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By Robert Urbanek
Did I save Barack Obama's life?
Here's the thing about the future. Every time you look at it, it changes because you looked at it, and that changes everything else. — Nicholas Cage as Chris Johnson, Next
I may have saved Barack Obama from being killed in 2008.
In June 2008 I became convinced I had discovered an example of assassination synchronicity. A deadly rhyme and reason could be found in the name of Barack Hussein Obama. Barack would die in Iraq. Friends of Osama would kill Obama. America took down Iraq's Hussein; Iraqis would take down America's Hussein.
The synchronicity in Obama's name was reinforced by an aura of death surrounding the candidate. In May, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was addressing a National Rifle Association convention when he was interrupted by a loud backstage thump. Huckabee said, "That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair and someone pointed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."
Hillary Clinton had repeatedly mentioned the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 as the type of unforeseen circumstance that justified her staying in the primary campaign despite the long odds against her. I thought Hillary's lie about snipers in Bosnia might return as prophecy: Obama could be killed by ground fire as his plane landed at an air base in Iraq.
The prospect of a flight-related death was reinforced on July 7 when Obama's plane, on a flight from Chicago to Charlotte, North Carolina, was detoured to St. Louis after the pilot reported problems controlling the pitch of the plane. (On August 15, it was revealed that the unscheduled landing was a more serious "emergency landing" and the control problem was apparently caused by an emergency passenger slide inflating at the rear of the plane.)
In June and July, I placed articles predicting the assassination of Obama on the home page of my website. I also sent out press releases on the subject to 15 daily newspapers, two alternative newspapers, two New Age/paranormal websites and one magazine. I did not send any release to the Obama campaign as I feared any communication about death would bring an unwanted visit by the Secret Service.
I had on the website also envisioned a detailed scenario of how Obama's death would create the perfect storm of political chaos. McCain would be hounded out of the race for pushing Obama into a death trap by insisting Obama needed to visit Iraq. At the Democratic Convention, Obama supporters would shun Hillary for hovering like a vulture over the doomed candidate. Both parties would try to assuage black rage by putting African-Americans on their tickets. I could see a Democratic ticket of Joe Biden as President and Michelle Obama as Vice President facing a Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Condoleezza Rice.
A victory by Romney would have been especially ironic. Mitt's father, George Romney, was president of American Motors, a company that eventually failed and was sold to Chrysler. Mitt Romney could be President of the United States of America, a country that would fail and be sold out to China.
As Barack's trip to Iraq drew near, more omens seemed to appear. A Wall Street Journal editorial of July 18 questioning Obama's core principles asked, "What would Obama die for?" and a CNN special on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. aired in my area on July 19.
On Monday, July 20, Obama began his successful and safe trip in Iraq. He arrived by plane at Baghdad International Airport and toured the city by helicopter. No radical changes in security seemed apparent. Had I been a complete fool? Or was it possible that my publicity on the subject had somehow found its way to the Obama campaign, the Secret Service and the Pentagon, resulting in some slight shift in travel plans that by a few minutes or a few miles put Obama out of reach of insurgents or terrorists armed with surface-to-air missiles or other deadly armaments?
Goddess of the gas tank Evidence that I had indeed changed history came in a dream I had in the early hours of July 20. In the dream, a woman in a large RV drove off from a gas station without removing the gas nozzle from her tank. The nozzle and hose flew off from the RV and gasoline spilled out of the hose as it hit the concrete. The fuel caught fire and spread to my car, which still had a gas hose attached to its tank. I was standing about 20 feet behind my car. My vehicle exploded into flames and I fled the scene.
My car in the dream was white, one of two white cars I have owned, a Ford Falcon and Toyota Tercel (a tercel is a male falcon). The falcon is a symbol of the Egyptian sun-god Re. As readers know, I am an incarnation of Re and, several years ago, summoned my daughter Sekhmet, the lioness goddess, to devour the wicked and disobedient.
In the dream, the driver of the RV was likely Sekhmet, who came to the station to be refueled with human sacrifice. The death of Barack Obama would certainly have filled her tank. By bringing my own vehicle to fill up at the station, I was tapping into her energy source. By saving Obama, I was cutting off her source of energy. Seeing me there, Sekhmet, either in alarm or anger, sped off from the station, causing the fire that immolated my falcon.
Sekhmet certainly had reason to be upset and confused. If I expect her to create havoc, I should not place obstacles in her path by publicly predicting her every move.
Since my falcon was destroyed, is my spiritual life as Re finished? I think not. I have lost then regained the falcon a number of times. I gave up my house on Peregrine Way only to find a "falcon" ruler a few months later. I gave up the ruler only to inherit my mother's Tercel, which I ultimately traded in for another car.
Flight of the falcon I noted a number of falcon "encounters" in the days preceding and following the Obama trip to Iraq. These incidents, like dreams, lend themselves to interpretation:
July 7: California wildlife officials consider removing the peregrine falcon from the state's endangered species list, as reported by the Associated Press in The Reporter, my local daily newspaper. The falcon is safe.
Aug. 2: A low-cost, light-lift rocket, Falcon 1, failed to reach orbit when the second stage did not detach from the first stage. The Falcon 1, developed by SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, California, is one of a series of rockets intended to put satellites and astronauts into orbit. Falcon 9, which carries a crew capsule, may replace the current Space Shuttle. This event seems closely related to the Re mythology as it involves the "ship of Re" traveling across the sky. The SpaceX program also bears watching for a familial connection: My mother worked on the original Space Shuttle program. Like the dream involving the gas station, this incident suggests a fueling problem. The falcon must be careful in attaining power.
Aug. 14: "Farmers using falcons to chase pesky birds" headlines another AP article. The falcon fights evildoers.
Aug. 21: In AP story, "Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares plummet," Armando Falcon, previous chief government regulator of the finance mortgage companies, predicts their takeover by the government before year-end. The falcon presides over destruction and predicts the future.
On the same day, I attend a meeting of the Davis Astronomy Club at the Explorit Science Center in Mace Park. A poster on one wall profiles the peregrine falcon. A few feet away, a small child knocks over a science display, breaking two fossils (or replicas). The falcon causes a "break" in history.
Aug. 22: Rapper "Da Brat" is sentenced to three years in prison for hitting then-Atlanta Falcon cheerleader Shayla Stevens in the face with a rum bottle, leaving a permanent scar. The falcon takes a beating.
Aug. 28: At the Westfield Shoppingtown mall in Fairfield, I walk past two uniformed Falcon ambulance emergency medical technicians. The falcon is treated.
Aug. 29: I see an old Ford Falcon in the Target parking lot. The falcon endures.
Aug. 30: A Scandinavian Designs advertising insert in the newspaper offers "Falcon sofa 3-piece group, $1495." The falcon gets comfortable.
These falcon coincidences may be a recapitulation of my past up to September 2008. Indeed, the last incident describes my recent lifestyle, which includes many hours spent on the sofa reading a newspaper or watching TV.
My viability as the falcon god Re seemed assured by a dream I had on August 31, 2008 in which I became Barack Obama. I needed to pee. As I am about to start, my father comes in, although it is not clear to me if it is my father or Barack's father. Normally, this intrusion would inhibit me, but I start to pee anyway, then discover I am peeing against the wall, not into a urinal.
I hurry about, looking for a receptacle. I find a bathtub. I pee into the tub. As I near the end of my stream, the urine turns into blood, which becomes very thick as I finish. I tell someone I will have to see a doctor.
The dream suggests that I will follow in Obama's path and not be inhibited by a greater authority, the father. Or perhaps Obama will become more like me. In Re mythology, bloody urine equals power and thought, i.e., Re was said to have created humankind from his own tears and the gods Hu (authority) and Sia (mind) from blood drawn from his penis. The bloody urine means I am still Re. A urinal is insufficient to contain my gifts; they need to be dispensed in a bathtub in which people can bathe in my authority and knowledge. To seek out a doctor means I am looking for a diagnosis, which would be the same as seeking an "interpretation," an explanation of the dream.
This website is my bathtub. Soak in my sagacity. Revel in my revelations.
Cloud 29 is becoming Jung 29.
Images Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq — U.S. Department of Defense, public domain; Falcon sofa, Scandinavian Designs, fair use
Robert Urbanek has more than two decades of experience as a professional writer and editor, with several years each at the National Notary Association, The Doctors' Company and CCH Incorporated. He has experienced scores of meaningful coincidences, many involving falcons. The author lives in Vacaville, California. Hobbies: Egyptology, solar astronomy, changing history.


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Braintree, Mass. (June 3, 2014)—New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), the community physician network affiliated with Tufts Medical Center, announced today that it has engaged the Boston-based National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ) to help it enhance health care access for children across its network and expand its pediatric presence in Massachusetts.
The project will create an improvement strategy to identify areas of excellence within the network and leverage those best practices and leading outcomes to benefit all of the network's pediatricians and the patients they serve.
A comparison of peer groups according to the 2012 Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) HEDIS measures shows that NEQCA network pediatricians perform at or above the peer group average on more pediatric measures for the year than any other group of pediatricians in the state.
NICHQ will work collaboratively with NEQCA's more than 106 pediatricians to share best practices and align objectives to create a focused network pediatric strategy for the future.
NICHQ is an independent, nonprofit organization working for more than a decade to improve children's health. NICHQ helps organizations and professionals who share this mission (typically, healthcare professionals and delivery organizations, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations) make breakthrough improvements so children and families live healthier lives. For more information about NICHQ, please visit: www.nichq.org.


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From 1974 to date, he has worked as a researcher in the fields of Experimental Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnologyat the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the same institution in which he has worked as lecturer in the aforementioned subjects and has held numerous academic-administrative positions.
Abroad, Dr. Possani has been honored as a visiting professor at Yale University, at the Institute of Cybernetics and Biophysics of the Italian Council of Scientific Research, at the Baylor College of Medicine and other academic institutions of international prestige.
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I have partnered with SPLENDA® to create this Banana Bread. I have been compensated for my time commitment to work with their product, however all opinions are entirely my own.
Banana bread is one of my all-time favorite treats (and a great way to use over-ripe bananas), but it can often be a calorie-bomb, full of fat and sugar. I'm so excited to share this recipe for a lighter version because it truly tastes every bit as sweet, moist and swoon-worthy as the original, but it's so much better for you! Perfect for a snack or as part of a healthy breakfast (just add eggs and fruit), a loaf of Banana Bread also makes a great hostess gift to bring to upcoming holiday gatherings. No one will ever guess a slice of this bread has only 152 calories!
One of my secrets to lightening up this banana bread is SPLENDA® Naturals Sugar & Stevia Sweetener Blend, which (just as it sounds) is made only with cane sugar and stevia leaf extract. This new sweetener blend has half the calories and carbs per serving as traditional sugar with no bitter aftertaste! Plus, because the blend contains sugar it works great in baking, providing all the necessary functions (like rise, browning, texture and moistness). I also like that you only need to use half the amount of SPLENDA® Naturals Sugar & Stevia Sweetener Blend to get the same sweetness you'd achieve with traditional sugar. Tastes great, made with natural sweeteners, and helps cut calories and carbs? Sign me up! Visit Splenda.com/Naturals for more information on SPLENDA® Naturals Stevia Sweeteners, to locate a store that sells it near you, or to buy online.
In addition to using a low calorie sweetener, I also replaced some of the oil in this banana bread with plain nonfat Greek yogurt, and used my favorite white whole wheat flour instead of traditional white. I've used this type of flour since I started blogging in 2010 and since I often get questions about it, it's a whole wheat flour that's made to look and taste a little more like white flour. Many different brands sell a version of this and it's carried at all my local grocery stores, but if you have trouble finding it you can definitely substitute regular whole wheat or all-purpose white flour.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Lightly mist a 9×5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add the olive oil and SPLENDA® Naturals Sugar & Stevia Sweetener Blend and whisk together to combine. Add the eggs and continue to whisk until the eggs are beaten. Add the mashed banana, Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and continue to whisk until combined.
Add the flour and stir in with a spoon until the ingredients are just combined. Transfer the batter into your prepared loaf pan and spread evenly. Bake in your preheated oven for 50-55 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing into 12 slices.
Is this calculated using the flex ww program?
Hi Mary, I'm assuming you are in the UK? From what I understand, what is called the new flex program in the UK is known as the new freestyle program in America, so I believe the freestyle smartpoints should align with your Flex points. Hope that helps!
I have the regular Splenda. Would I use the same amount?
Hi Jessie, I haven't made this using regular Splenda before, but the Splenda Naturals blend I used only needs half the amount you'd use of regular sugar to get the same sweetness. From what I understand, regular Splenda measures cup for cup like sugar, so I would probably suggest using double the amount of Splenda as is listed. I hope it turns out delicious!
Great question! It is a half replacement for the regular SPLENDA® when you use SPLENDA® Naturals Sugar & Stevia Sweetener Blend. For example, if a recipe calls for 1 cup of regular SPLENDA®, you'd use 1/2 cup of the SPLENDA® Naturals Sugar & Stevia Sweetener Blend. Hope this helps!
Love you site. I am a Lifer. I'm told that recipes that you enter into you "recipes" will automatically convert to the new system.
Great recipe! I used 1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend. Plenty sweet enough for me.
Hi do you know how to make gluten free? Thx!
I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with gluten free baking!
Please advise how much shredded zucchini to use if I would like to substitute it for bananas.
I never received the first request! I have never made this as zucchini bread so I really can't accurately advise from experience. Feel free to play aroumd with it!
Please advise amount of shredded zucchini needed to substitute for bananas.
Your recipes are delicious and easy to prepare. Us Weight Watchers are HAPPY‼ Thanks.
Hi jus joined ww here in uk and would love more help advise on no recipes please.
I'm a recipe blogger, so I'm a little confused and not sure what you are looking for from me if it's not recipes! If you joined Weight Watchers and would like more information then I would suggest talking to your Weight Watchers leader or using the Weight Watchers website. Good luck with your weight loss journey!
I made banana bread and it was great! I used the white wheat flour and was really pleased. I did used 1/4 cup of light butter (4 tablespoons) instead of the olive oil. Loved the Splenda Naturals. No aftertaste!! Will consider using in other recipes!
A lot of times I substitute unsweetened applesauce for oil when baking. Do you think that would work in this recipe to lower the points?
Can anyone give me details on the Land O Lakes Light Butter? I found something in a tub, but nothing in stick form. What am I looking for? I want to make sure to get the correct item. There are sooo many options. but taste is important, and I do like my butter, 🙂 What are the points per tablespoon? Thanks!!!
The site has the nutrition etc.


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Harnesslink's Steve Wolf to Florida Hall of Fame
08:40 AM 04 Feb 2014 NZDT
Steve Wolf - voted into Florida Harness Racing Hall of Fame
Photo by Stephanie Wolf
Steve Wolf discovered Vincent Silvestro in Australia and brought his amazing Hot To Trot fireworks stunt show to the United States.
Photo by Skip Smith
Pompano Beach, FL --- The staff at Harnesslink is proud to congratulate our director of North American Operations, Steve Wolf, who was recently elected into the Florida Harness Racing Hall of Fame. He will be inducted into the Communicators Corner at the 23rd annual Hall of Fame awards dinner on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Deerfield Beach. The event is held by the Florida Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association.
Wolf, a resident of Coral Springs with his wife, Stephanie and sons Philip and Ryan, has been employed with Harnesslink for the past ten months. He has been a contributing writer to Harnesslink since the website first started in 2003.
The Florida Harness Racing Hall of Fame recognizes special individuals who have been outstanding leaders within the industry for more than ten years and who have contributed to the betterment of the Standardbred Industry. Wolf most certainly fills those categories to the brim.
He first came to Florida as the Director of Marketing for the Isle Pompano Park and over the years rose to the rank of Senior Director of Racing Operations. He ran the many great promotions at the track including driver tournaments, unique claiming series races, special family nights and most of all he is responsible for finding and bringing to the United States from Australia, the great Vincent Silvestro and his amazing horse, Hand Me Silver.
Silvestro performed the world's only horse racing fireworks stunt show called Hot To Trot and he appeared for eight straight years at Pompano Park, amazing crowds as he stood on the shafts of his race bike, held the reins in his teeth and set off more than 2,000 rounds of fireworks all while Hand Me Silver raced around the dark track.
Wolf has always been involved in community service in the Pompano Beach area since he first arrived. He served on the board of directors of the Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce for ten years and was Chairman of the Board from 2009-2010. He is a co-founder and has been the president of Pompano Has Heart, a disaster relief program in the city and was also a trustee of the Harness Horse Youth Foundation for 22 years.
Prior to coming to Florida, Wolf was the director of marketing and publicity at Freehold Raceway and assistant director of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey.
Also being inducted into the Florida Harness Racing Hall of Fame are two longtime driver/trainers Lucien Fontaine and Mark O'Mara. There are also three horses being inducted. They are I'd Like To Win, Six Of Diamonds and Tweedle Dum.
Tickets are $75 per person for the full course dinner that begins at 6:00 pm with a one-hour open bar with appetizers. Tables of ten are available. For more information, to purchase tickets, or place a congratulatory ad in the program book, please contact Rosie Huff at the Florida Standardbred Breeders Office at 954-972-5400.
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Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface is a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard that that takes a look at particularly interesting cover art choices.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy's The Letting Go is broadly considered, even in rare negative critique, as Will Oldham's most unexampled result. The album, released in 2006, has a notably more comfortable aesthetic than much of his previous work. Through his career, Oldham has been oft accustomed to bleak or drab–or maybe just honest–interpretations of already emotionally fraught events. That is, he isn't one to wrap you in comfort; he'd rather leave you naked to the feeling of the thing. But while it certainly sounds warmer, The Letting Go confronts many of the same elements, albeit from a different perspective. It hasn't been subjected yet to tension, but it will be, and this time, it has a chance to prevail. And a steady look at the seascape washing across the album's cover suggests this.
Inside the cover, though, it's easy to become drunk with enchantress Dawn McCarthy's (Faun Fables) harmonizing. Silky is her siren's call, delicately dancing in and out of Oldham's familiar quaver. The softness it applies to already downy composition and ostensibly optimistic lyrics offers the artifice of comfort. But maybe the songs are like Oldham sings in "No Bad News," and each track is "someone lovely, and she's bringing bad news." It's not that the report is inevitably doomed. Rather it's a harbinger of possibility, the handling of which determines the severity of its outcome–how we choose to react to life's more ambiguous temperaments affects the success or failure of our own. Even at our most optimistic and with the most pleasant of finalities ahead, facing such decisions in the interim can be disquieting. So, instead of comfort, this record is actually a confrontation with unease, but confronting it with a certain sturdiness, or impenetrable confidence that understands it doesn't have to be overtaken.
Thus, the cover art becomes clearer. Superficially, it's a landscape, beautiful and simple. And it could've been almost arbitrarily chosen–with little specific or thematic attachment to the record itself–simply because it evokes the same general texture as Oldham's music. But look closely.
like each entry in this series before it, i enjoyed this one. they are, in essence, an analyzation of a photograph or painting, but with the added dimension of the music contained in the album.
While the picture is indeed a beautiful coastal landscape, it is the font that captivates me. Courier has to be the best font in existence. Fortunately, the combination of these two components occurs sublimely.
I obtained this album yesterday; can't wait to listen to it.
one of my favorite records and album covers of the past few years. i wasn't crazy about it at first listen, but boy does this one grow. could be will's best record.
props … this is a strong series, strong entry. thanks for taking the time.


Todays images are of a Fly-boarding demonstration at Scheveningen Harbour taken on 06 October 2012.
'Fly-boarding', is the latest water sport craze. Attached to a fire hose the person can propel themselves several stories into the air using high pressure water jets. Controls allow the user adjust the thrust so that they can perform various aerobatics including porpoising in the water.
Todays photographs were taken on 06 October 2012.
For more photos see 'Fly-Boarding Demonstration – Scheveningen Harbour' .


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Manchester United almost confirm star defender's arrival
Neeraj Nair
source : thesheet.ng
Paris St.Germain right back Serge Aurier is set to sign a 5 year deal with Manchester United, according to multiple sources.
If reports are to be believed, then Aurier has already agreed personal terms with the English giant, but it is understood that the clubs are yet to agree on a transfer fee that would please both the parties.
The rumours were confirmed by renowned journalist and the Independent's chief football writer Miguel Delaney, who claimed that the full back would cost United 25 million and the move will be confirmed by the club in the coming days, provided Aurier sorts out his Visa issues.
The Ivorian joined the French giants back in 2014, initially on loan from French side Toulouse after which he signed a permanent deal with the club in 2015.
Since then, he has made 57 appearances in Ligue 1 for the club and is considered to be one of the brightest fullbacks in Europe today.
In his 3 seasons with the club, he was part of a squad that won two Ligue 1 titles, three Coupes de la Ligue and three Coupes de France. He has also represented Ivory Costa 39 times, with whom he won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.
Aurier leaving PSG doesn't come as a big surprise as the 24-year-old did not have the greatest of times at the French capital. He had to share game time with full backs Gregory van der Wiel and Thomas Meunier.
ALSO READ : Barcelona bidding 100 million for Tottenham star?
He also had major issues with the PSG manager in 2016, when the Ivorian aimed homophobic slurs towards his ex-boss whilst doing a question and answer session on Periscope.
And it doesn't end there. A huge factor that stands between a smooth transfer deal is Aurier's run in with the law as a result of an altercation with a police officer last year. Aurier was previously denied entry into the UK for PSG's clash with Arsenal in November.
Aurier has, however, launched an appeal to reverse the order, and Mourinho will be hoping things go in a positive manner for the Reds as he looks to bolster his defensive options in order to be ready in the best possible way for the upcoming season.
Aurier definitely has the ability to play at the highest level. Defensively sound, aggressive in nature and with excellent attacking abilities, he is the ideal Mourinho full back, and is in a way the ideal replacement for an ageing Antonio Valenica, and is definitely an upgrade to Italian Matteo Darmian.
The only thing Mourinho and United fans will be wary of is the Ivorian's disciplinary track record.
But remember, Mourinho has managed Mario Balotelli during his time in Inter Milan and has termed the player "impossible to manage". Surely Aurier can't get worse than that, can he?
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MISSIONARIES EVACUATED FROM MADAGASCAR
Assemblies of God World Missions has evacuated its missionaries from troubled Madagascar, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, reports Dan Wooding, founder of ASSIST Ministries.
Following months of threats and infighting for political position, Madagascar experienced a coup on March 17, as President Marc Ravalomanana apparently chose to step down.
"The military is divided as to who they are going to support," explains Africa Regional Director Mike McClaflin. "The American Embassy very strongly urged American citizens to evacuate the island . . . and now the American Embassy has evacuated its staff."
McClaflin says that Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) leadership made the decision on March 14, at the recommendation of the U.S State Department, to take AG missionaries in Madagascar out of harm's way and moved them to Nairobi, Kenya, for the time being.
"With missionaries now in 212 countries and territories of the world, almost no civil uprising, conflict or disaster takes place in the world that does not touch the lives of some of our missionaries," states AGWM Communications Director Randy Hurst. "The unrest and government takeover in Madagascar affects four missionary families and well as one single missionary."
Included in the list of missionaries evacuated are the families of Nate and Tammy Lashway, Jay and Carey Rostorfer, and Aaron and Heather Santmyire, Zach and Shellie Maddox, missionaries from East Africa who were visiting the Santmyires, along with short-term MAPS worker Ashley Masten, were also evacuated. The Manny Prabhudas family, who also serve in Madagascar, are currently in the United States on their itineration cycle.
Hurst adds that "Madagascar is an example of how so many of the crises in our world today demand that we as a church must commit ourselves increasingly to intercessory prayer for our missionaries and fellow believers around the world."
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ERITREA: CHRISTIAN DEATHS MOUNT IN PRISONS
Three more believers die in military confinement centers in past four months.
LOS ANGELES, January 21 (Compass Direct News) – Three Christians incarcerated in military prisons for their faith have died in the past four months in Eritrea, including the death on Friday (Jan. 16) of a 42-year-old man in solitary confinement, according to a Christian support organization.
Sources told Open Doors that Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom died at the Mitire Military Confinement center from torture and complications from diabetes. Asgedom was a member of the Church of the Living God in Mendefera.
His death followed the revelation this month of another death in the same prison. Mogos Hagos Kiflom, 37, was said to have died as a result of torture he endured for refusing to recant his faith, according to Open Doors, but the exact date of his death was unknown. A member of Rhema Church, Kiflom is survived by his wife, child and mother.
Incarcerated Christians from throughout Eritrea have been transferred to the Mitire prison in the country's northeast. In 2002 the Eritrean regime outlawed religious activity except that of the Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran or Muslim religions.
In October Open Doors learned of the death of Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom, 36, who died while imprisoned for his faith at the Wi'a Military Confinement center. He was reported to have died after prison commanders refused to give him medical attention for malaria.
In June 2008, 37-year-old Azib Simon died from untreated malaria as well. Weakened by torture, sources told Compass, Simon contracted malaria only a week before she died.
Together with the deaths this month, the confirmed number of Christians who have died while imprisoned for their faith in Eritrea now totals eight.
Mass Arrests
At the same time, the government of President Isaias Afwerki has stepped up its campaign against churches it has outlawed, earning it a spot on the U.S. Department of State's list of worst violators of religious freedom.
The government arrested 15 members of the Kale-Hiwot Church in Keren on Jan. 11, and before Christmas at least 49 leaders of unregistered churches in Asmara were rounded up over two weeks, Open Doors reported. Last November, 34 members of the Kale-Hiwot Church in Dekemhare were arrested.
Those arrested included members of the Church of the Living God, Medhaniel Alem Revival Group and the Philadelphia, Kale-Hiwot, Rhema, Full Gospel and Salvation by Christ churches, according to Open Doors. The church leaders' names appeared on a government list of 180 people who were taken from their homes and work places.
In the November sweep, authorities arrested 65 members of the Kale-Hiwot Church in the towns of Barentu and Dekemhare, including 17 women. In Keren and Mendefera, 25 members of the Full Gospel Church were arrested, and 20 Christians belonging to the Church of the Living God in Mendefera and Adi-Kuala were arrested.
Church leaders in Eritrea told Open Doors that by mid-December, a total of 2,891 Christians, including 101 women, had been incarcerated for their faith.
On June 8, 2008 Compass learned that eight Christians held at the Adi-Quala prison were taken to medical emergency facilities as a result of torture by military personnel at the camp. Eritrean officials have routinely denied religious oppression exists in the country, saying the government is only enforcing laws against unregistered churches.
The government has denied all efforts by independent Protestant churches to register, and people caught worshipping outside the four recognized religious institutions, even in private homes, suffer arrest, torture and severe pressure to deny their faith. The Eritrean Orthodox Church and its flourishing renewal movement has also been subject to government raids.
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BURMA: AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON CHRISTIANS
Churches ordered to cease services, stop meeting in 'unauthorized' venues.
DUBLIN, January 21 (Compass Direct News) – Burmese authorities last week increased restrictions on Christian activity in the capital city of Rangoon and surrounding areas, including the closure of several churches, Compass sources confirmed yesterday.
Orders issued on Jan. 5 had already forced many Christians meeting in residential homes or apartments to cease gathering for worship. Officials last week ordered several major Rangoon churches, including Wather Hope Church, Emmanuel Church and the Assemblies of God Church, to cease holding services and continued enforcing the Jan. 5 ban on meetings held in unauthorized facilities.
In the late 1990s authorities stopped issuing permits for land purchase or the construction of new churches, leading many Burmese Christians to conduct services in rented apartments or office buildings, according to the Burmese news agency Mizzima.
The Kyauktada Township Peace and Development Council on Jan. 5 invited pastors from more than 100 Rangoon churches to a meeting where they were told to sign documents pledging to cease operation of their churches. About 50 pastors attended, according to Mizzima.
The documents threatened punishment, including potential jail terms and the sealing of church facilities, for pastors who refused to obey the closure orders.
Another local online news source, the Democratic Voice of Burma, claimed officials from the Ministry of Religious Affairs had summoned the owners of buildings where churches met and ordered them not to rent their properties to religious groups.
Mizzima quoted an unnamed Burmese Christian who claimed that 80 percent of churches in Rangoon were affected by the order.
History of Religious Repression
Some local Christians and international observers say the crackdown is related to Christian involvement in relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma in May 2008.
Despite widespread devastation and loss of life, Burma's reclusive government initially banned foreign aid but finally accepted it on condition that Burmese officials would distribute it. Christians, however, had responded immediately to the crisis, gathering relief supplies and transporting them to the Irrawaddy Delta region. Police or army officials stopped some groups, but many were allowed to proceed. At least one such group told Compass that officials likely feared the conversion of Buddhists who accepted aid from Christians.
The military junta ruling Burma promotes Buddhism at the expense of other minority religions, according to Paul A. Marshall's 2008 Religious Freedom in the World. The country's population is 82 percent Buddhist, 9 percent Christian and 4 percent Muslim, with traditional ethnic, Chinese and Hindu religions accounting for the rest.
The church closure orders may simply be an extension of Burma's existing religious policies, which elevate Buddhism in an effort to solidify national identity. Burma ranks high on lists of religious and human rights violators at several watch organizations, including the U.S. State Department, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and Open Doors.
Documents declaring the government's intention to "stamp out" Christianity have circulated for some time. Rights organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide drew attention to one such document in a 2007 report entitled, "Carrying the Cross: The military regime's campaign of restriction, discrimination and persecution against Christians in Burma." The report summarized a 17-point document allegedly produced by an organization affiliated with the Ministry of Religious Affairs entitled, "Program to Destroy the Christian Religion in Burma."
The first point in this document declared that, "There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practiced."
A military dictatorship has ruled Burma since 1962. Following the takeover, the government renamed Burma as the Union of Myanmar and the capital city as Yangon, but many news agencies and government bodies continue to use the original names. When elections were held in 1988, with the opposing National League for Democracy clearly in the majority, the generals rejected the popular vote and used brute military force to cement their power throughout Burma. A similar show of force met hundreds of Buddhist monks who initiated mass anti-government protest rallies on the streets of Rangoon in September 2007.
While almost all Burmese citizens suffer under the regime, Christians are often singled out for specific attack or repression because of their perceived connections with the West.
Reports from various mission groups suggest Christianity is flourishing under the regime, but believers must be creative with their worship – particularly in rural areas. In reports confirmed by Compass, Christians in one state began photocopying Bibles to overcome restrictions on religious publications. Others baptized new Christians during the annual water festival, where citizens douse each other with buckets of water, ceremonially washing away the "sins" of the past year.
Heightened Security, Control
Rangoon residents say a much heavier security presence has been evident in the city since early January, when political activists began distributing anti-government leaflets, The Irrawaddy newspaper reported on Jan. 13. The leaflet drops may have contributed to the current crackdown on church gatherings, as generals suspect all organized groups of having a political agenda.
At a graduation of military students in Rangoon on Jan. 9, Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, who is commander-in-chief of the army and deputy commander-in-chief of Defense Services, warned students to steadfastly uphold the country's "Three Main National Causes" to prevent "recurrences of past bitter experiences." The causes were listed as non-disintegration of the Union of Myanmar, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty.
The New Light of Myanmar, a government newspaper, reported the general as saying that, "You will have learned bitter lessons from a number of world events, in which certain States have become weaker … owing to external intervention in their conflicts."
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CHINA: OFFICIALS REACH OUT TO HOUSE CHURCHES; RAIDS, ARRESTS CONTINUE
TSPM offers Bibles and "assistance," but rights groups say efforts fall short.
DUBLIN, December 9 (Compass Direct News) – In recent months Chinese officials have attempted to build bridges with the Protestant house church movement even as police raided more unregistered congregations, arrested Christian leaders and forced at least 400 college students to swear they would stop attending such worship services.
With rights groups saying more effort is needed to address rights abuses and secure full religious freedom for Chinese Christians, two research institutes – one from the government – organized an unprecedented symposium on Nov. 21-22 that concluded with an agreement for house church leaders to begin a dialogue with government officials.
A delegation of six house church leaders from Beijing, Henan and Wenzhou provinces attended the seminar, entitled, "Christianity and Social Harmony: A Seminar on the Issue of Chinese House Churches," along with scholars and experts from universities and independent research facilities. Members of the Minorities Development Research Institute, a branch of the China State Council's Research and Development Centre, and the Beijing Pacific Solutions Social Science Research Institute co-hosted it.
In a report summarizing the forum, Beijing house church representative Liu Tong Su said that China's religious institutions and regulations were clearly outdated and inadequate to meet the needs of the church.
At the conclusion of the meeting, house church delegates agreed to dialogue with the government, Liu said, though he insisted, "Only God can control the spirituality of faith. No worldly authorities have the right to control a man's spirit."
The government has been entrusted by God with the authority to maintain external public order, Liu added.
"If the government can limit its governing territory to areas of maintaining public order in external conduct, then according to the teachings of the Bible, the house church will definitely obey those in authority within the boundary that God has set," he said.
Experts presented reports on the rapid development of house church networks, including the number of Christians, geographical distribution, cultural and ethnic make-up and connection with foreign Christians, according to the Gospel Herald.
A month earlier, the chairman of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) – responsible along with the China Christian Council (CCC) for overseeing China's Protestant churches – told a gathering of 200 Hong Kong church leaders of his desire to assist Chinese house churches and provide them with Bibles, according to Ecumenical News International (ENI).
At the Oct. 22 conference entitled, "Chinese Church – New Leaders, New Challenges," TSPM Chairman Fu Xianwei declared, "For those house churches without registration, we will try our best to be with them, to recognize them and to help them, so long as they have an orthodox faith, don't stray from the truth and don't follow heretics."
Fu and 11 other members of the newly-elected leadership team of the CCC/TSPM also said they were willing to provide house churches with Bibles, ENI reported.
Bible distribution is largely the responsibility of Amity Press, China's only official Bible printing company, which recently announced its intention to place more Bibles in the hands of rural Christians. Daniel Willis, CEO of the Bible Society in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, launched an appeal on Nov. 12 to support Amity in this goal.
Speaking at the launch, Willis asserted, "Smuggling Bibles into China places Chinese Christians at risk, and now with the new Amity Press operational in Nanjing, smuggling is a waste of resources."
Amity opened a new multimillion dollar printing facility in May with a capacity to print 12 million Bibles per year. Most of those Bibles are printed in foreign languages for export outside China.
"China is experiencing a great freedom of worship," Willis added. "With this wonderful change the church is spreading rapidly … Each Chinese Christian would like to experience the joy … that owning their own Bible brings – but unfortunately for many, obtaining a Bible is difficult and often out of their reach financially."
The China Aid Association (CAA) issued a statement on Nov. 20 that Amity did not produce enough Bibles to meet the vast needs of the church in China or to replace lost or worn copies. It also pointed out that distribution was still strictly limited to government-approved channels.
Earlier this year, the Rev. Dr. Chow Lien-Hwa, vice-chairman of the board of Amity Press, stated in an interview with the NSW Bible Society that Amity was printing 3 million Bibles per year for mainland China. Chow also outlined a plan to allow Bible distribution through a chain of government bookshops and claimed that house church Christians could buy Bibles from TSPM churches without having to provide personal identity information.
Pastors from both house churches and official TSPM congregations have reported to Compass a shortage of Bibles and other Christian materials in Beijing, the northwest, the northeast, and the southwest. Church growth in tribal areas also has created an urgent need for Bibles in minority languages.
Raids, Arrests Continue
Rights groups pointed to recent raids and arrests, however, as confirmation that Chinese authorities still restrict freedom of worship for local house church Christians.
Police raided a house church gathering in Tai Kang county, Henan province on Dec. 3 and arrested all 50 Christians, CAA reported on Thursday (Dec. 4). Public Security Bureau officers also raided another gathering of 50 house church believers in Xiji town, Zaozhuang city, Shandong province on Dec. 2, arresting 20 Christian leaders and demanding a fine of 2,500 yuan (US$365) per person to secure their release.
CAA also confirmed that police carried out multiple raids on house church gatherings in Beijing and in areas near college campuses in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, from late September to early November, detaining leaders of the Local Church house church network. Four leaders in Zhejiang were sentenced to labor camp for 12 to 18 months.
Officers also arrested at least 400 Christian college students. After intense questioning, police forced each student to write a statement of repentance agreeing to forsake such gatherings.
Commenting on reports of persecution in China, Chow of Amity Press claimed victims were not true Chinese citizens, but Chinese with foreign citizenship who had entered China to carry out illegal activities.
"When we go to another country we must be law-abiding citizens of that country," Chow insisted. "The law, whether you like it or not, says you can only preach in the churches, you cannot go on the street."
Some house churches are actively seeking registration with authorities to avoid arrests and inconveniences, ENI reported in October. Such groups, however, prefer to register outside the CCC/TSPM structure, disagreeing that different Protestant beliefs can be reconciled under the TSPM as a self-described "post-denominational" umbrella organization.
House church members also object to the TSPM's interference in congregational practices, according toe the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2008. The report notes that many unregistered evangelical Protestant groups refuse to register with TSPM due to theological differences, fear of adverse consequences if they reveal names and addresses of church leaders or members, or fear that it will control sermon content.
Released from Prison
Responding to international pressure, officials on Dec. 2 released house church pastor Zhu Baoguo of Henan province, citing medical reasons. Authorities had raided a house church gathering on Oct. 12, arresting Zhu and four other leaders, before sentencing Zhu on Oct. 30 to one year in labor camp, CAA reported.
Officials also released house church pastor Wang Weiliang from prison on Nov. 25 for medical reasons, according to CAA. Authorities sentenced Wang to three years in prison in December 2006 for protesting the July 2006 destruction of Dangshanwan Christian church in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang province. Seven other believers were arrested at the time; authorities have released all but one, who remains in detention in Hangzhou.
A Breakthrough for China's House Churches?
At last month's symposium on Chinese house churches, officials from government research organs, scholars from government think-tanks and universities, independent researchers and an unprecedented delegation of six house church leaders from Beijing, Henan and Wenzhou attended.
At the groundbreaking conference, sponsored by the Minorities Development Research Institute of the China State Council's Research and Development Center and the Beijing Pacific Solutions Social Science Research Institute and entitled, "Christianity and Social Harmony: A Seminar on the Issue of the Chinese House Churches," participants discussed every aspect of the house church movement in China.
Statistics were a key issue, with most agreeing that the number of house church members was vast and rapidly increasing. Estimates ranged from 50 million to 100 million members of Protestant house churches, as compared with approximately 20 million members of registered Protestant churches.
Delegates were surprisingly bold in their discussion and criticism of China's religious policy, and several put forward practical plans for the abolition of institutions such as the State Administration for Religious Affairs (formerly the Religious Affairs Bureau) and the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
They also called for serious and ongoing discussions between the government and house churches, and Christian leaders called for the lifting of a ban on house churches and a review of restrictions on church registration and appointment of pastors.
Many participants agreed that the democratic management of house churches in accordance with the rule of law was a logical step to bring religious policies into line with China's open-door economic policies.
While certain sectors of leadership may welcome these suggestions, others entrenched in the atheist system of the Communist Party were expected to balk at such reforms.
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CHINA INFRINGES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
For anyone reading this Blog it would come as no surprise to learn that a U.S. State Department report on religious freedom (2008 Report on International Religious Freedom) has exposed China as a nation that infringes on religious liberties. The Chinese government however has rejected the accusation (no surprises there).
"China is strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed to the U.S. accusation in its religious freedom report," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said in a statement, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
According to the Chinese government Christians are allowed to worship in government-backed denominations and according to its rules. Evangelism, missionary work and Christian education are all banned or discouraged. House Churches within China are often the target of raids and arrests.
It would seem to me that Jiang Yu and the Chinese government have no idea as to what religious freedom actually is!
The U.S. State Department report places China, Myanmar and North Korea on top of a list of countries with poor religious freedom records.
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IRAQ: SON OF KIDNAPPED, MURDERED CHRISTIAN KILLED
Syrian Catholics in Mosul targeted for their faith; captors didn't seek ransom.
ISTANBUL, September 23 (Compass Direct News) – An unknown group of armed men killed a Syrian Catholic in violence-plagued Mosul, Iraq two weeks after his father was kidnapped and murdered.
The gunmen killed Rayan Nafei Jamooa near his home on Sept. 10. Few details have emerged in the murder case, but sources said he and his father were targeted purely for their faith. Nassar Jamooa, the victim's father, was kidnapped two weeks before his son's murder; the elder man's body was found four days later in the city's western industrial area.
A shrinking minority in Iraq, Christians are frequently kidnapped for a mix of financial and religious reasons, but Nassar Jamooa's kidnappers did not ask for any ransom. He and his son were targeted strictly for their faith, said a clergyman.
"Nobody asked about money, they just kidnapped and killed him," said Father Bashar Warda, dean of St. Peter's Seminary in Ankawa, a small town near Erbil. "The reason [for Nassar Jamooa's kidnapping] would definitely be a religious one."
The murder comes amid other attacks against Mosul's Christian population. In August, Haytham Khadar was killed inside his workshop by unknown armed men, according to Iraqi Christian website Ankawa.com.
In February, armed militants kidnapped Mosul's Chaldean Archbishop Paulus Faraj Rahho, holding him for a $2.5 million ransom and demanding Christians in Mosul begin attacking U.S. soldiers. The archbishop was found dead on March 13.
Last October, two Syrian Catholic priests were kidnapped in Mosul while heading to St. Fatima Church to celebrate Mass and held for a week at a $1 million ransom. Church leaders did not confirm whether they had paid the ransom.
While the city's security has improved following Iraqi military operations against Mosul's militia, criminal and al-Qaeda forces in March and April, the situation for Christians remains tenuous.
Many Christians have fled Iraq from the violence embroiling the country since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. Attacks against non-Muslims are so common that police do not bother to investigate the kidnappings and murders of low-status Mosul residents such as Rayan and Nassar Jamooa.
"There are many incidents going on around Mosul, so nobody is bothering with an investigation," Fr. Warda said. "Hundreds of incidents occurred like this last year and in Mosul especially."
According to the U.S. State Department 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom, the Iraqi Christian population in 2003 was between 800,000 and 1.2 million. This year estimates of the Christian population have ranged from 550,000 to 800,000.
Mosul, the ancient biblical city of Nineveh located 250 miles northwest of Baghdad, has the highest proportion of Christians of major Iraqi cities.
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Baseball season marks the return of peanuts, Crackerjacks and the sight of Special Olympics Southern California athlete Trevor Hendershot at the Los Angeles Angels' team store.
For six years, the 26-year-old from Irvine has balanced the life of athlete and greeter at the official team store for both the Angels and Anaheim Ducks.
Trevor's father, Bob, said that his son's employment is a testament to the skills he picked up through Special Olympics Orange County, which he competes with in basketball.
"He was told the best job he could get would be folding towels in a hotel laundromat," Bob recalled. "Special Olympics helped him strive for more."
But it wasn't as simple as filling out an application and being handed a job. Trevor and his father were persistent, just asking for the opportunity for an interview like anyone else. If he wasn't good enough to earn the job, there would be no hard feelings and no regrets.
What the Angels thought would be a 15-minute meeting turned into nearly an hour of Trevor displaying his charming personality and passion for working with a franchise he grew up rooting for. Trevor impressed them with his knowledge of not only the current roster, but also the 2002 World Series championship team.
Throughout the interview, Trevor's enthusiasm left them impressed.
"It never would've happened if Special Olympics wasn't there to provide the confidence and physical stamina," Bob said.
Trevor, who has Down syndrome, is just one of many Special Olympics athletes who have made the successful transition into the work force. Several athletes have similar jobs with Special Olympics Southern California partner Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions.
Trevor's employment has made an impact not just in his own personal development, but has positively influenced both organizations and store visitors.
"Trevor's successful employment has opened the doors for the Angels and Ducks to hire other special needs individuals to work at their facilities," Bob said. "Many special needs parents bring their children by the venues to meet Trevor and to be encouraged to reach for their own dreams in life."
The hire also exercises the mission of Angels for Higher, a Christian-based movement to encourage employment for Down syndrome individuals at stadiums across the world. Trevor's story is also detailed in the book, "Trevorized!: SOS Prayers to God Become Blessings," written by his father and inspired by his hire.
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25, eh? This is the year known to some as the first year of real adulthood, the demise of your early 20s; or perhaps the beginning of your quarter-life crisis is upon you. It's the age when your parents' threats of cutting you off become a sad reality, your friends start getting married (at least some of the girls) and less and less of your friends remember that time in 9th grade when you sh*t your pants on the bus (that one is kind of personal but you get my point).
With great power, comes great responsibility, and while that maxim has nothing to do with this list, I like it so I used it.
Maybe more appropriate is something like, "When you are no longer on your father's health insurance policy, it is time to get your sh*t together." There, that sounds like something straight out of Poor Richard's Almanac. And while turning 25 might not mean a career, serious significant other or even maintaining a respectable level of hygiene, it does mean you have to start acting more like someone who has/does those things.
Start slow with this simple list of five phrases you need to leave in the rearview. You'll at least sound more mature, even if you still don't know how to fold a shirt.
Self-explanatory. You're 25 now, and the days of festivals in the summer between semesters at college are over. You do not need to be doing MDMA anymore. The worst guy in the world is the 30-year-old dude whose brain has been soaked in molly. At least the old acidhead has some good stories. Plus, if you're asking this question, it means you're about to buy drugs from a stranger (this is also self-explanatory).
First off, you're 25 and you should know sentences are not grammatically correct to end in prepositions. Secondly, pregames ended in college. You're an adult, or kind of, and adults don't pregame. Can you imagine your mom saying, "We're gonna pregame at your uncle's before going to dinner." That's what I thought. Adults meet for drinks before a party.
It's an anagram for "You Only Live Once." DEEP. But seriously, if you are using this phrase as an excuse to keep bullshitting your way through life, joke's on you. If anything, this phrase should result in you cleaning up your act, not more drinking and driving. Also, I'm sick of Drake telling me how to live my life. Wait, I also shouldn't make any new friends? Damn. You be stunting my growth and sh*t, Drizzy.
SMH, TTYL, LOL. Every time I hear someone use LMAO or something similar in a conversation, I want to punch that person in the mouth (PTPITM). Who really thinks this constitutes a witty remark? Using Internet and texting vernacular ceased to be an exciting thing about ten years ago. I'm pretty sure my grandma could tell you what OMG stands for - the ultimate sign that it's time to speak all your words when you talk to someone in real life.
Justin Bieber has haters. Lebron James has haters. You and I? Ehhh, not so much. You have to have a certain level of celebrity and/or infamy to be considered someone with which haters concern themselves. If the "haters" on your Instagram page are people you went to Sunday school with, chances are, you ain't that special. When the older woman upstairs asks you to turn down your music, she's not "hating" on you or trying to "kill your vibe," she's trying to get some sleep.
Just kidding, you can still say this.
Got that covered? Great, now it's time to work on that resume.