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· How did you begin writing?
· Take us through a day in the life of you, the author (because some us picture you rise from bed, calmly pour your coffee, sit in a sunny little alcove, and write for eight hours before getting ready for a luxurious dinner out with your special someone) ;)
I begin my writing day as soon as my youngest daughter heads off to high school each morning—before 7 a.m. Yes, I often stay in my pajamas, writing and/or editing until my laptop needs recharging and I take a quick shower. I write on the couch, at my desk, or in a special chair in my reading alcove—I move around during the day a lot for a change of scenery. I try to end my writing day around 3 p.m. if deadlines allow when my daughter returns from school.
· Tell us where you got the idea for your latest book and why you developed a passion to write it?
I'm going to be honest with you—I'm not sure how this story came to be on the printed page. Sure, I'm the one who typed the words. Sure, I'm the little girl who refused to leave the Cherokee exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. Every single year . . . And sure, my first encounter involved coming face to face with fake Cherokee Indians on board the Tweetsie Railroad when I wandered too close to the staged Indian attack as a 3-year-old. Raised tomahawks leave an impression—fake or not. But hence, my fascination—to the best of my recollection—with the Cherokee and with the larger Native American population began. That's it in a nutshell. Thank you very much, Tweetsie.
I am not Native American. Nor am I a wannabe. Just fascinated and intrigued by their persistence and perseverance to survive despite overwhelming odds. I got cold shivers when I read about the Snowbird Cherokee and how they'd escaped the mass roundup during the Trail of Tears. I realized the 180th commemoration of the Trail was on the horizon, and I intended as always to write about what fascinates me most—the modern-day Indian and their juxtaposition into the larger American culture.
But somehow in the process of creating this contemporary novel, the characters from 1838—Sarah Jane and Pierce, Touch the Clouds and Leila—were born. They just came to me. Whole and complete. Their story is a kind of metaphor for the journey of the human condition. Lost but in Christ found once more.
· Who is your favorite character in this book and why?
Linden's grandmother, Marvela, is an absolute hoot. Her golden years reunion romance forms a secondary subplot, illustrating that sometimes love is so wasted on the young and foolish. She and love interest, Ross Wachacha, get the best lines in the book. Like Ross's sage advice to his nephew and story hero Walker Crowe—"If you ever want to get a woman, boy, you got to learn to talk more. And once you get one, then you've got to learn to hush again."
· What is the most important takeaway from your book that you hope your readers see?
This story became—for me—about how far God's mercy reaches. For truly, the farther we've traveled together, the sweeter will come the end. All this to say, this story is not mine, but one of those things which, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt, is God's story. An eternal story of His mercy and grace to all who've been broken and felt abandoned by the guilt of their transgressions or the pain of loss. God invites those who've ever felt unwanted, unloved or weary to come. Because in Christ there are no outcasts. My prayer is that readers would discover this God of all peace and all comfort. He is a God who offers grace in the hour of their greatest need. And Beyond.
· If you were to be offered the opportunity to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro or to back pack deep into the heart of the Swiss Alps, which would you do and why?
I would climb Mt. Kilimanjaro because I don't just write adventure, I try to live it, too. My husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this year with a bucket-list trip to the Amazon jungle and a hike to Machu Picchu.
· And while you're on this grand adventure, would it be necessary for you to have coffee or tea? ('cause we're split evenly in preference here at the CCC blog)
Since Kilimanjaro was once under British rule, I'd have to go with tea. But wait—Tanzania also grows some of the world's best coffee . . . I'd have to try both. And who knew, but in the Amazon and Peru, I had the most amazing hot chocolate of my life—not so amazing considering Ecuador and Peru are exporters of cacao/chocolate.
· If you had to write your novel long-hand, would you use a fine point Sharpie, a roller ball pen, a fountain pen, or a pencil?
I'd use a fountain pen.
· Your favorite flavor of pie … because we're heading into pie season!
I love visiting an heirloom apple orchard not far from the Great Smoky Mountain setting of Beyond a Cherokee Trail. This time of year I'm all about apple pie.
· What are you currently working on in the book world?
My seventh romantic suspense novel, The Stronghold, releases in March. My second in a contemporary Coast Guard series, Coast Guard Sweetheart, releases in May. And my first attempt at a true historical romance, Lassoed by Marriage, is part of a novella collection due out in January. I can be found most days writing one manuscript, editing another story and marketing yet a third.
· Lastly, will you leave us with a snippet from your book that is one of your favorites and gives us a glimpse into its pages?
Initially on opposite sides of the 180th Trail of Tears commemoration, Linden and Walker have slowly found common ground as their friendship and attraction for each other grows. After an exhilarating motorcycle ride aka first date on the Cherohala Skyway high above the Cherokee National Forest, they've shared some personal things up on the mountain and have now returned to the valley town of Cartridge Cove. They were getting along so well . . . until they're not. A misunderstanding erupts about the festival.
"And you, Walker Crowe, have got the nerve to accuse me of having personal issues?" Linden's voice rose a decibel.
Walker flipped the visor down veiling his eyes. "Much as I'd love to stand here all night in a shouting match with you, I have better things to do."
"Fine. Me, too. Sorry to have wasted your afternoon and your gasoline. Don't let me keep you from important tribal business a stupid outsider like me couldn't begin to fathom. Emmaline's right. You are a jerk."
Maybe the king of jerks. Could she pick 'em or what?
His only reply was to do a three-sixty and gun it as the back tire hit street level.
"Idiot," she yelled at the disappearing red taillight.
She grabbed her purse out of the trunk where she'd stored it when she'd been dumb enough to take a motorcycle ride with a raving lunatic. She slammed the lid shut.
"Creep." She stalked up the sidewalk between the driveway and porch. "Loser."
She took the three steps in a single bound to find her grandmother ensconced in a rocker and drinking sweet tea out of a crystal goblet.
Gram gave Linden a cat-swallowed-the-cream smile. "My, my, darlin'. What you two must have gotten up to this afternoon to put such a fear inside that young man?"
"Me?" Linden lobbed her purse at the door. "I guess you heard all that."
Gram set the glass with a tiny ping onto the side table. "Honey Girl, half of Cartridge Cove heard 'all that' just now."
Linden frowned as her grandmother's words registered. "Scared? Him? What're you talking about?"
Marvela patted the armrest. "Got too close would be my guess."
"Somebody ought to knock some sense into that man's head."
"Typical of a Wachacha." Her grandmother snorted. "Typical of the male of our entire species, if you ask me."
"If you're implying he and I . . . ? Give me some credit, Gram." Linden tossed her head. "He's a moron."
Marvela laughed, the sound like a bird trilling across the deepening twilight. "Has there ever been anything more irresistible on this earth, Honey Girl, than a man who doesn't think he needs a woman?"
About Lisa ...
Lisa Carter's novel, Under a Turquoise Sky, won the 2015 Carol Award for Romantic Suspense. Her latest, Beyond the Cherokee Trail is a 4 1/2 star Romantic Times September Top Pick. Lisa enjoys traveling to romantic locales and researching her next exotic adventure. A native North Carolinian, she has strong opinions on barbecue and ACC basketball. She loves to hear from readers.
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The farther the road you've traveled . . . the sweeter the journey home.
When Linden Birchfield arrives in the Snowbird Cherokee community to organize the 180th commemoration of the Trail of Tears, she runs head on—literally—into arrogant former army sniper Walker Crowe. A descendant of the Cherokee who evaded deportation by hiding in the rugged Snowbird Mountains, Walker believes no good can result from stirring up the animosity with the white Appalachian residents whose ancestors looted the tribal lands so long ago.
Though at odds over the commemoration, Linden and Walker must unite against an unseen threat to derail the festival. Together they face an adversary whose implacable hatred can be traced to the events of the Trail, a dark chapter in America's westward expansion. Walker must thwart the enemy who threatens the modern-day inhabitants of tiny Cartridge Cove—and targets the woman who has captured his heart.
Because more important than knowing where you've come from is knowing where you're going.
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(by Daniel Peterson deseretnews.com 5-29-14)
Today is Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday. It commemorates the physical ascension of the resurrected Jesus Christ into heaven as recorded in the New Testament:
"And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God" (Luke 24:50-53; compare Mark 16:19).
Although no documentary evidence for the observance of the Feast of the Ascension (as it is also known) exists from prior to the fourth century, it was celebrated almost universally in the Christian church thereafter, along with Good Friday, Easter and Pentecost. St. Augustine attributed its origin to the apostles themselves; plainly its observance had become widespread long before his time.
Ascension Day is traditionally (though not always) celebrated on a Thursday, 40 days after Easter. Its date is derived from the first few verses of the book of Acts, the second part of Luke's account of the formative events of Christianity. Referring to his earlier gospel, Luke writes:
"The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:1-3).
But, after three years of public preaching, what remained to be said? The apostles had been with Jesus almost constantly during that time, walking the long, dusty roads of Palestine, conversing with him. What did Jesus still have to teach them for nearly six weeks between his resurrection and his ascension?
Luke himself tells us virtually nothing about what was done and said during those 40 days. The final chapter of his gospel focuses on Easter Sunday itself. In Acts, Luke says that Jesus taught his apostles "the things pertaining to the kingdom of God," but he doesn't say what they were. A few items are mentioned very briefly in Matthew 28, Mark 16 and John 20-21.
(For an important article on this topic, originally published in the scholarly journal Vigiliae Christianae, and then reprinted by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, see Hugh Nibley, "Evangelium Quadraginta Dierum: The Forty-day Mission of Christ — The Forgotten Heritage."
Did Jesus merely repeat the teachings of his mortal ministry?
Plainly, no. Still unrecognized, walking with two deeply disappointed and distraught disciples on the road to Emmaus, the newly risen Savior saw that they had failed to understand his mission. So, "beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:27).
However, the four gospels contain nothing remotely resembling a systematic exposition of the Old Testament by the Savior. It would be priceless, but we don't have it anywhere.
The plain fact is that only some of the teaching of Jesus is preserved in the New Testament. As the fourth gospel testifies, "there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written" (John 21:25).
The New Testament offers clear hints that other sayings and teachings of the Savior went unrecorded. For instance, Paul exhorts the Saints at Ephesus "to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). However, no such admonition occurs in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Plainly, Paul and his audience were aware of oral traditions or written documents of which we know basically nothing.
"Wherefore," says the Lord in the Book of Mormon, "because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written" (2 Nephi 29:10).
Some Christians insist that the Bible as we now have it is all there ever was and all that we should ever want. It seems, though, that the Bible disagrees.

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Labatt Blue AHL Bubble Hockey Tournament of Champions Dates Announced
February 13, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Springfield Falcons News Release
Springfield, Mass. - The Springfield Falcons announced dates and locations on Wednesday for the 2013 Labatt Blue AHL Bubble Hockey Tournament of Champions.
Bubble hockey players have eight opportunities in the Springfield area this year to qualify for the Team Final, which will be held in two stages at the MassMutual Center on Saturday, Mar. 30 during that evening's Falcons game against the Connecticut Whale. The preliminary Team Final stage will take place on the concourse at the start of the Falcons game, and then the championship contest will occur on the ice during the second intermission. The Team Final champion will move onto the Tournament Finals at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. on Sunday, Apr. 21. Falcons players Jake Hansen and Allen York kicked off the 2013 tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at Pasquale's Restaurant in East Longmeadow.
The 2013 Labatt Blue AHL Bubble Hockey Tournament of Champions winner receives a Super Chexx Bubble Hockey game. Players must be 21 or older to participate.
Below is the Springfield-area tournament schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Pasquale's Restaurant, East Longmeadow
Friday, Feb. 15, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., JT's Sports Pub, Springfield
Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., JT's Sports Pub, Springfield
Thursday, Feb. 21, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Hooters, West Springfield
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Friday, Mar. 1, 9:30 - 11:30 p.m., McCaffrey's Public House, Springfield
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Thursday, Mar. 7, 9:00 - 11:00 p.m., Theodore's, Springfield
Saturday, Mar. 30, 7:00 p.m., Team Finals, MassMutual Center
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The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle For Justice
The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle For Justice
Over the last few years I've been involved in some meaningful Christian-Muslim dialogue. And out of those conversations I have published two well-received books - one was on the 'Bismillah', in the Qur'an, celebrating the grace of God and the other was on 'Isa', reflecting on the grace of God celebrated in the life of Jesus according to the views common to the Qur'an and the Gospels.
Given continued distressing references to 'jihad' in newspaper, radio and tv headlines some of my friends, both Christian and Muslim, suggested I write a book about Jesus and 'jihad' and call it 'The Jihad of Jesus'. It was hoped the provocative title would get a lot of attention, and we could introduce Christians and Muslims to a Qur'anic reconstruction of the concept of 'jihad' in the light of the radical practical nonviolence of Jesus.
I have not written this book as an expert. I am not. I have not written this book as a specialist. I am not. I have simply written this book in conversation with Muslim friends, seeking to find a way we can struggle for love and justice that is true to the best in our faith traditions.
The Jihad of Jesus in Words
The Jihad of Jesus in Words
The recent disturbing events in Paris are the latest in a global series of religiously motivated terrorist acts. In his new book The Jihad of Jesus – the Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice, writer and community worker for TEAR Australia, Dave Andrews, warns of the dangers of 'closed set religion'. He spoke to Roland Ashby from The Melbourne Anglican, December 12 2015.
Dave Andrews experienced first-hand what happens when inter-religious tensions erupt into savage violence when he lived in India in the early '80s. Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh body guards in 1984, Hindus were slaughtering Sikhs in their thousands in retaliation.
"Hearing the screams of a terrified young Sikh family on the roof of their home which was being attacked by an angry Hindu mob intent on murder, I and some neighbours decided to try to prevent them from entering.
"Amidst the chaos and terror we stood at the door with our hands together pleading with them not to hurt the family. The mob screamed and yelled and came closer and we knew that if they had begun to hit us, then it would have ended in us being cut to pieces. But we looked into their eyes, we begged them, we prayed desperately, and they hesitated… before running off in search of others. Then the Army arrived and the mob fled."
This experience is one of the reasons, he explains, why he stands up for Muslims. "I know how quickly things can turn and how the mob mentality can take over; and how we can scapegoat people and end up slaughtering innocent people in the process."
This human capacity and potential for violence, he says, has made him confront his own dark side, and develop a spiritual practice which allows him to be centred and focused in the midst of turmoil.
The heart of this practice, he says, is his own version of the Jesus prayer: "Jesus, Saviour, may I know your love and make it known." "For me, the most important place for that prayer is in the nanosecond between action and reaction, where I try, rather than react and retaliate, to slow down, to create a space between action and reaction and in that place I critically reflect on myself and I pray that prayer."
He repeats it silently during his time of prayer and meditation each morning and evening. "But what's really important is that I learn it by heart and it becomes the prayer of my heart, and I can pray it without thinking, as a way of focusing and centring on the love of God revealed in Jesus.
"So entering that deeper place of love becomes the formative way of shaping the way I engage with the Muslim community and the conflict between Christians and Muslims. This is also to enter a place of humility, and of taking the log out of my own eye before I try to take the speck out of somebody else's."
In explaining his confrontational title for the book The Jihad of Jesus, he writes: "Jesus embodied the original Jihad of non-violent struggle for inspirational personal growth and transformational social change… [He] demonstrates a life of radical non-violent sacrificial compassion as the only way of life that can save us from destroying ourselves and our societies".
He believes understanding the term 'Jihad' is critical for Christian/Muslim dialogue. "My Muslim friends say that the extremists have co-opted the word 'Jihad' and used it as a by-word for terror in a way that's not true to the original understanding of Jihad in the Quranic text. They would say the words Jihad and Jihada are used 35 times in the Quran, and only four times is the word associated with violence. So they'd say the overwhelming emphasis of the idea of Jihad in the text itself affirms a non-violent struggle for justice.
"Where it is associated with violence, it is the sort of violence that in the West would be permitted according to the theory of just war: if, in a struggle for justice you need to use force, you should never be the aggressor, it should only be defensive; then in the conflict you should make sure that you protect other people of other traditions and religions, never destroy their holy places or property. You have to guard against the death of any innocent civilians, never use force to coerce people into conversion and if there's any sign of a willingness to make peace, you make peace, even if you're sceptical about whether people mean it or not because peace is what Allah wants".
When interpreting the Bible or the Quran, Dave says context is crucial. "My Muslim friends would say even more than that; they would say if we are going to interpret the Quran fully and faithfully we need to recognise that every surah in the Quran except one begins with Bismillahir-Rahman ir-Rahim – in the name of God the most merciful and gracious and compassionate. And they say they wouldn't see that as an invocation that they set aside and then do their interpretation; they say we should see that as a hermeneutic for interpretation. So when we invoke the mercy and grace and compassion of God, that should then be the hermeneutic for interpreting the text and any interpretation of the text that does not reflect the mercy and grace and compassion of God is not of God. Now, to me, that is profound as a hermeneutical way of engaging the text and I think it makes all the difference."
In his encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, he believes Jesus showed how to dialogue with people of other faiths.
"I believe that the relationship between Jesus and the Samaritans is analogous to the relationship between Christians and Muslims. I think what's really interesting in Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman is that, first of all, he acknowledges the contribution of the Jews; and I think both Christians and Muslims both need to honour the Jewish tradition that we both derive from.
"The second thing is that then he is really clear that he doesn't operate in the way that the disciples did in wanting to bring down fire on somebody else who is different.
"In the conversation the woman begins by pointing out that they've got very different traditions, but he doesn't enter into a debate about that, he just acknowledges it and he accepts that those distinctions are there. What he affirms in the relationship is the universality, and that the fundamental call is to worship God in spirit and truth, regardless of what your tradition is.
"Then they have a conversation about the Messiah and I think it's very intriguing that he actually, in the context of that conversation, affirms the importance of the Messiah in a way that she can relate to and can embrace, yet he doesn't expect her to change her religion from Samaritan to Jew. In my engagement with my Muslim friends, I want to affirm who Jesus is as the Messiah or Masih – something that's acknowledged by both the Quran and the Gospels. But I do not believe I am being called to convert Muslims to Christianity. I believe I am called as a follower of Jesus simply to witness to Jesus in what I say and do with my Muslim friends".
Jesus' dialogue with the woman is an example of "open set religion" he explains. "Jesus challenged religion as a closed set, which defines itself over against the other, is hard-hearted and has a closed mindset, with hard doctrinal differences competing with one another in a zero sum game.
"Jesus called people from different traditions to respond to the Spirit in an open set way, which is inherently non-violent."
Despite the brutal acts of violence around the world he remains positive about the future. "I am inspired by such Muslims as Muhammad Ashafa and Christians such as James Wuye.
"Muhammad Ashafa was brought up in Nigeria in a very strict, austere Islamic tradition where his family taught him that his role was to aspire to the return of an Islamic Caliphate, and he was very attracted to that. He found himself in conflict with a pastor by the name of James Wuye and they formed militias fighting against each other. They killed one another's families and in one of the conflicts, James Wuye's arm was chopped off. So serious violence. But both of them were converted – not to one another's religion – but to a God of mercy, grace and compassion. So open set rather than closed set. A God who was bigger than their religion, who encouraged them to reach out to one another. They forgave each other. They became friends. They established the Christian-Muslim Peace Centre and now they train teams of Pastors and Imams to go into conflict areas to negotiate peace."
Although Dave was raised as a Baptist, he began attending St Andrew's Anglican Church in South Brisbane after returning from India 30 years ago, and helped to establish a local network of residents called the Waiters' Union, offering friendship and assistance to the most disadvantaged and marginalised in the community – including Aborigines, refugees and people with disabilities.
"We called ourselves the Waiters' Union because we wanted to wait on God and wait on our neighbours. Our main focus is on developing friendships, rather than providing services. We invite people into our homes and visit them in their homes. We picnic and barbeque together. We run support groups for people going through a crisis. We help settle refugees. We advocate for the marginalised.
"We see ourselves as a catalyst for transformation seeking to create community which reflects the radical compassion of God".
Dave Andrews has set himself a formidable task: to build understanding and trust between Muslims and Christians when anti-Islamist sentiment is running high. But if the job is getting him down, it doesn't show as he bowls into the Mado cafe in Auburn, a stone's throw from the Gallipoli Mosque, Sydney's biggest Islamic place of worship.
Andrews, who has been a community worker for more than 40 years, looks the part with his long white hair, unruly beard and Mahatma Gandhi-style glasses.
Muslim friend reacting to Dave Andrews' The Jihad of Jesus
As we pick at a dipping plate of hummus, jajic, beetroot and yoghurt with Turkish bread, Andrews describes how a long involvement with marginalised people in Brisbane led to his work as an interfaith bridge builder. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in September 2001 were a key moment.
"The religious identity of the marginalised people we worked with was never an issue until 9/11," he says. "Then all of a sudden these refugees we had related to as Hazara or Afghans, or whatever, became Muslims and we became Christians. We were confronted with how to bridge this chasm in this new game of identity politics."
Andrews knew he had to engage with this new, religious dimension to his life's work. In the days and months following 9/11 he spent time in mosques in Brisbane listening to the worshippers and praying with them. "I needed to look for Muslim counterparts who I could work with to rebuild some of the bridges that were being blown up. Not only by the terrorists, but by the reports of these events that terrified everyone including me."
Andrews then began organising meetings involving people from many faith traditions – Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Hindus and those with no religious affiliation. The aim was to "get together, to listen to one another and to learn from one another".
Andrews is a devout Christian but has chosen to remain at the fringes of the organised church. In 1999 he published a book called Christi-Anarchy: Discovering a Radical Spirituality of Compassion. It asks how the history of the Christian religion could be littered with every kind of evil when Jesus Christ preached a gospel of love and peace with justice. He advocates a radical, subversive spirituality of compassion. Andrews has sometimes clashed publicly with church leaders including the former Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Peter Hollingworth.
Life as an interfaith bridge builder in Australia can be tough. Andrews tells the story of when he and his friend Nora Amath, a Muslim scholar, were invited to a Sunshine Coast church to speak about how Muslims and Christians could live in harmony. They were met by a group of angry protesters outside the venue.
"There were hundreds of people there waving banners with words like 'Resist Islam', and the police were there to deal with the conflict," Andrews says. "It was terrible to see the way so many Christians express such hate for Muslims in their name of their faith. They were so blinded by their ideology."
Andrews' animated face darkens and his voice quivers as he recounts this experience. "By far the most animosity I face is from Christians," he says.
One outcome from Andrews' experience trying to build religious and cultural understanding is a provocative new book titled The Jihad of Jesus.
In it he draws on the teachings of Muslim scholars to recast jihad as a "sacred non-violent struggle for justice" rather than violent holy war. Andrews argues that the "strong-but-gentle" figure of Christ provides the ideal model for non-violent jihad.
"Jesus should not be seen as a poster boy for Christian's crusading against Muslims but as a messiah who brings Christians and Muslims together for a non-violent struggle for justice," he says. As a plate of steaming shish kebabs arrives at our table, Andrews tells me with a smile about the reaction of one Muslim friend after she read a draft manuscript of The Jihad of Jesus: "Dave, you're going to get shot."
Andrews' struggle for interfaith harmony builds on an extraordinary life of community work.
In a "fit of romantic, unrealistic idealism", he and wife Ange sold their house in Brisbane in the early 1970s, gave the money away and moved to Afghanistan to work with young people, especially travellers. The pair lived through the 1973 coup in Kabul before moving to India where they spent a decade doing community work with drug addicts, slum dwellers and others.
Their first daughter, Evonne, was born while they were living in India and they adopted a second daughter, Navi, a Nepali orphan. Andrews was caught up in the deadly anti-Sikh riots that engulfed New Delhi in 1984 after Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. Amid the mass slaughter, he stood in the doorway of his Sikh neighbour's house and turned away a Hindu lynch mob.
Andrews and his family eventually returned to Brisbane where he founded the "Waiters Union", a community network serving marginalised people especially the disabled, refugees and Aborigines. Andrews has also worked as an educator for the overseas aid agency TEAR Australia for nearly 30 years. It was this involvement that eventually led him to try to build bridges between Muslims and non-Muslims.
"I never thought I'd find myself engaged in this Christian-Muslim dialogue because I didn't relate to Muslims as Muslims, I'd relate to them as friends," he says. "But after 9/11, identity politics came to define them as Muslims and the whole challenge became how do we overcome this chasm of suspicion and reach out to each other."
Andrews says it's a major problem that most Australians don't have any meaningful contact with Muslims because they make up only a little more than 2 per cent of the population.
"All they are going to do is derive their understanding of Muslims from the media which does not accurately represent them," he says. "So it's almost inevitable that people have very twisted and biased views." Andrews has found the best way to overcome the misunderstandings and prejudice is for Muslims and non-Muslims to meet face to face.
"It's only in that interaction that people have the opportunity to have their stereotypes challenged in the face or the humanity of the other," he says.
"We've seen many people change their negative attitude toward Muslims when they have had a face-to-face encounter," he says. "Although there are always some who still hold onto their stereotypes tightly."
As Turkish coffee arrives at our table, I ask Andrews if he's hopeful that greater religious harmony can be achieved.
"People sometimes say to me, 'This is a great dream, Dave, but it's an impossible dream'," he says. "I've got to admit it's really difficult but I won't concede it's impossible. I won't call it the impossible dream, I'll call it the improbable dream. The odds are against us but I still think it's possible. If we have leaders in our community that are genuinely committed to creating a culture of dignity and respect, affirming all people and helping people come together to deal with their problems I think it is possible."
Andrews reels off a list of examples where groups involved in religious conflict have found ways to build peace. "In some places in the world Christians and Muslims have come together in the midst of violence, in the midst of civil war, in the midst of slaughter to support each other and find ways forward," he says.
Andrews was heartened by the "I'll ride with you" campaign, the social media movement showing solidarity with Muslims following December's Martin Place siege. "It was something simple, something practical and a bit of a game changer," he says. "It can happen here when you least expect it."
Life and times:
1951 Born in London but grows up in Queensland, the son of a Baptist minister
1968 "Youth of the Year" for Far North Qld
1972 Marries Ange
1973 sells his family home, gives the money away and moves to Afghanistan to work with the marginalised
1974 moves into a rehab centre with 50 drug addicts in India
1978 begins work with slum communities in New Delhi
1979 adopts an orphaned girl in Nepal
1984 stands in the way of a Hindu lynch mob to save a Sikh family during riots in Delhi
1985 starts work with marginalised people in Brisbane
1999 publishes Christi-Anarchy a book critical of institutional religion
2001 runs dialogues between religious groups to build harmony and co-operation following 9/11
2015 trains Christians and Muslims in non-violent Jihad and publishes The Jihad of Jesus. The sacred non-violent struggle for justice.
The spread of Islamic militarism and the threat posed by Islamic State in the Middle East sparks an endless and circular debate.
Muslims need to acknowledge and loudly condemn the violence being waged in the name of Islam, say Western political leaders, notably Tony Abbott. Islam is a peaceful religion and Islamic State has nothing to do with us, comes the indignant reply from Muslims, who grow ever more weary at being expected to condemn the terrorism they abhor.
It is a polarised conversation that ultimately goes nowhere. To probe deeper — to question the construction of religion and to analyse faith, today and through the ages — is akin to walking through a field of landmines.
Brisbane-based author Dave Andrews is ready for the challenge. The devout Christian has just published a book, provocatively titled The Jihad of Jesus, which asks Muslims and Christians to examine their religion in practice, and to acknowledge the violence that lies at the heart of the construction of religion throughout history.
The atrocities committed in the name of religion are undeniable. They stretch from the Christian holy wars that began towards the end of the Roman Empire, and continue through history right up to the present-day threat of Islamic extremism. But there is a process of minimisation at play that must be acknowledged, Andrews argues. It's an almost unconscious discounting, or a shifting of emphasis, that seeks to justify or underplay the violence that has been waged during holy wars for centuries.
"This brings us face to face with the life and death question, at the very heart of the matter, that we desperately need to answer," Andrews says in his book, launched this week.
"Are the atrocities that are done in the name of Christianity or Islam true indicators of the nature of Christianity or Islam, or not?
"If the answer to this question is that these atrocities are not a true indicator but mere aberrations, then we have nothing to fear from the continued expansion of Christianity or Islam. But if the answer to this question is, as I suspect, that these cruelties are true indicators — and inevitable consequences — of the way we have constructed our religions, then we have everything to fear from Christianity or Islam in the coming millennium."
It is a thesis that cuts to the heart of the present debate raging around the extent to which Islam must confront the extremism waged in its name. But for Andrews, who has lived years of his adult life in the Middle East and South Asia, responsibility cuts both ways. Holy wars were being waged by Christians for centuries before the present flashpoint in religious warfare in Iraq and Syria, and overall, he concludes, "in the conflicts between Christians and Muslims, there have been more devastating wars among Christian states fighting each other than between Christian and Muslim states; and predominantly Christian states have killed more Jews and Muslims than predominantly Muslim states have killed Christians or Jews."
It is a macabre balance sheet, but it's all part of a process of introspection that Andrews says is critical if there is to be a lasting peace, in which Christians and Muslims can join together in a non-violent struggle for justice.
The author's determination to broker peace began at home in the suburbs of Brisbane in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US in 2001. Andrews had lived for many years in Afghanistan during the 1970s and 80s and on his return to Australia he undertook voluntary work helping to settle Afghan refugees here. He had a large number of Muslim friends. Andrews was appalled by the scale of the 9/11 atrocity but was also deeply disturbed by the political response that culminated in the invasion of Iraq.
"I never expected that we'd need to engage in this dialogue across such a chasm of division and suspicion," Andrews tells The Australian. "After 9/11 we were defined as against each other, as Christians and Muslims, and then the major challenge was to build bridges across the chasm."
When Andrews first sought out Nora Amath, a Muslim woman active in the organisation Australian Muslim Advocates for the Rights of All Humanity, the graduate of a sociology doctorate was burned out. She assumed that like so many other devout Christians who used interfaith dialogue as a smokescreen to recruit Muslims to their own cause, Andrews was just another evangelist Christian.
"From about 2002 until about 2007 I was doing, I guess, what you'd almost call a one-woman campaign to go out there, meet people and confront prejudice," Amath says.
"I just decided I'm going to put myself out there and answer any questions. But by 2007 I was pretty jarred by the whole experience. There were some wonderful moments of understanding and openness and grace from people, but at the same time there were quite a lot of incidents of bigotry that I just couldn't break down. I said, 'I can't keep doing this.' It was just really taking a toll on me.
"It was very frustrating being constantly expected to condemn terrorism. These people don't represent me, why did I have to condemn something that I'm not really a part of? It's exhausting. And I just decided I wasn't going to do any more. I was just so disillusioned, really, by the whole process."
So Amath initially rebuffed Andrews, who was keen to develop relationships with Muslims as part of his quest to establish a common ethic among religious traditions that could be used to counter violence waged in the name of God, or Allah.
"Some of my worst experiences of bigotry came from Christians who simply wanted to bash Islam, have a debate, and then convert me to Christianity," Amath says. "I just thought, this is just going to be another evangelist. I really wasn't interested."
Eventually, Amath relented and met Andrews, and so began a series of conversations that have culminated in The Jihad of Jesus. "Reading The Jihad of Jesus was like walking down memory lane," Amath writes in her preface to the book. "Dave embodies that 'Australian soul' which will better facilitate harmonious coexistence and understanding in our multi-religious, multicultural society."
Andrews's thesis is built on a concept of jihad that can be embraced by Muslims and Christians, jointly committed to a "radical, practical, non-violent struggle" to defeat extremism. "At the moment jihad is a byword for terror," Andrews says. "So when people think of jihad they think of atrocities.
"But if you go back to the Koran, the word jihad is not the word for war. The word for war in the Koran is qital. The word jihad actually means struggle. The overwhelming emphasis of the word jihad in the Koran is non-violence. If you take that as a Koranic framework for jihad it just shows that everything that most of these jihadists are involved with is totally unacceptable in Koranic terms.
"So rather than taking the anti-jihad stand, which won't succeed because jihad is such an important view in the Koran, we're saying let's reclaim it from the extremists, reframe it as a nonviolent struggle for justice; and if both Christians and Muslims believe Jesus is the Mesih or the Messiah, which they do, let's look at Jesus as a role model for non-violent jihad and see whether, in fact, rather than see Jesus as a poster boy to legitimate crusading against Muslims, we see Jesus as a Messiah who can bring Muslims and Christians together, to work together non-violently."
But achieving common ground it is not as simple as condemning violence, Andrews says.
It involves a critical reflection of the way religions have been constructed.
In 1978, a professor of anthropology based at Fuller Theological Seminary in California, Paul Hiebert, raised the alarm at the dangerous implications of what he defined as "bounded set" religion in an essay, Conversion, Culture and Cognitive Categories . Fixed ideas of orthodoxy or behaviour define religion via boundaries that theologian Robert Brinsmead has said draw "lines of demarcation through the human race".
"I think in order to understand the violence of religion we have to understand that it's a way of defining religion as a closed set, where you've got people who are in the right, people who are in the wrong," Andrews says.
"Therefore the people who believe they are right feel they have the responsibility to impose their views on others non-violently, or if necessary, violently.
"And you can see examples of Christians and Muslims who operate like that. However, there is, within both traditions, an open-set mindset that doesn't think that it's got a monopoly on God, or a franchise on the truth, and includes the other in a way that is empathic and respectful and doesn't lead to violence but instead leads to non-violent resolution of conflicts."
There is much common ground in the Abrahamic faiths, Amath says. "I remember I was at a speaking engagement with Dave and somebody asked me about Jesus, and if I believed in Jesus," she says. "I said emphatically yes, of course, as Muslims we have to believe in Jesus. He is one of the revered prophets, and in fact he is mentioned more times in the Koran than Mohamed is mentioned. And so he does play a pivotal role in the basis of Islam.
"And so as Muslims, it's obligatory for us to believe in him, to believe in his life. We have the same understanding of the immaculate conception of Jesus from the Lady Mary, and in fact the Lady Mary has a passage devoted to her. And so these are two very revered figures in Islamic history. And so of course Muslims need to believe in Jesus, that's part of their creed.
"However, I would say probably in the past three years, through my conversations with Dave, I realised I really didn't know enough about Jesus.
"And so over these years I've learnt more and more, and as a practising Muslim I can now say yes, Jesus is an embodiment of non-violent struggle, and that's an example I can follow."
Andrews and Amath are hopeful that conversations across faiths can unfold throughout the community in the same way their own friendship has evolved. But the challenge of navigating such terrain is difficult amid a highly charged political environment.
"There's a thousand years of conflict between our communities," Andrews says. "So you've got this strong paranoia and this great underlying fear of one another that has erupted again since 9/11 in explicit and graphic and catastrophic ways. We have this incredible fear of one another, and it's trying to reach out to the other that we are frightened of. That is the challenge."
'This book is awesome!
If your group is looking for a book to study, this is the one!
It's language is accessible, the length and format digestible, and each historical citations entreats you to find out more. All this, combined with the invitation to examine our own psychology, congealed mental paradigms, and social relationship to power, politics and religion make this a critical read for anyone hoping to do coherent Muslim-Christian interfaith organizing for effective and profound nonviolent social change in the coming years.
This book came out of years of intentional conversation with his neighbours; it has brought me closer to mine.'
'I can think of no book ever written anywhere - popular or scholarly - that so effectively does three things: 1) Recounts the dark side of both Christianity and Islam, 2) Explores the positive potential for peace in Christianity and Islam, and 3) Shows how the teachings of the Christian savior and Muslim prophet Jesus can make a difference in today's world.
I wish we could buy a copy of this book for every Christian and Muslim young person in the world - not to mention their parents and grandparents.'
I turned on the television the other day to hear a Christian American say: "Our enemy is Islam and our enemies are Muslims!" Disturbed by his tone, I shifted to my computer, where I opened the Internet only to see an equally alarming message from a British Muslim: "Islam must crush Christianity, the false religion!" These men are from different religions, but their motives are strikingly similar: oppress those who do not think as they do; use violence, if necessary, to put down other faith groups; and never consider the beliefs and practices of other religious communities to be valid or useful to society. Needed now more than ever is a new manual for Christian-Muslim relations which does not resort to name-calling, exclusion, and violence.
"The Jihad of Jesus: The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice" (Wipf & Stock, 2015) is a compelling new book which calls on Christians and Muslims to embrace the peaceful example of Jesus and unite in a strong yet nonviolent movement to counter bigotry and violence. Dave Andrews, the author, is a peace activist, community organizer, theologian, and facilitator of harmonious coexistence among human beings. He is a Christian in the purest sense. Andrews believes "all people are loved, equally, by God, regardless of color, class, caste, or creed." It is this egalitarian spirit which oozes out of the "The Jihad of Jesus."
While Andrews acknowledges the theological differences between Christians and Muslims, he intentionally tries to "focus on those beliefs about [Christ] that Christians and Muslims have in common as the place for [them] to start [their] conversations." Andrews sees "'common ground' not as suspect compromise, but as 'sacred ground' on which [they] can stand and speak to one another." The common ground on which he wants Christians and Muslims to meet is one based on justice, love, and peace. He requests that Christians move away from their arrogance and aggression and Muslims to embody the compassionate and merciful spirit of Islam as exhibited in thebismillah, the Arabic phrase meaning "In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate." Andrews posits that Christians and Muslims must reflect the kindness and humility of Christ, who they should follow "with every beat of [their] hearts, through every vein in [their] head, and [their] hands, and [their] feet."
"The Jihad of Jesus" is anchored in the theory that Christians and Muslims erect impenetrable boundaries around their communities in order to exclude people who they perceive as being different from their co-religionists. Andrews argues that by constructing these barriers, Christians and Muslims show symptoms of hatred and fear. This kind of "closed perspective" towards religion, he claims, is harmful because narrow-minded people tend to be dogmatic, judgmental, and intolerant of dissent. Andrews challenges "religious fundamentalists" to open their hearts and minds and turn away from their "unchanging and unchangeable" ideologies, which leave no room for diversity, disagreement, and interfaith encounters.
Following the example of Jesus, Andrews prefers an "open perspective" towards Christian-Muslim relations because it replaces cold-heartedness and hard-headedness with warmth and compassion. According to him, the "open perspective" fosters inspirational personal growth and transformational social change by opening people up to positive elements of other religious traditions. In doing so, Christians and Muslims leave behind the "ideology of religious supremacy," and acknowledge the "mercy of God," which clears the way for Christians and Muslims to heed Jesus' call of tearing up prejudices and trashing stereotypes of others.
Upon finishing "The Jihad of Jesus," I realized how important it is for Christians and Muslims to continue building bridges of understanding and goodwill. Andrews makes an excellent point:
... it is absolutely vital for the future welfare of the human family that [Christians and Muslims] examine [their] frequent utter disregard for human rights, diabolical persecution of unorthodox traditions and heterodox religions, and total destruction of "infidels" in genocidal "Holy Wars" waged in the name of our "great God."
Here Andrews offers practical and spiritual guidance by reminding Christians and Muslims to engage in the ever-important process of self-reflection. The time is ripe for Christians and Muslims to find their "inner-Jesus" and accept the call of non-violent revolution. As Christians and Muslims continue to encounter each other in the future, it is crucial for them to remember that God does not favor any particular group of people simply because they call themselves "Christians" or "Muslims." All of us need to move away from the idea of our religious tradition having a monopoly on the truth. This is one of the key messages of Andrews' philosophy.
"The Jihad of Jesus" will inspire you to work alongside your Christian and Muslim brothers and sisters in the struggle for mutual understanding and genuine peace.
After all, this is our shared jihad.
'The Jihad of Jesus is a manual for waging jihad. And make no mistake; Dave Andrews wants you to wage jihad. Not the violent jihad of extremists; but a 'strong yet gentle nonviolent struggle'.
Dave's model for this is Jesus: the jihad of Jesus. Drawing on the teachings of both Christian and Muslim scholars and faith examples from both traditions he presents Jesus as the supreme example of jihad. This is challenging stuff. Dave does not shy away from the litany of horror perpetrated in religions name. But just as you want to turn away and scream 'enough!' Dave leads the reader towards a deeply compassionate and nonviolent reading of jihad, teachings which are found in the Qur'an as well as the Bible.
This is a book that proceeds with that rare combination of care and urgency. With Jesus as his guide Dave argues that the meaning of jihad is to transform ourselves into living examples of love and to fight injustice with the tools of nonviolent action. This is the jihad that threatens tyrants and empires of all stripes. This is the jihad we need.'
'I have been involved in interfaith work for eighteen years now, and one thing I have learnt along this journey is that, in order to build genuine coexistence, inter-faith must go beyond merely speaking politely to one another or simply leaning about one another's faith - it must involve compassion. Compassion is a "higher conscious-ness" humanising the "other". It is truly wanting for our brothers and sisters what we would want for ourselves.
'My good friend, Dave, embodies that "Australian soul" which will better facilitate harmonious coexistence and understanding in our multi-religious, multi-cultural society. Reading The Jihad Of Jesus was like walking down memory lane – seven years of patchwork discussions were woven seamlessly together into this beautiful manuscript. I found it a thoroughly-engaging, thought-provoking, well-researched, critical-but-balanced, fair-yet-courageous piece of work.'
"Jihad is a much abused term but most Muslims know that the greater Jihad is not to use force but to use what Gandhi called 'Soul force' to resist temptation and evil. In The Jihad of Jesus, Dave Andrews gives us some important and tested observations on the sources of violence and both the reason and the means for resistance, and he does so by drawing on the wisdom of both Muslim and Christian scholarship and experience. Dave Andrews books come from the heart but also from open and hard-working hands: from his own experiments in compassionate resistance to the violence of this age. For purposeful interfaith engagement with the world as it is I very much recommend this book."
"This book pulls no punches. It explains clearly some of the difficult history of violence carried out in the name of Christianity and Islam throughout the centuries. It should be read by all those who want to dedicate themselves to the path of peace."
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If so, ignore the fake alert and do not pay. Then, immediately follow the instructions step by step below in the removal guide part to get rid of it.
The United States Courts ransomware is very tricky and more sophisticated for its scam compared with the pervious ransomware infections like the police themed ransomwre Trojan Reveton. Below we take the reveton Trojan related infection as an instance.
When one gets sight of such a scaring Reveton Trojan-related lock screen may intuitively to be panic and search his memory for what website or content could possibly have triggered this. Or the victim might be to pay up either because he has looked at adult content recently or whether he has or hasn't, are emotional distress or cause issues in a relationship is exactly what the cyber criminals want as they hope to the victim over a barrel.
Furthermore, the United States Courts virus comes as even more sophisticated these days as it presents itself to be more formal and seemingly authentic by displaying your IP address, taking picture of you and placing the specific case NO and the associate law clauses. However, the truth is that it uses free online services to identity your IP address, and makes up that case NO, or even hack into your computer to turn on your web cam and take a picture of you. As viewed from this, it is no wonder that so many victims have surrendered to pay the ransomware in order to unlock the computer. But the actuality is that there is no guarantee that the infected computer system will be unlocked after you pay.
So your best bet is to follow below removal instructions to remove the ransomware uponsight. Alternatively, call your antivirus program's customer help to figure the infection out and fix the problem.
Wide Spread Ransomware Infections:
FBI Moneypak virus, Department of Justice Moneypak virus, FBI CyberCrime Division virus, Your Computer Has Been Blocked virus, Relodit virus, ICE Cyber Crime Center Moneypak virus, United States Courts virus, FBI "System Failure" virus, International Cyber Security Protection Alliance virus, Spamhaus Moneypak virus, Joint Chiefs of Staff Moneypak virus, Moneygram virus, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section CCIPS virus, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Moneypak virus, FBI Cybercrime Division ICSPA virus, AFP Ukash virus, etc.
Deny Flash
Most ransomware exploits Java or flash vulnerabilities to load the malicious code. In some cases denying or disabling flash on your system may suspend the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Moneypak virus and enable the user to navigate through the infected system. If this not a necessity for removal, skip to the removal options below these steps. If any questions in the process, just feel free to contact us for timely help via email below.
To disable (deny) flash
2. Select the "Deny" radio option
3. Proceed to a removal option (detailed below).
How Did the United States Courts Ransomware Find Its Way onto Computers?
As stated above that the United States Courts virus can be installed without your knowledge and consent when you visited a compromised website, or opened a suspicious link, or opened a spam email. Often such ransomware Trojan exploits system vulnerabilities to attack the computer and is distributed via drive-by-download payload. So to avoid being infected, you are highly recommended to timely update the system patches and avail enough computer protection.
How to Remove "Your computer has been blocked" by United States Courts Scam (Ransomware Removal Guide)
Note! This tutorial applies to the removal of all Ukash, MoneyPak, Safecard and CashU ransomware infections.
Piror to the removal guide, you have two removal options depending on your specific situation. There are mainly two scenarios that you may come up with this ransomware infection: one is that you can reboot your computer to safe mode for troubleshooting after being infected and the other is that you can not. In the case of safe mode running, you can just restore your computer to an earlier time and date to recover a healthy system while in the case of sae mode running disabled, you have to try the final solution using the Rescue Disk to repair the infected OS if you really don't want to reinstall the OS.
Let face it directly: ransomware is a devastating computer virus and so the removal requires your patience and certain computer skills. If you have any trouble in the removal, feel free to contact us.
Now, please try rebooting your computer to safe mode by going through the step 1 of the removal option 1. If the safe mode is disabled, please switch to the removal option 2. Good luck and be safe online.
Removal Option 1-Safe Mode with Command Prompt Restore
Step 1> Launch your PC into Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
Unplug the Internet cable and restart your infected computer. During the start, repeatedly press F8 key till the Advanced Windows Options Menu shows up and then use the arrow key on the keyboard to highlight the Safe Mode with Command Prompt option and then press Enter. See detailed instructions on how to boot Windows to Safe Mode
Note: make sure you login your computer with administrative privileges. (login as admin)
Please switch to removal option 2 if you still can not boot your computer to safe mode after doing as instructed here.
Step 2> Type explorer to access
Once the Command Prompt window appears you only have few seconds to type "explorer" and hit Enter. If you fail to do so within 2-3 seconds, the ransomware virus will not allow you to type anymore.
Step >3 Once Windows Explorer shows up browse to:
- Win XP: C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press Enter
- Win Vista/7: C:\windows\system32\rstrui.exe and press Enter
Step 4> Restore
Follow all steps to restore or recover your computer system to an earlier time and date (restore point), before infection. (2 weeks piror to the appearance of the lock screen would be enough as a time and date of safety. )
Step 5> Restart
Restart your computer to normal mode to check whether the ransomware is clean.
And it is important that at the moment you can use your installed antivirus or the recommended antimalware to do a full scan on your infected computer so to make sure the system is clean from any potantial infections else.
Recommended: you can now plug in the Internet cable again to connect to the Internet and then use the recommended antimalware Anvi Smart Defender (direct download: www.dotfab.com/download_asd.html) to scan your computer and enhance your computer protection.
Anvi Smart Defender is developed to provide you with all-round positive guard solutions, including malicious/phishing websites filter, ads blocker and real-time web guard to secure your online surfing meanwhile it offers effective malware detect and remove with real-timely updated database online. Learn more..on malware removal and prevent solutions using Anvi Smart Defender
Removal Option 2-Remove the Ransomware using Anvi Rescue Disk
In most cases of computer infected by ransomware, your PC would be totally blocked from any operation, including safe mode runing. Then, you can use the Anvi Rescue Disk to fix the issue together with the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender. Some patience and time is needed for this removal emthod. If any question in the process, please feel free to send your email below to our online Technical Support for timely help.
Below is a video of ransomware removal using Anvi Rescue Disk for your reference.
Step 1> Download the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image file
Download the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image file Rescue.iso and the USB disk production tool BootUsb.exe from Anvisoft official site. (Both are packaged in the file offered to download below.)
Direct download link: http://www.anvisoft.com/software/rsd/
Please kindly note that Rescue.iso is a large file to download; please be patient while it downloads.
Step 2> Record the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to USB drive.
You can also record the iso image to a CD/DVD. We will introduce the steps to record iso image to a CD/DVD in following guide.
To record the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to USB drive:
1. Firstly find a clean computer with correct internet connection and then connect your USB driver to the clean computer. You'd better backup your important data and format your USB drive before using it to record the iso image.
2. Locate your download folder and double-click on BootUsb.exe to start it. And then click "Choose File" button to browser into your download folder and select Rescue.iso file as your source file.
3. Select the path of USB drive, such as Drive H:
4. Click "Start Burning" to start the burn of USB Rescue Disk boot drive.
5.Please close BootUsb.exe tool after you successfully burn the file to the USB drive when you get the following message.
Now, you have bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.
——Alternative Option
You can also record Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to a DV/DVD. Any CD/DVD record software is fine for burn iso image. If you don't have any, you can download and install Nero Burning ROM and ImgBurn. Here we will use Nero Burning ROM for demonstration purpose.
Please open and start Nero Burning ROM and select Burn Image from the drop-down menu of the Recorder.
1. Locate your download folder and select Rescue.iso file as your source file and then click Open button.
2. Click Burn button to start record the iso image. After a few minutes, you will have a bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.
Step 3> Configure your infected computer to boot from the USB drive/DV/DVD
Restart your infected computer and configure it to boot from USB drive/DV/DVD that recorded Anvi Rescue Disk.
Basically , you can use F8 to load USB boot menu.
For different motherboard, you may need to use the Delete or F2, F11 keys, to load the BIOS menu. Normally, the information on how to enter the BIOS menu is displayed on the screen at the start of the OS boot.
The keys F1, F8, F10, F12 might be used for some motherboards, as well as the following key combinations:
- • Ctrl+Esc
- • Ctrl+Ins
- • Ctrl+Alt
- • Ctrl+Alt+Esc
- • Ctrl+Alt+Enter
- • Ctrl+Alt+Del
- • Ctrl+Alt+Ins
- • Ctrl+Alt+S
If you can enter Boot Menu directly then simply select your CD/DVD-ROM as your 1st boot device.
If you can't enter Boot Menu directly then simply use Delete key to enter BIOS menu. Select Boot from the main BIOS menu and then select Boot Device Priority. After that, set USB drive or CD/DVD-ROM as your 1st Boot Device. Save changes and exist BIOS menu.
Step> 4 Boot your computer from Anvi Rescue Disk.
After that let's boot your computer from Anvi Rescue Disk.
1. Restart your computer. After restart, a message will appear on the screen: press any key to enter the menu. So, press Enter or any other key to load the Anvi Rescue Disk
2. please selected your preferred language and press Enter to continue.
Step> 5 Run the Anvi Rescue Disk to scan and repair.
1. Now you are in the mini Operating system, please double-click Rescue tool to start Anvi Rescue disk.
Important note: make sure that your computer is connected to network connection before you run a scan on your computer. If you fail to connect your computer to Internet, please check the tutorial on network configuration in this article: Network Troubleshooting Tips for Ransomware Removal Using Anvi Rescue Disk
2. Please run a full scan by clicking the "Scan Computer" button in the middle of the program to detect and kill the PC lockup virus.
3. Clicking "Fix Now" to Remove the detected threats detected by Anvi Rescue Disk.
4. Switch to Repair tab. Scan and fix the registry error with the "Repair" module of Anvi Rescue Disk.
Important Notice: You must repair the registry error after kill the virus. Otherwise, you would be disabled to boot your Windows without fixing registry damaged by the virus.
Step>6 Download Anvi Smart Defender antimalware to ensure a clean computer.
After the repair, your computer should be clean and resuced from the evil claw of the ransomware infection. However, many professionally crafted ransomware variants have evolved to be very persistant, that is to say, harder to remove, so you are highly recommended to download the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender by clicking Yes button on the prompted window to fulfill the download.
After the download, please restart your computer to normal Windows mode and then go to the folder: C:\Users\[username]\Downloads
Find the downloaded file asdsetup.exe and double click its file to install it and then start it to perform a full scan on your computer sytem, in order to ensure the computer is clean from any associated infections or leftovers.
After the scan, remove any detected infections and then you can have a clean computer now.
Recommended step:
To return a smooth running computer system after the virus removal, you are highly recommended to use a system optimizer like Cloud System Booster to fully boost your computer performance by throwing out junk files, fixing registry errors, optimizing system services and cleanning application files. You can directly download the Cloud System Booster with convenience here: www.dotfab.com/download_csb.html
You can either download the free version or upgrade it to paid version for basic system maintenance use and upgraded system optimizing efficiency.
How to Proptect Your Computer from United States Courts Ransomware Infection and Similar Attack
1. Timely install system securith patches released by Microsoft.
As mentioned above that most ransomware trojans seek their ways onto computer for scams by exploiting system vunlerabilities. Therefore to prevent such kind of infections, you are supposed to timely install pack of system patches released by Microsoft.
2. Enhance your computer security using an antimalware program
Also you are highly advised to avail enough computer protection solutions with antivirus, antimalware programs. Anvi Smart Defender would be a nice choice that coworks with your installed antivirus to enhance your online protection.
3. Be very careful when suring online.
There are various risks of scams online, so you should be very careful when you are visiting webpages. Stay away from those malicious websites, often with exceeding ads or embarrasing contents, and phishing sites. Then how? Here we offer you an ad blocker-Anvi AD Blocker, which is developed to block annoying yet risky pop up ads, flash ads and malicious websites, phishing sites and even your unwanted websites.
A screenshot of Anvi AD Blocker
Please note that Anvi AD Blocker offers you only free trial use for 15 days. You can buy it now (price: $ 9.98 for 1year/PC) or you can use it for free in the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender professional version( price: $24.98 1year/PC) by upgrading the installed Anvi Smart Defender to pro version now.
Regardless of all, you are supposed to turn on security features of the Internet browser when you are browsing online. See detailed instructions to turn on Security Features of IE, Firefox and Google Chrome.
Good luck and be safe online. For any question related to our recommended software or malware removal, feel free to email us below.


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The reason of bribery is to
The reason of bribery is to be entitled to more rapid service in 40% according to your records. However you should think over the quality of the services required. Many times the speed leads to a better qualified officials what means you may save time and a lot of money for your business by paying bribery. Think over the costs of a jurisdiction procedure. The lack of expertise, misleading information from govermental officials may be the reason why some businessmen decide to pay for a better service. You must know that I am not the supporter of the bribery. I just try to be realistic.


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Mariah Carey's clothes fall off
Pop beauty Mariah Carey accidentally flashed her breasts at stunned fans during a TV show in Germany when her dress fell apart.
The honey star, who experienced a moment reminiscent of JANET JACKSON's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" last year (04), was saved from further shame when floor managers cut the lights to allow the singer to recover her dignity - and clothes - in obscurity, according to MTV news.
But the red-faced superstar saw the funny side, quipping, "Someone bring me a jacket or the show's off, we all know how quickly these images can spread around the world."
Carey dashed backstage in the dark clutching her clothes in place before reappearing looking perfect, and bravely continuing with the show.


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Out chasing motorcycles yesterday
both fine images. like the movement in the first. shame about the orange vest.
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Better to be seen than hit, though.
Seeing the picture starts the process
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The orange vest has "Marshal" written on the back. I had one on as well. They are a pain in the a^*e because they restrict air flow through the jacket vents even though they look like they have plenty of holes in the fabric.
The rider in other photo is a participant he has an armband on his right arm. The colour denotes which group he was in.
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Incrementally launched? Does that mean they opened a section at a time, so the train could go to the end of the newest section, stop, and the passengers walk to the other side on planks? Gives walking the plank an new meaning... cleaver Mr. Dread Pirate Roberts.
I recommend you watch this funky little time lapse video showing how the whole incremental launch thing went shot from the southern abutment.
I've not offered the contractor any of my shots. I did occasionally shoot the project for my department though but I was on the clock at the time so felt it legitimate to give them the images. Any shots taken in my own time (the creative shots basically) I kept to myself.
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Pressing the shutter is the start of the process - Joe McNally ... Buying the body is the start of the process - Dread Pirate
Dread. Did you forget something? Maybe an attachment? i.e. The funky time-lapse video.
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Ha! See, I can change...
Down by the river today on my usual walk and had this opportunity to catch a number of gull's on the ice and in the air. They were giving me airshow passes showing off.
Ice is mostly gone although a couple of slabs stranded on the shoreline show how deep it had gotten during this winter.
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Great shots Falcon. Different type of gull than we have here.
Here is a shot of your winter vegetable garden. i.e. Salinas Valley (Mount Toro in the background). Steinbeck country. Of Mice And Men, Grapes Of Wrath, East Of Eden.
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Dread, Here is our equivalent to your magnificent trestle. I have a feeling that it took a little less time. Even back in 1927. This Southern Pacific line is no longer active.
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Potter County Precinct 1 Constable Todd Page was found dead in his garage Monday afternoon, Potter County Justice of the Peace Debbie Horn said. Page was 40 years old.
Amarillo police responded to a sick call shortly after noon at 2800 Bowie St., Cpl. Jerry Neufeld. When officers arrived, they found Page sitting in a chair, and he was not breathing and appeared to be dead, Neufeld said.
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Thanksgiving is more low-key since cadets go on leave for the holiday. Many cadets are able to go home to see their families, but unfortunately, the limited time makes that impossible for others. The wardroom serves a Thanksgiving meal for those who are staying at the Academy for some reason, perhaps not enough time to travel far distances or for sports. Since I wasn't able to go home my 4/c and 3/c year, I celebrated Thanksgiving with my sponsor family – they were gracious enough to let me stay with them for the entire leave period, and even eat all of their mashed potatoes. This year, I am absolutely thrilled to be going to home for the first time, as I qualified for extra time off to recruit potential cadets in my home state of Nebraska! The Admissions office gives some cadets permission to miss a couple days of classes prior to Thanksgiving leave as long as they visit high schools to talk about the Academy and try to get students interested. I can't wait to see my family again, and for even more time than in a usual school year!
Christmastime at the Academy offers the chance to decorate for the weeks before finals and leave. Just as long as you don't wreck anything, you can come up with all sorts of creative ways to brighten up your room! Last year, my roommate and I went crazy covering the walls with wrapping paper and creating a winter wonderland on the deck! It was quite festive, if I do say so myself! There are also some fun events on base; my favorite is the Lessons and Carols service. The Glee Club performs several Christmas songs at the chapel, with each song accompanied by a reading from the Bible. The lights are dimmed, and the whole congregation holds candles – and what a congregation it is, I might add! It is so wonderful to see the pews filled with so many people; it brings a new feeling of life to the quiet chapel!
In the spring semester, cadets are given a weekend off to celebrate Easter in whatever way they choose. Again, I'm not able to go home for this weekend, but I have been blessed with loving families that let me join them for that holiday! My 4/c year, a couple from the Officers' Christian Fellowship took me with them to their church, which is an Episcopalian church just like mine at home. I've since been back to that church as much as possible. It is so much like the one I grew up in back in Nebraska; my first Academy Easter was made all the more special for God introducing me to a friendly congregation and a service so familiar! Last year, as a 3/c, I went with one of my best friends, Sulli, to New York City (one of my favorite places!) and spent the time with her mother and friends. We saw a show on Broadway, visited the 9/11 memorial, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, and simply enjoyed the sights of the city. I don't know what I would do without people like Sulli and her mother sharing their holiday with me!
Please don't assume from this entry that it's not hard being away from my family during these important days; I always miss them the most when celebrations roll around. But, I've found that there are plenty of people and things to help make my holidays special in a different way while I go through life here. I'm very thankful for those blessings, and they help keep me going and allow me to enjoy my time here. That being said, the best holidays are undoubtedly the ones with my family in the land of corn and cows.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to find some accessories for my Halloween costume – time to search "flapper headband" on Amazon…
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