory to be observed:
It is considered a divine command to use a Hijra calender with 12 purely lunar months without intercalation as evident from the Holy Koran.
-Waleed Mahanna, A brief introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calender
The week is also different in the Islamic Calender. While Monday through Friday is considered the 'work week' and Saturday and Sunday is considered the weekend by Judeo-Christianity to celebrate holy days, in Islam, Friday is the sacred day of prayer and the day of the week to meet at the mosque.
The Assyrian Lamassu Winged Lion
"O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets." (Is 10:5-6)
The purpose of the tribulation period is to cause Israel to repent of denying their messiah Jesus Christ when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on the exact day the prophet Daniel told them he would. It's going to be a hard lesson. Zechariah gives us a numeric ratio of the Jewish people that will be purged.
"And it will come about in all the land," Declares the Lord, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,' And they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'" (Zechariah 13:8-9)
Therefore, we learn that two-thirds of Israel will be purged through the fire of the tribulation, leaving the one-third elect who will be converted to Jesus as their Messiah. This holocaust will be even more ghastly than the first! The Bible says Jesus will respond when the survivors earnestly seek him. This was prophesied by Hosea,
"I [Jesus Christ] will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."" (Ho 5:15)
I believe this is reflective of Christ ascension at the conclusion of his first coming. After the horror of the tribulation, Israel acknowledges their offense of not recognizing him the first time. Thus, "all Israel will be saved"; just as it is written,
'The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob. And this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins'" (Romans 11:26-27).
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
"You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. (Da 2:31-33)
We normally tend to equate the Roman Empire with Western Europe, and there have been many "end times" theories involving Rome, the Vatican, and the rise of the European Union. The traditional view of the statue is that the ten toes represent a ten nation confederacy of the revived Roman Empire. When Greece joined as the tenth nation in the EU, all the prophecy scholars said,"We've got the tenth toe!" Then the 11th toe came, the 12th…
The traditional view has largely been frustrated as many additional nations have joined the EU. What has been overlooked until recently is the fact that the Roman Empire had an eastern leg that, in fact, survived the western leg by a thousand years! In A.D. 284, Emperor Diocletian divided the Empire into two legs exactly as Daniel had predicted nine centuries earlier. My research efforts strongly suggest that the coming world leader, commonly called the Antichrist or Imam Mahdi, will emerge from the region of the eastern leg of the Roman Empire.
Byzantium, the eastern leg of the divided Roman empire
Now consider the remarkable overlap with the ancient land of Assyria.
The ancient nation of Assyria
Assyria occupied portions of modern day Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. A most fruitful region for the emergence of the Imam Mahdi or Antichrist, depending on ones faith.
When Arabs and Islam swept through the Middle East in 630 A.D., they encountered 600 years of Assyrian Christian civilization, with a rich heritage, a highly developed culture, and advanced learning institutions. It is this civilization which became the foundation of the Arab civilization.
The Assyrian: part II
Recalling my earlier post referring to the Antichrist as "the Assyrian". In Micah chapter 5 we identified the future ruler of Israel as Jesus Christ. We can positively identify this is speaking of Jesus because of the amazing fact that Micah knew he would be born in Bethlehem Ephrathah some 700 years in advance!
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."" (Mic 5:2)
Our study of dispensations tells us this refers to the 2nd coming, the millennial reign – as Jesus first coming was as a servant – not a ruler. Knowing that and following Micah to verse five and six we saw that the Jesus would "deliver us [Israel] from the Assyrian"(v6) who had "tread in our palaces"(v5). Because we know from the basic eschatological time line that Jesus will overthrow the Antichrist immediately prior to his reign, it follows that the Assyrian spoken of is none other than the Antichrist.
In addition from verse six of Micah five we discovered that Assyria was the "land of Nimrod" the very first type of the Antichrist who originated the beast system in Babel. Quite to my amazement in the process of this research I have discovered a nugget overlooked by the majority of commentators, we have another name for Nimrod!
"And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah," (Ge 10:10-11)
From the context of this verse as the King James translates it appears that Asshur went forth from Shinar to build Nineveh. A translation that the Ancient Hebrew translators of the Septuagint version agreed with
Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach, Gen 10:11 LXX
Asshur as a name means Assyrian. Implying that Moses actually referred to Nimrod as "the Assyrian".
אַשּׁוּר ['Ashshuwr, 'Ashshur /ash•shoor/] n pr m loc. Apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); TWOT 176; GK 855; 151 occurrences; AV translates as "Assyria" 118 times, "Assyrian" 19 times, "Asshur" eight times, "Assyrian + 1121" five times, and "Assur" once. 1 the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians. 2 the people of Assyria. 3 the nation, Assyria. 4 the land, Assyria or Asshur.
Strong's Lexicon
I think this next reference is by far the most stunning. I would ask the reader to recall the book of Exodus, when the nation of Israel first moved to Egypt due to a famine in the land. Jacob's son Joseph had achieved the rank of prime minister, basically second in charge of the kingdom of Egypt, due to his faithful stewardship. Many years later there rose a king that "knew not Joseph" who put the Israelites into slavery. Did you ever wonder why the king didn't know anything about Joseph? Now practicing some hermeneutics, we get an interesting clue from Stephen in Acts chapter 7,
Then another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, became ruler of Egypt. He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die. (Acts 7:18-19)
Fortunately, the precise Greek in the New Testament has 2 forms for the word "another" the form used in "another king" is the hetero form implying that it was "another king" of a different kind. In other words, he was not an Egyptian! Now the stunning insight I have been alluding to is in Isaiah chapter 52:4
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. (Is 52:4)
Yes, the famous pharaoh that oppressed the ancient Hebrews is also called "the Assyrian"!
What I am getting at is "the Assyrian" is a title that started with Nimrod, carried through to Pharaoh and all the way to the future Antichrist/Mahdi. Although I see a strong connection in the geography appearing, I am not necessarily speaking of person of Assyrian descent. It is not a racial issue. To the contrary, the Assyrian nation was largely a Christian population when the genocidal conquest of the Muslim jihad all but eradicated them in the 19th century.
In the aftermath of the horrible massacre by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul-Hamid in 1894-1896, which claimed thousands of Assyrians, the Assyrians were unable to heal their wounds because the direst time of their entire history on earth, their genocide, was waiting like an angel of death at the door.
Again, I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with race, but a "type" or spirit. I believe the scripture is speaking of "the Assyrian" more as typologically defined title. A title defined as a dominating world leader that Satan sets up to obstruct the purposes of God mainly by inflicting destruction and genocide upon Israel. This is certainly the mission of the Imam Mahdi of Islam. Ashley has done an excellent job establishing that we are speaking of the same man. Considering Islam's roots in Babylonian moon god worship, could it be that this final world dictator will be, in some sense, a return of Nimrod?
"There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition." (Re 17:10-11)
He "was" means he lived in the past. He "is not" means he is dead when John wrote the prophecy. He will be the eighth king but he is one of the seven kings implying he was a king in the past. This strange verse seems to support the conjecture that the return of our typological Assyrian, who has been brooding in the depths of the pit, might even be the return of Nimrod himself!
Imam Mahdi
Astonishingly this also applies to the Imam Mahdi. He is said to have existed and then gone into Occultation, soon to reappear!
According to the last letter of al-Mahdi to Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri "from the day of your death [the last deputy] the period of my major occultation (al ghaybatul kubra) will begin. Hence forth, no one will see me, unless and until Allah makes me appear."Another view is that the Hidden Imam is on earth "among the body of the Shia" but "incognito." "Numerous stories" exist of the Hidden Imam "manifesting himself to prominent members of the ulama."
So the Mahdi "was" and now "is not" but will come again.
"The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." (Re 17:8)
At this stage of the research there is far too much agreement for there to be any doubt that the Antichrist and Mahdi are one and the same.


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Pregnancy is obviously a time of great physical change in a woman's life, but take the time to honor the emotional journey as well.
Pregnancy is a transformative time in a woman's life, bringing about powerful physical, mental and emotional changes. The mind and body work together to form an intelligent organism in which every part affects the whole. Pregnancy is an ideal time to assess the quality of conversation that you have with yourself—and enhance it, if possible.
The brain has two parts that govern emotions and feelings: the limbic system (often called the seat of emotions) and the pre-frontal cortex (which regulates our feelings). Emotions are communicated to the body via the nervous system, which uses neurotransmitters to release chemicals that cause positive or negative physiological changes.
When we are stressed or anxious, for instance, our nervous system stimulates particular organs and glands to produce chemicals that put our body in a heightened state. While this is appropriate in certain situations, most of the time it's merely a conditioned response stemming from stress or anxiety. Sustained over a period of time, this chemical release can be detrimental to our health. Fear, tension and anxiety affect muscles, tendons and ligaments and can create subluxations (misalignments) in the spine, which in turn affect our nervous and immune systems. These chemicals can also cross the placental barrier and have a direct effect on the developing foetus.
Therefore, pregnant mothers must not only take care of themselves physically, but mentally as well. While unpleasant feelings are a natural part of life, it is wise to create calm thoughts as often as you can during gestation.
Of course, this is easier said than done. Some women feel very ill during the first trimester, which, if the symptoms continue throughout the pregnancy, can lead to severe physical and mental fatigue. Other women struggle more with the overwhelming emotions that pregnancy can engender. Expectant mothers may feel daunted by significant bodily changes: bigger breasts, a protruding belly and overall weight gain. Far from experiencing the 'radiant glow' of pregnancy, these changes can leave women feeling grotesque and unhappy.
Whatever feelings you have about your pregnancy, it is important to honour them. Acknowledge and express your negative emotions, and then balance those thoughts with positive visualisation. In doing so, you enrich not only your birth experience, but your other relationships as well.
Releasing Negativity
On the surface it appears that pregnant women all experience a similar event. Deep down, however, each of us carries specific references from our past that create our own reality. Some references may be more traumatic than we expect. Address your uneasiness, if you feel safe to do so, and look to where these emotions are anchored.
Take a deep breath and try to relax. You might feel anxious about your capacity to parent, but remember that nothing in life happens by chance. You'll be amazed at the support available to you if you choose to move through life with a positive and gracious attitude.
When I was pregnant with our first child I tried to find women who had positive labour stories to tell me. Such women were few and far between. Over the years, having since spoken to hundreds of women, I've realised that it wasn't so much that their labours were horrific—it was more that the words they used to describe them were cries for acknowledgement. Labour is hard work, and it's a hell of a lot harder if you don't have the right support.
Before your labour, sit down with your birthing partner or a close friend or relative and write down the attributes of your ideal birth. Also write down your fears and concerns, so that you can discuss these with your midwife. Take time to discuss your partner's concerns as well, and clarify the role he or she would like to play during the birth.
It is important to acknowledge the references—your prior experiences, expectations and preconceptions—you both have around birthing. Discuss where these thoughts might have originated and whether they support your current birth choices. What actions do you need to take to feel differently, if necessary? Who can you speak with about them? What can you read?
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