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#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <memory>
#include <thread>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>

#include <tbb/concurrent_queue.h>
#include <tbb/parallel_for.h>

#include <loadgen.h>
#include <query_sample_library.h>
#include <system_under_test.h>
#include <test_settings.h>

#include "dg.h"

#include "tensorflow/lite/interpreter.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/kernel_util.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/model.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/optional_debug_tools.h"

//#include "tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/gl_delegate.h"

#define NOLOWER
#include "lower_helper.h"

using namespace mlperf;
using namespace std;

int N = 4;

auto start_time = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

TestSettings testSettings;
std::vector<std::vector<char>> input_images;

class FuriosaSystemUnderTest : public SystemUnderTest {
private:
  const std::string name = "FuriosaAI";
  std::vector<QuerySampleResponse> res_;

  std::unique_ptr<tflite::FlatBufferModel> model_;
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<tflite::Interpreter>> interpreters_;

  std::vector<std::thread> pool;
  tbb::concurrent_queue<QuerySample> works;
  std::atomic<bool> done{false};

public:
  FuriosaSystemUnderTest() {

#ifdef NOLOWER
    const char *model_filename = "models/mobilenet_without_lower.tflite";
#else
    const char *model_filename = "models/mobilenet_v1.tflite";
#endif
    model_ = tflite::FlatBufferModel::BuildFromFile(model_filename);
    if (model_ == nullptr) {
      std::cerr << "failed to load model.\n";
      throw std::runtime_error("failed to load model.");
    }
    interpreters_ = make_furiosa_interpreters(*model_, 2*N, N, 2*N);
    for(size_t i = 0; i < interpreters_.size(); i ++) {
	    auto interpreter_ = interpreters_[i].get();

#ifdef NOLOWER
    auto ret = interpreter_->ResizeInputTensor(interpreter_->inputs()[0], std::vector<int>{224*224*4});
#else
    auto ret = interpreter_->ResizeInputTensor(interpreter_->inputs()[0], std::vector<int>{1,224,224,3});
#endif
      if (ret != kTfLiteOk) {
        std::cerr << "failed to resize input tensor.\n";
        throw std::runtime_error("failed to resize input tensor.");
      }
      ret = interpreter_->AllocateTensors();
      if (ret != kTfLiteOk) {
        std::cerr << "failed to allocate tensors.\n";
        throw std::runtime_error("failed to allocate tensors.");
      }

      // create threads
      pool.emplace_back(std::thread([&, idx = i]{
				    // std::cerr << "worker " << idx << " start!\n";
			    auto interpreter_ = interpreters_[idx].get();
				    while(!done || !works.empty()) {
					    QuerySample sample;
					    if (!works.try_pop(sample))
					    {
						    std::this_thread::yield();
						    continue;
					    }

      auto& data = input_images[sample.index];
      // std::cerr << "SAMPLE " << (int)sample.index << ' ' << data.size() << "\n";
      for (size_t i = 0; i < interpreter_->inputs().size(); i++) {
        auto tensor = interpreter_->tensor(interpreter_->inputs()[i]);
        auto buf = tensor->data.raw;
        memcpy(buf, &data[0], data.size());
      }
      // std::cerr << "Invoke " << (std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start_time).count()<< "\n";
      interpreter_->Invoke();

      // std::cerr << "Invoke done " << (std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start_time).count()<< "\n";
      auto t = interpreter_->tensor(interpreter_->outputs()[0]);

      int max_idx = 0;
      uint8_t max_data = t->data.uint8[0];
      for(int i = 1; i < (int) t->bytes; i ++)
        if (max_data < t->data.uint8[i]) {
          max_idx = i-1;
          max_data = t->data.uint8[i];
        }

      QuerySampleResponse res;
      res.id = sample.id;
      res.data = (uintptr_t)&max_idx;
      res.size = 4;
      // std::cerr << "report " << max_idx << '\n';

      QuerySamplesComplete(&res, 1);
				    }

			}));
    }
  }

  ~FuriosaSystemUnderTest() = default;

  const std::string &Name() const { return name; }

  void IssueQuery(const std::vector<QuerySample> &samples) {
    int query_size = samples.size();
    tbb::parallel_for(0, query_size, [&] (int i)
    {
        works.push(samples[i]);
    });
  }

  void FlushQueries() {
    // std::cerr << "start wait\n";

    done = true;

    while(!works.empty())
    {
      std::this_thread::yield();
    }

    for(auto& t:pool)
	    t.join();
  }

  void
  ReportLatencyResults(const std::vector<QuerySampleLatency> &/*latencies_ns*/) {}
};

class FuriosaQuerySampleLibrary : public QuerySampleLibrary {
private:
  const std::string name = "FuriosaAI";

  std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int>> items_;

public:
  FuriosaQuerySampleLibrary() {
    std::ifstream val_file((
        std::string("/home/furiosa/") + "/CK-TOOLS/dataset-imagenet-ilsvrc2012-val/val_map.txt").c_str());

    std::string input_filename;
    int answer;
    while (val_file >> input_filename >> answer) {
      items_.emplace_back(input_filename.substr(0, input_filename.size()-5)+".bin", answer);
    }
    // items_.resize(10000);
    input_images.resize(items_.size());
  }

  ~FuriosaQuerySampleLibrary() {}

  const std::string &Name() const { return name; }

  size_t TotalSampleCount() { return items_.size(); }

  size_t PerformanceSampleCount() { return items_.size(); }

  void LoadSamplesToRam(const std::vector<QuerySampleIndex> &samples) override {

    for (auto index : samples) {
      // cerr << "Loading sample: " << index << "\n";

      std::string filename = "/preprocessed/" + items_[index].first;
      filename = "/home/furiosa" + filename;

      std::ifstream inf(filename.c_str(), std::ios::binary);

#ifdef NOLOWER
      std::vector<char> temp, temp1;
      temp.resize(224*224*3);
      inf.read((char*)&temp[0], 224*224*3);
      temp1.resize(224*224*3);
      transpose(&temp[0], &temp1[0], 16, 14, 224, 3);
      input_images[index].resize(224*224*4);
      pad(&temp1[0], &input_images[index][0], 16, 3*224*14, 4*224*14);

#else
      input_images[index].resize(224 * 224 * 3);
      inf.read((char*)&input_images[index][0], 224*224*3);
#endif
    }
  }

  void UnloadSamplesFromRam(const std::vector<QuerySampleIndex> &samples) override {
    for (auto index : samples) {
      std::vector<char>().swap(input_images[index]);
      input_images[index].clear();
      input_images[index].shrink_to_fit();
      // std::cerr << "LOADED COUNT " << cnt_ << '\n';
    }
  }
};

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  int spq = 24576;

  if( argc > 1 )
    N = stoi(argv[1], nullptr, 10);

  if( argc > 2 ) // samples per query;
    spq = stoi(argv[2], nullptr, 10);

  TestSettings testSettings = TestSettings();
  testSettings.scenario = TestScenario::Offline;
  //testSettings.mode = TestMode::PerformanceOnly;
  testSettings.mode = TestMode::AccuracyOnly;

  testSettings.min_query_count = spq;
  //testSettings.max_query_count = spq;
  testSettings.min_duration_ms = 60000;

  testSettings.qsl_rng_seed = 0x2b7e151628aed2a6ULL;
  testSettings.schedule_rng_seed = 0x3243f6a8885a308dULL;
  testSettings.sample_index_rng_seed = 0x093c467e37db0c7aULL;

  LogSettings logSettings = LogSettings();

  logSettings.enable_trace = false;

  std::cerr << "mobilenet v1 --- Offline\n";
  std::cerr << "Samples per second: " << spq << "\n";
  std::cerr << "Query count: " << 1 << "\n";

  std::cerr << "create sut\n";
  SystemUnderTest *sut = new FuriosaSystemUnderTest();

  std::cerr << "create qsl\n";
  QuerySampleLibrary *qsl = new FuriosaQuerySampleLibrary();

  std::cerr << "start loadgen\n";
  StartTest(sut, qsl, testSettings, logSettings);

  return 0;
}


The Complainant is William Grant & Sons Limited of Bellshill, United Kingdom. The Respondent is Frank Blincow of Newton Mearns, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
The disputed domain name <glenfiddich.biz> is registered with Tucows, Inc. The disputed domain name <glenfiddich.info> is registered with CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH dba Joker.com.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on July 9, 2003. On July 11, 2003, the Center transmitted by email to Tucows, Inc. and CSL Computer Service Lagenbach GmbH requests for registrar verification in connection with the domain names at issue. On the same date, Tucows, Inc. and CSL Computer Service Lagenbach GmbH transmitted by email to the Center their verification responses confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details for the administrative, billing, and technical contacts. The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules"), the Restricted Dispute Resolution Policy (the "RDRP") and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for the Restricted Dispute Resolution Policy ("the RDRP Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on July 15, 2003. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was August 4, 2003. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent�s default on August 6, 2003.
The Center appointed Angela Fox as the sole panelist in this matter on August 21, 2003. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Complainant is the largest independent whisky distiller in the United Kingdom.
Among the Complainant�s range is a single malt whisky sold under the brand name GLENFIDDICH. The Complainant sells its GLENFIDDICH whisky around the world, including in Scotland where both it and the Respondent are based, and through the Complainant�s website, "www.glenfiddich.com."
The Complainant owns trademark registrations and applications for and incorporating GLENFIDDICH as the dominant element, which date from as early as 1960. The Complainant cites United Kingdom trademark registrations 809941 GLENFIDDICH in Class 33 of August 26, 1960, 1216606 GLENFIDDICH Label in Class 33 of April 11, 1984, 1423388 GLENFIDDICH in Class 32 of May 3, 1990, 1462465 GLENFIDDICH in Class 29 of April 25, 1991, 1462466 GLENFIDDICH in Class 30 of April 25, 1991, 2068117 GLENFIDDICH in Classes 41 and 42 of April 10, 1996, 2168390 GLENFIDDICH in Class 30 of June 3, 1998, and 2292233 GLENFIDDICH and Deer Device [Series of Two] in Class 33 of February 8, 2002; Community Trademark registrations 192575 GLENFIDDICH in Class 33 of December 18, 1998, and 880948 GLENFIDDICH and Deer Logo in Classes 18, 21, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 41 and 42 of August 23, 2000; and Community Trademark application 2576445 GLENFIDDICH and Deer Device in Class 33 of February 8, 2002. The Complainant has provided registry database extracts of all these except United Kingdom registration 2068117.
The Complainant promotes its GLENFIDDICH brand around the world through print media, television, events sponsorship and merchandise, as well as on its website where GLENFIDDICH whisky and merchandise can be purchased. In September 2001, the Complainant embarked on a �1 million advertising campaign for the brand in the United Kingdom, with a strong focus on Scotland.
The contested domain names <glenfiddich.info> and <glenfiddich.biz> were registered on October 8, 2001, and November 10, 2001, respectively. Both resolve to standard holding pages posted by the Respondent�s registration service providers.
The Complainant�s lawyers wrote to the Respondent on March 7, 2003, asking him to contact them concerning the domain names. In a telephone call on March 26, 2003, the Respondent informed the Complainant�s lawyers that although he was not a drinker, he was aware of the Complainant�s GLENFIDDICH brand and had a legitimate reason for registering the domain names. He was not, however, prepared to divulge that reason and indicated that he would instruct his lawyers that day to contact the Complainant�s lawyers. No such contact was made despite several follow-up letters from the Complainant�s lawyers warning that the Complainant would act to retrieve the domain names. On July 9, 2003, this administrative proceeding was filed.
The Complainant contends that the Respondent�s domain names are identical to its registered trademark GLENFIDDICH. The generic top-level indicators ".biz" and ".info" are purely technical in nature and may be disregarded.
The Complainant avers that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain names, and that they have not been, nor will they be, used primarily for a bona fide business or commercial purpose. The Complainant did not authorize the use of its trademark by the Respondent, and there appears to have been no use of the domain names in the nearly two years since they were registered except to post standard holding pages from the Respondent�s registration service providers. Although the Respondent claimed to have a legitimate reason for registering the domain names, he refused to divulge that reason when contacted by the Complainant�s lawyers, even when warned that an administrative proceeding would be filed.
Finally, the Complainant contends that the domain names were registered and used in bad faith. The Complainant notes that a large-scale GLENFIDDICH advertising campaign had been launched in Scotland, where the Respondent is based, just before the domain names were registered. The Complainant concludes that the registrations were obtained in full knowledge of the Complainant�s rights and with an intent to prevent the Complainant from reflecting its GLENFIDDICH trademark in corresponding ".biz" and ".info" domain names. The Complainant points to the registration by the Respondent of at least 19 other domain names incorporating trademarks or names of third parties, many of them well-known in the United Kingdom, as evidence of a pattern of such conduct.
In light of all this, the Complainant seeks the transfer of the contested domain names to it.
The Respondent did not reply to the case against him and is in default. No exceptional circumstances explaining the default have been put forward. Therefore, in accordance with paragraphs 14(a) and (b) of the Rules, the Panel will decide the Complaint and shall draw such inferences as it considers appropriate from the Respondent�s default.
The above provisions apply to ".info" and ".biz" domain names. In addition, a complainant can succeed in an administrative proceeding against a ".biz" domain name under the RDRP if, in accordance with Paragraph 4(a) of the RDRP, he proves that the domain name has not been and will not be used primarily for a bona fide business or commercial purpose.
The Complainant has shown to the Panel�s satisfaction that it has registered trademark rights in GLENFIDDICH.
The contested domain names consist of GLENFIDDICH and the generic technical indicators ".biz" and ".info," which the Panel may disregard.
The Panel finds that the contested domain names are identical to a trademark in which the Complainant has rights.
The Complainant has made a prima facie showing that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the domain names.
The Complainant did not authorize the Respondent to register the contested domain names or otherwise to use its GLENFIDDICH trademark, and the Respondent�s known name does not correspond to the mark. Despite the passage of nearly two years since registration of the domain names, the Complainant�s research has found no use of them apart from the hosting of standard holding pages posted by the Respondent�s registration service providers, advertising their services. Such standard holding pages are common default content on unused websites and do not, on their own, constitute use of the domain names by the Respondent in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services under Paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy.
The Complainant has made a compelling prima facie case that the Respondent lacks legitimate rights or interests in the domain names. The Respondent did not respond to this case except to make a bald, pre-complaint assertion to the Complainant�s lawyers that he had a legitimate reason for registration, but was not prepared to disclose it. The Complainant has done all that was reasonably possible to show that, on the balance of probabilities, the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain names. The Panel so finds.
Whether a ".biz" domain name has been, or will be, used primarily for a bona fide business or commercial purpose is a sub-set of the question of whether the Respondent has rights or legitimate interests in the domain name.
The website content at "www.glenfiddich.biz" consists of a standard holding page posted by the Respondent�s registration service provider, advertising that company�s services. If this were to constitute use primarily for a bona fide business or commercial purpose, then practically all unused domain names would qualify since the posting of such pages is standard practice. In fact, such pages indicate to visitors that domain names are not in use. The Panel finds that the <glenfiddich.biz> domain name is not being used for a bona fide business or commercial purpose under Paragraph 4(a) of the RDRP.
Under Paragraph 4(a) of the RDRP, Panels may not infer purely from past non-use that a ".biz" domain name will not be used for a bona fide business or commercial purpose in the future. However, the Complainant has made a compelling prima facie case that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in <glenfiddich.biz> based on other factors, including the absence of authorization to use the Complainant�s trademark, the absence of any known association between the Respondent and the GLENFIDDICH name, and the Respondent�s refusal to divulge his claimed legitimate reason for registration. In combination with the Respondent�s non-use, all these factors together raise a prima facie case that the Respondent is unlikely to use <glenfiddich.biz> in connection with a bona fide business or commercial purpose in the future.
Absolute proof that a domain name will not be used in a certain way in the future is impossible. The Panel is satisfied that the Complainant need only establish that, on the balance of probabilities, the Respondent is unlikely to use the <glenfiddich.biz> domain name for a bona fide business or commercial purpose in the future. Taking into account the evidence and submissions on the absence of rights or legitimate interests in <glenfiddich.biz>, the Panel considers that the Complainant has done this.
For these reasons, the Panel finds that the domain name <glenfiddich.biz> is not being used and will not be used primarily for a bona fide business or commercial purpose.
Under Paragraph 4(b)(ii) of the Policy, it shall be evidence of both registration and use in bad faith if the Panel finds circumstances indicating that a domain name was registered in order to prevent the owner of a trademark from reflecting that mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that the respondent has engaged in a pattern of such conduct.
The Complainant submitted evidence that the Respondent has registered at least 19 other domain names incorporating well-known trademarks or names of third parties in the United Kingdom. These include inter alia <arsenalfc.biz>, <celticfc.biz>, <kallkwik.biz>, <leedsfc.biz>, <lloyds-tsb.biz> and <manunitedfc.biz>. The Respondent, a private individual with an address in Scotland, has no known association with any of the owners of the trademarks included in these domain names. The trademarks pertain to commercial fields as diverse as football, printing and banking, but one feature they share in common is that each is well-known in the United Kingdom. It seems likely that the Respondent was aware of those trademarks and that he registered the domain names with the intent to prevent their registration by the proprietors of the marks. In light of the large number of domain names involved and the potential repercussions on the Respondent�s continuing ownership of them, the Panel would have expected the Respondent to reply if it had a plausible explanation for its ownership.
The registration of as few as three and seven domain names has been held to constitute a pattern of conduct under the Policy (in inter alia Ourisman Dodge, Inc. v. Ourisman "Okie doke" Dodge dot com and Ourificeman Dodge dot com, WIPO Case No. D2001-0108 and U-Haul International, Inc. v. Affordable Web Productions, WIPO Case No. D2003-0511). In the circumstances of this case, the Panel has no hesitation in finding that 19 domain names represent a pattern of conduct under Paragraph 4(b)(ii) of the Policy.
The Complainant�s evidence suggests that the Respondent registered the contested domain names with the intention of preventing the Complainant from doing so. The Respondent, by his own admission, was aware of the GLENFIDDICH trademark. The Respondent has put forward no objective justification for his registration of domain names incorporating a trademark that he knew did not belong to him. When this conduct is considered against the backdrop of the Respondent�s 19 other apparently abusive registrations highlighted by the Complainant, there is ample evidence to suggest that the two contested domain names were registered and used in bad faith under Paragraph 4(b)(ii) of the Policy. The Panel so finds.
For all the foregoing reasons, and in accordance with Paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and RDRP and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain names <glenfiddich.info> and <glenfiddich.biz> be transferred to the Complainant.


Hubris, big egos, poor foresight, and lack of humanity kill great companies every year.
There's often a "Typhoid Mary" hiding in plain view in every organization. Mary Mallon, now known as Typhoid Mary, seemed a healthy woman when a health care inspector knocked on her door in 1907, yet she was the cause of typhoid outbreaks wherever she went.
Like her, there are the leaders who look 'right' - often seeming to be the smartest people in the room. But they also leave death and destruction in their wake. We can learn from their decisions. And we need to do that sooner than later - before more businesses fail leaving damage in their wake.
I once spent 45 minutes in a queue that never ended with Verizon. On the other hand, Time Warner answered my call in less than 20 seconds. Guess who has my business and my loyalty now? This is particularly dumb because the cost to acquire a new customer easily offset the costs of having a few more operators.
Presuming that someone who is good in one role will be just-as-good in a broader role can be the kiss of death for the employee and the organization. This can take the form of promoting someone beyond one's level of competency, or broadening scope beyond his or her capacity.
Just because someone is a great engineer doesn't mean they have the right skills to manage a department of engineers. Likewise, just because someone was tough enough to win business from a competitor doesn't mean he has what it takes to manage a group or team. These are very different skillsets.
3. "We have to pay our employees less because payroll is the single biggest expense line we have".
Many companies pay as little as they can get away with in a misguided quest for better expense management. And most of those organizations experience high employee turnover. Ultimately, they must spend more money hiring and training newbies.
Additionally, this approach has hard-to-quantify opportunity costs. They often lose profits and customers as a result of providing bad service and care while they are understaffed or using poorly trained personnel.
4. "We've been very successful, so let's grow the company more quickly". Expanding too fast, aka the Starbucks phenomena can take a great concept and push it so far that it's boring and common, has lazy employees with stores which all look the same making it ripe for competition.
5. "We'll get better results if we hire a superstar manager to run this place". These people are usually more about promoting themselves as a brand then looking after the company, and as a result the company's results tank.
Usually they stick around only as long as they need to move to another company. Much better to hire a few managers who are smart, creative and - most of all -dedicated to the company first.
History is littered with once cool companies who took their ability to attract good talent for granted and now cannot regain that cache – e.g.: the GAP, Yahoo, Microsoft were all considered to be "the" places to work at one time or another, then too late they realized that all the great talent was going elsewhere.
Their results show what can happen when we take ourselves too seriously. Coolness is fleeting and the job opportunities for the best employees have become especially broad.
Not having a sound family care policy affects an organization's long-term success. Today's workforce wants to work with companies that respect their desires for family; and they'll leave to find it.
As more countries find that they may soon be unable to provide citizens with healthcare and pensions, this is a bigger deal than ever. Most young women work, and more young men have been raised by women who instilled in them the importance of family. Companies like SAS provide a great example to others who want to attract and retain the best talent in the market. And this doesn't reduce the company's profits or ROI.
8. 5% of Fortune 500 companies are led by women.
"Let's be honest, women are always going to want to have babies, so it's dangerous to promote them too far up the ladder. When they leave we'd be in deep do-do." WPP, the world's largest ad agency fired their company head for this not many years ago - and I assure you it still exists.
It's one of the reasons that most business start-ups are being led by women in North America.
Having a management team or a boardroom made up of people who all look the same might make them feel smart and comfortable, but it reduces new idea flow for better decisions.
Research on this is clear: companies with better diversity plans have better shareholder ROI and profit margins than their counterparts. And, by the way, it's more human to treat all of us equally.
Actually, in today's world, it's usually - better never than late.


Selling my 2010 s5. Car has been amazing so far but Im trying to get into something dct.
Car doesn't have a single problem and runs just as it should.
I had the car wrapped in Avery satin black (originally silver) and it can be removed before sale if needed. Car also has an rs5 honeycomb grill on it (unfortunately cracked in a spot). New 255/35/19 tires on all 4 corners. Turns heads everywhere it goes.
The car also comes with a 2 year bumper to bumper warranty done by a third party which I was told is transferable. If anything at all breaks it's covered! Car has 80k on it.


I guess I'm involved in this because I'm very interested in this Bosnian question. I'm perhaps more politically interested than I ought to be. It's interesting that at this moment in time, when the vision of our politicians doesn't extend beyond tomorrow's opinion poll, that the only people who are showing vision are people who aren't in politics. I don't mean only musicians, but people like Friends Of The Earth, Greenpeace, all of these various non-governmental organisations that'll turn out to be the people who are thinking longer term. I think this is the future.
The future is that government becomes the job of management and thinking becomes the job of everyone who isn't in the government. There's a bad side to that as well - a lot of lobbies like the National Rifle Association and the American tobacco industry have realised this, that the power is not within the government but resides outside it, with the people who push the government to do things. They're the first people to realise it and it's about time the rest of us did as well.
Most people don't really know what's going on in Bosnia and don't really need to. War Child is a charity that set out non-denominationally to help children, child victims of the war. It doesn't matter who they are - Serbs, Croats, or Muslims - so there's no need to have a political opinion on it. It happens that I do, but there isn't any need for it.
I don't think it's as hard to understand what's going on as people think. What we've been presented with is the story that there's a civil war. There isn't a civil war. There's a country being invaded by another country and that isn't a civil war. One side didn't want to fight. It didn't want to be involved and it hasn't been involved very much except to defend itself. I'm talking about Bosnia, of course. So it isn't a civil war any more than when the Germans invaded Sudetenland before the last war. They said that was a civil war as well. They tried to make it look as if there was a big civil war going on in the country, to which they were going to respond - exactly the same technique the Serbians have used. So, number one: it isn't a civil war, it's a straightforward invasion and a straightforward taking of territory.
Number two: it's not, as far as the Bosnians are concerned, a religious war. Notice that they're always called the Bosnian Muslims. No-one ever mentions that the Croats are fundamental Catholics and the Serbs are fundamental Orthodox. But Bosnia is in fact an extremely secular, multi-ethnic, liberal society - you wouldn't really get a sense of it as a Muslim country. Calling it Muslim is a way of saying: it's not part of us, it's not part of Europe. That's wrong, in my opinion - Bosnia is being forced now to become more Muslim as a result, because the only people who would help it are other Muslim countries. Of course, since the Serbs have got Serbs out of there, and the Croats have got Croats out of there, it is de facto a majority Muslim country. But it wasn't before. And, in fact, there are still a lot of Serbs and Croats left in there, who live there and insist on calling themselves Bosnians.
I think this situation has been the victim of very bad and very confusing reporting. And I think reporting has been done to overcomplicate the situation. What the West would like above all is a nice stable situation; as far as it's concerned, that means a strong Serbia, a strong Croatia and probably no Bosnia. I think that's eventually what'll happen - it's what the latest peace plans practically propose, certainly what Tudjeman wants, and obviously what the Serbs want. Bosnia doesn't have any real allies here. Germany was historically and is today allied with Croatia, seeing Croatia as part of an ex-tended Germany. I don't mean they're suddenly going to have a Fourth Reich, but that they're historically allies. And Serbia is historically allied with Russia.
Bosnia isn't allied with anyone. Bosnia has always been slightly like Switzerland, a country that kept itself to itself, and prided itself on the variety of its population rather than on its ethnic purity. The Bosnians are terribly proud of the fact that, for 500 years, Bosnia has been a refuge for people who've been persecuted elsewhere. That's why one of the only other sources of money going into Bosnia is from American Jews: a lot of Jews, from Ferdinand and Isabella onwards, have taken refuge in Bosnia, and there's a big Jewish population. A lot of them have left now for America, but have returned the favour.
The other really sad thing about this situation is that only one country has played by the rules that we set: Bosnia. The rules for civilised, international dispute; all the rules that we're supposed to subscribe to. They've done it and they've suffered for it. The worst aspect of this, from our point of view, is that we've shown we don't believe in our own rules and we're not prepared to defend them. That's a really bad signal for the rest of the world - what do you think other little dictators with big armies think?
The other important thing to say is that this has always been posed as an important moral and historical situation. Its history is terribly complicated, but it's also quite irrelevant. You don't need to go into moral and historical arguments about it; just be legalistic about it and say: Look, we have international laws and international agreements and they've been broken. The agreements have been broken by Serbia quite clearly and earlier on by Croatia as well. And what is the point of having these agreements if we don't police them in any way at all? We don't have to say In 1146, King Vlad knocked down this bridge, and all that sort of thing. It doesn't matter, really. It's similar to the Salman Rushdie situation, where there were all sorts of complications about freedom of speech, and whether he should be allowed to write this or not. That is not an issue. The issue is: are we going to tolerate foreign countries coming and killing our citizens? There's no need to discuss what Rushdie wrote. All we need to say is: we don't tolerate that kind of reaction.
Like that, this is quite a simple picture. Of course, it keeps getting re-complicated, because there are all sorts of devious political reasons why people don't want to it be seen clearly, why they want it to continue to appear complicated. Because they do want to carve up Bosnia. What politicians want more than anything else is stability. And if that means supporting dictators who put 20,000 people in prison and torture them, well it's better than communism, or it's better than this or that.


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Mary J. Blige's most recent divorce proceedings have landed the singer quite a blow. She has to pay estranged husband Kendu Isaacs a whopping $30,000 a month in temporary spousal support.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Blige will additionally pay Isaacs $135,000 in $15,000 increments per month. The bill just keeps adding up, as attorney's fees and other costs outside of the spousal support and retroactive payment come to $100,000.
Blige, who had been married to Isaacs for almost 13 years, filed for divorce last July.
In an interview with Good Morning America in November, the hip-hop queen explained the reason behind her separation from Isaacs.
"The breaking point was when I kept asking over and over and over again for respect and to be respected," Blige said. "And it just seemed like I was beating a dead horse. It seemed like I was talking to a wall. I just wasn't getting it back so if I can't get respect in the relationship, then I have to move on and save myself."
Blige originally claimed there was a prenuptial agreement and sought to terminate the possibility of spousal support, but Isaacs contested the agreement was invalid.
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Christianity Today Should Retract or Correct Cover Article on New Apostolic Leader Heidi Baker
The cover story of the May issue of Christianity Today features Heidi Baker, a significant leader in the "apostolic and prophetic" movement or New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), who misleads readers about her role in the movement. What is worse is that the author and editorial staff of Christianity Today failed to question the claim that Baker's only ties to the NAR are through her loyalty to leaders of the Toronto Blessing and participation in their annual Catch the Fire conference.
The reality is that Heidi Baker's network in Africa is in partnership with the apostolic network of John Arnott, whose ministry hosted the Toronto Airport Revival. Baker and her husband Rolland are two of 12 apostolic leaders (six couples), including Arnott and his wife, in Revival Alliance. Baker is credited with initiating this network of apostles by Revival Alliance's Che Ahn, who is C. Peter Wagner's chosen successor as International Chancellor of the Wagner Leadership Institute.
Baker regularly speaks at apostolic and prophetic conferences and is known as a prophetess. She has given prophetic declarations for cities and countries from D.C. to Australia. Numerous ministries, both inside and outside Baker's Iris Ministries network, list Baker as their apostolic covering. For example, Iris Nashville's website states,
As an Iris Global missions base, our direct apostolic covering are our founders, Heidi and Rolland Baker.
A 2012 Society for Pentecostal Studies conference featured a session titled "Apostle of Love: Heidi Baker (Iris Ministries) and the New Apostolic Reformation."
But, according to the Christianity Today article, "the Bakers do not promote the New Apostolic Reformation or consider themselves to be modern-day apostles."
The publication owes its readers an immediate apology and a retraction or correction of the article. If the editorial staff has decided to embrace the New Apostolic Reformation's radicalized ideology and its agenda for reorganizing global Protestantism, that is their choice. My allegation is not about a doctrinal or philosophical disagreement, but that the article is factually incorrect. Promoting Heidi Baker and her ministry while claiming she is not associated with the NAR is unfair and misleading to the publication's readers.
The statement denying the Bakers' role in the NAR follows the description of Baker's ministry as a "love experience with Jesus so potent it verges on erotic." The Christianity Today article continues,
"Much of this emphasis comes from the Toronto Blessing, where Heidi had her breakthrough experience. Though they have lost financial support due to their association with the Toronto movement, the Bakers are loyal to its leaders and attend their Catch the Fire conferences in North America every year. Several leaders involved are active in the so-called New Apostolic Reformation, a controversial charismatic movement. But the Bakers do not promote the New Apostolic Reformation or consider themselves to be modern-day apostles."
Heidi Baker is an exemplary ambassador for promoting the movement she disavowed in the article. She has the ability to appeal to mainstream evangelicals since she is better known outside the movement for her work with African children in Mozambique.
Heidi Baker and New Apostolic Networks
Baker's Iris Ministries is in countries including India, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Congo, South Sudan, Malawi, Kenya, and Israel.
On page six of the eight-page Christianity Today article, the African ministry is described as "Partners in Harvest missions organization under the sponsorship of Iris." Partners in Harvest (PIH) is the apostolic network of John Arnott, and is claimed to include over 10,200 ministries. The vast majority of those are under the leadership of Iris Ministries of Heidi and Rolland Baker. The international coordinator for PIH is Dan Slade, and the African ministries are often described as PIH/Iris. The other Partners in Harvest ministries fall under Apostolic Leaders in regions of Canada, where PIH is based and the U.S., Brazil, Scandinavia, Far East, Eastern Europe, South Africa, Holland & Belgium, and Germany.
Iris Ministries is considered one of the largest and most successful of American-led apostolic networks in Africa. The ministry disciples future leaders for the Iris network. As stated on the Iris Malawi website:
"Overseers are appointed in each district of Malawi to provide leadership and accountability to area pastors and churches."
One of the ministries top leaders in Africa is Supressa Sithole, now a popular speaker at American and international apostolic and prophetic conferences and shows like Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural." Both Heidi Baker and Sithole are featured in Wagner Leadership Institute training, but the websites have recently been password protected.
Heidi Baker and the Formation of Revival Alliance
Heidi and Rolland Baker wrote the foreword to the 2009 book by Che Ahn When Heaven Comes Down: Experiencing God's Glory in Your Life. Ahn describes the restoration of modern-day apostles and prophets.
"As I look back through the history of revival, I see that every wave of God's outpouring is important because, in each revival, He restores something. In fact, over the past half-century, we see that in each movement God restored an office within the five-fold ministry, including apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers.
"In the 'Third Wave' of the 1980s, God brought forth prophets, as John Wimber introduced the 'Kansas City prophets' Paul Cain, Mike Bickle, Bob Jones, James Goll, and Jill Austin. Other prophets emerged during that period, including my friend and covenant brother Lou Engle, my sister in the Lord Cindy Jacobs, Jane Hamon and Chuck Pierce. The 1994 revival in Toronto restored the office of the apostle with the birth of many apostolic networks, including John and Carol Arnott's Partners in Harvest, Rick Joyner's MorningStar, Bill Johnson's Global Legacy, Heidi and Rolland Baker's Iris Ministries and our church's own Harvest International Ministry.
"Now, in 2009, we see the convergence of all five of these restored offices coming together and being expressed through the Body of Christ in His followers the saints."
The 2009 Harvest Fest conference at Rick Joyner's MorningStar Ministry included Heidi Baker, Samuel Rodriguez, and Lance Wallnau.
Note that in the context of the apostolic and prophetic, it is believed that supernatural manifestations can be passed from person to person through impartation. For example, Randy Clark is credited with sparking the Toronto Blessing in 1994 by bringing "holy laughter" from a Tulsa revival with Rodney Howard Browne to John Arnott's Toronto Airport Vineyard Ministry. Arnott's church was later kicked out of the Vineyard network because of the unusual manifestations of the multi-year revival, including rolling in the floor, barking, and roaring.
According to Che Ahn's account given at the Lakeland Outpouring in 2008, the Revival Alliance had been recently formed by the 12 apostolic network leaders, who strategized during a retreat at a five-star hotel in Hawaii. The 12 are pictured from right to left:
Bill and Beni Johnson – Bethel Church, Global Legacy, and Apostolic Network of Global Awakening
Heidi and Rolland Baker – Iris Ministries
Georgian and Winnie Banov – Global Celebration
Che and Sue Ahn – Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministries
Randy and DeeAnne Clark – Global Awakening
John and Carol Arnott – Catch the Fire (formerly Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship) and Partners in Harvest
In a 2012 bulletin, Che Ahn describes Revival Alliance as in development prior to 2008.
"In 2005, Bob Jones prophesied to Heidi and Rolland Baker to form a new network that would be the container for the one billions souls coming in. He named John and Carol Arnott, Bill and Beni Johnson, Randy and Deanne Clark along with Sue and me among those to be involved. God also revealed Georgian and Winnie Banov's involvement as we all met together to pray and strategize.
The baby was born around Easter in 2006 where we came together and formed the Revival Alliance. God lead us to map out the world and our respective areas of greatest strength at that time: The Bakers, Africa; the Arnotts, Canada and Europe; the Johnsons, Australia, New Zealand and the USA; the Banovs, Eastern Europe, and HIM in Asia and India.
Since submitting ourselves to each other and God's larger mission, our HIM churches have doubled to more than 10,000 and every ministry within Revival Alliance cites the same exponential growth."
[Note that this is not Bob Jones of Bob Jones University, but Bob Jones of the Kansas City Prophets, now with Rick Joyner's MorningStar Ministries network in Ft. Mill, South Carolina. Jones is also credited by Mike Bickle and Todd Bentley for the prophecies about their ministries.]
The Revival Alliance leaders host conferences including the Voice of the Apostles. Heidi Baker is a featured speaker at these and other apostolic and prophetic events – "conferences" that often more closely resemble a cross between a rock concert and a tent revival. The 2012 Voice of the Apostles is scheduled for October 17 – 20 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is advertising speakers Randy Clark, Bill Johnson, Heidi Baker, Rolland Baker, Georgian Banov, and John Arnott.
Heidi Baker and Todd Bentley
Todd Bentley is so controversial that Charisma Magazine described the aftermath of his Lakeland Outpouring scandal as a potential "charismatic civil war." Editor Marcus Yoars stated,
At the core were such issues as extra-biblical doctrine, overemphasis on angelic encounters and necromancy.
Christianity Today has either leapt or somehow blundered into this same controversy with the Heidi Baker article.
In 2008, as Todd Bentley's Lakeland Outpouring faith-healing revival was drawing international attention, a "commissioning" ceremony was held for Bentley. The event was described by C. Peter Wagner as "apostolically aligning" Bentley with Revival Alliance's apostles who would then "commission Todd as the evangelist for the Lakeland Outpouring." It culminated in Che Ahn placing a ring on Bentley's finger to symbolize the covenant relationship.
According to C. Peter Wagner's account in Charisma,
"A total of 17 apostles participated representing three apostolic streams: ICA, Revival Alliance, and Morning Star (Rick Joyner)."
John Arnott, Bill Johnson, and Che Ahn represented Revival Alliance at the ceremony. As part of the proceedings, Wagner asked Bentley if he accepted the "apostolic authority of these three men in your life and do you desire to establish an apostolic alignment with them and Revival Alliance?" Wagner then declared to Bentley,
"Your power will increase. Your authority will increase. Your favor will increase. I also decree that a new supernatural strength will flow through this ministry.
Stacey Campbell, another leading apostle/prophetess and current board member of Baker's Iris Ministries, Inc., also prophesied over Bentley as seen in the linked video.
In 2003, long before Todd Bentley became the superstar of the Lakeland Revival, he partnered with the Bakers and Iris Ministries on a project in Malawi. Bentley's ministry, Fresh Fire, reported on the claimed results, including supernatural healing of HIV/AIDS and the appearance of Jesus in the crowds. In 2005 Bentley again partnered with Iris Ministries, this time in Mozambique and including Che Ahn's Harvest International Ministries.
Heidi Baker is a regular speaker at Todd Bentley's "Secret Places" conferences, including one with Bob Jones held in January of 2008, prior to the beginning of the Lakeland Outpouring. She has endorsed several of Bentley's books.
The following is described in Bentley's Fresh Fire Ministries (FFM) report on the 2003 Baker and Bentley Malawi project.
Malawi, as well as some other African countries, is plagued with the AIDS epidemic. Although local governments are finally promoting a message of sexual abstinence in schools, the epidemic has already hit an alarming rate. Quite often, those who attend the crusades who are HIV positive are hesitant to come to prayer. Todd invited them to come unashamedly and receive forgiveness and cleansing. We were glad to report three different individuals who were tested by their doctors after receiving prayer, to be totally healed of this dreaded virus. AIDS can be beaten!"
During the AM sessions, Heidi Baker and Todd Bentley preached messages on Philippians 2 and the anointing and favor of God. Many of the pastors in Lilongwe are discouraged as most churches are very small in size because of the horrendous witchcraft existing in the area. On the final morning, Todd and Heidi and a number of FFM staff escorted over 350 pastors, Christian leaders, and workers outside to an open field and imparted special grace over each one.
The same report describes Bentley's call for people to bring him their dead.
Todd Bentley has been encouraging the local people to bring the dead to the crusade meetings where opportunity will be given to see them raised up with resurrection power. On one of the days when an outreach was scheduled at a 1000 unit hospital, the opportunity did come allowing a handful of FFM access into the holding room of the hospital (morgue). Although there was no visible evidence of a `Lazarus coming forth', we know many more opportunities will be waiting in the future, and yes, the dead will be raised in Jesus name.
Baker, like most New Apostolic leaders, is focused on fighting witchcraft and expelling demons, including from children. Typical of NAR narratives, Iris Ministry accounts include descriptions of burning witchcraft items, including one account complete with green smoke.
New Apostolic leaders teach that in preparation for the end times, their adherents will develop increasingly powerful supernatural abilities and have the power to convert millions of people of other faiths through exhibiting "signs and wonders" or supernatural acts.
At the Lakeland Revival event, where Che Ahn gave his account of the formation of Revival Alliance, he also declared Todd Bentley to have a "double portion" of the anointing of William Branham. Branham was a leader of the faith-healing revivals of the late 1940s and early 1950s that became known as the Latter Rain movement. Branham is described by Rolland Baker as the "most anointed" person on earth since Jesus. The concept of "overcomers" with great supernatural powers is rooted in the Manifest Sons of God theology of the Latter Rain movement.
In a teaching video, C. Peter Wagner states,
"We can do the same or greater things than Jesus did because we have access to the same power source."
According to Baker,
"Raising the dead is a good strategic plan! The church grows when you raise the dead."
Heidi Baker not only claims to raise the dead, but also claims supernatural "multiplication" of meals, similar to Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes.
Aggressive Faith-Healing
Bentley's faith-healing revival at Lakeland was controversial, even among many Charismatics and New Apostolics. Bentley served time as a juvenile for sexual assault and other crimes. The revival was also controversial for his practice of punching and kicking the ill and injured he was supposedly healing.
These controversies did not end the Lakeland Outpouring, nor did ABC's Nightline investigation of Bentley or the fact that Nightline could find no evidence whatsoever that anyone had been healed of the hundreds of thousands of people who came from all over the world for the spectacle. (Nightline Part One and Part Two) Likewise, there was no evidence of Bentley's claims of the dead brought back to life. The revival came to a close only after Bentley was caught cheating on his wife.
In the linked video, Bentley says that the Holy Spirit commanded him to kick an elderly woman in the face with his biker boot during a service. He also describes punching another elderly woman so hard that she flew through the air and crashed through a closed door. The Lakeland Outpouring included Bentley head butting, punching and kicking the ill and infirmed. Since the 2008 scandal over his infidelity, Bentley has been going through rehabilitation under the supervision of Rick Joyner and MorningStar, but this hasn't stopped his gloating about his violent faith-healing.
Like Bentley, Heidi Baker also claims that the Holy Spirit commands her to do unexpected things to the desperately ill. In the following video she claims to have healed a leper by stomping on his foot. (2:48 minute video embedded below.)
More on Heidi Baker and the NAR
Heidi Baker's participation in the apostolic and prophetic is not based on "guilt by association," as some of today's modern-day apostles claim when they want to deny they are a movement, but on extensive documentation of her significant role in the movement.
Baker is one of the ten contributors (shown in graphic at right) to the 2010 book The Reformer's Pledge, along with John Arnott, Bill Johnson, Lance Wallnau, Chuck Pierce, C. Peter Wagner, Jim Goll, Cindy Jacobs, Lou Engle, Jim Garlow, and editor Che Ahn. In a previous article I described Garlow's claim that he was not familiar with the term New Apostolic Reformation and addressed reasons why it benefits the movement to avoid use of terms like NAR, "apostle," and "prophet" when appealing to mainstream evangelical audiences. Other NAR-deniers have included Samuel Rodriguez and former National Association of Evangelicals president, Ted Haggard.
Heidi Baker and Lou Engle are two of the leaders providing "apostolic covering" for Burn 24-7, a youth-oriented group that participates in Lou Engle's The Call events. Burn 24-7 is led by Sean Feucht and is similar to The Call in focus, including teaching that homosexuality is caused by a literal demonic spirit. Baker has also participated in The Call, co-founded by Engle and Che Ahn, including in Jerusalem.
Heidi Baker and Lance Wallnau, a lead spokesperson for the "Seven Mountains Mandate" were the featured speakers just a few weeks ago at a conference hosted by the ministry of Stacey Campbell, a current member of the Iris Ministries, Inc. board, and her husband Wes. Another board member of Iris Ministries, Inc. is Kris Volloton, who leads the Bethel School of the Prophets and "has served on Bill Johnson's apostolic team for over 33 years," according to his bio.
The list could go on and on.
Puffing Baker
Why did Christianity Today decide to feature Heidi Baker in the May cover article, but make a point of denying her ties to the NAR? I don't know the answer, but this is not the first wide-scale promotion of Baker. She has been regularly featured in a multi-million dollar project by funded by the Templeton Foundation that has also included the promotion of C. Peter Wagner and most of the Revival Alliance apostles.
In the project these New Apostolic leaders are described as "exemplars of godly love" in a "study of unselfish love for all others without exception." That might come as a surprise to those well-versed in the NAR's Dominionist agenda and attacks on those of other faiths. It's difficult to reconcile the "Flame of Godly Love" and "Institute for Research on Unlimited Love" studies with the NAR's claims that its spiritual warfare networks can supernaturally destroy the icons or buildings of those of other faiths, and maim or kill other humans through prayer. It's also difficult to reconcile with leadership's claims that others – including homosexuals, freemasons, and those of other religious faiths – are controlled by literal demonic beings.
Christianity Today's article is subtitled "There are credible reports that Heidi Baker heals the deaf and raises the dead."
Apparently this uncritical acceptance of Baker's supernatural powers was referencing the study by Candy Gunther Brown, also funded by the Templeton Foundation. Michael McClymond, referred to in the article, has also been part of the "Flame of Godly Love" project funded by Templeton. The 2012 Society for Pentecostal Studies conference described earlier in this article, included a presentation on Heidi Baker's network by Margaret Poloma, also funded by Templeton. In the same session, titled Symposium on New Apostolic Networks and the Third Wave, McClymond spoke about Randy Clark's apostolic network.
The Templeton-funded projects promoting apostolic and prophetic leaders will be addressed in future articles and an upcoming report by Talk2action's Bruce Wilson.
Perhaps the staff at Christianity Today was misled by the beatification of Heidi Baker in the Templeton-funded studies. Regardless, they owe their readers an apology and a retraction or correction of the article.
Part Two: Christianity Today Promotes NAR Prophet Heidi Baker
It was a pivotal moment in American evangelicalism when Christianity Today featured a New Apostolic leader on its May cover. More shocking is that this historic development included claims by Heidi Baker that her only tie to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) has been annual attendance at a conference. The author and editorial staff failed to challenge this assertion or to include information about Baker's significant role in the NAR or her role in Revival Alliance, a partnership that brought together the six major New Apostolic ministries of Baker, Che Ahn, John Arnott, Randy Clark, Bill Johnson, and Georgian Banov. It was an incomplete view of one of the most powerful women in the apostolic and prophetic movement and promoted Baker's ministry without providing readers any information about the dramatic changes in structure and ideology that New Apostolics have introduced into the evangelical world.
Part One of this series included a description of the formation of Revival Alliance and the apostolic network's sponsorship of the "apostolic alignment" of Todd Bentley at the Lakeland Outpouring in 2008.
Following are additional examples documenting Baker's very obvious leadership position in the apostolic and prophetic movement. See links at the end of the article for descriptions of the New Apostolic Reformation and apostolic government of the church. The movement's goals include the reorganization and unifying of Protestantism under the authority of apostles and prophets.
Baker and Burn 24-7
Following is a short video of Baker with leaders of Burn 24-7. This is a light-hearted and frivolous clip, but the embrace of the apostolic and prophetic structure is obvious. Baker is part of the apostolic council providing accountability or "apostolic covering" to Burn 24-7. The video features Baker, Burn 24-7 founder Sean Feucht, and another leader of the youth-oriented organization. In this video they are celebrating the formation of their apostolic/prophetic council.
Under the "accountability" tab on the Burn 24-7 website, four apostolic leaders are shown – Julie Meyer, Lou Engle, Heidi and Rolland Baker, and Charles and Ann Stock. Lou Engle is co-founder with Che Ahn of The Call. Julie Meyer is also a prophet and is well known in the movement for her prophetic rap style and prophecies about Sarah Palin during the 2008 election.
In another Burn 24-7 video Heidi Baker is described as part of the organization's "apostolic council" and as sharing "her prophetic voice and impartation." The Burn 24-7 website also includes a handy "prophetic glossary."
Revival Alliance and Wagner Leadership Institute
Randy Clark, one of the leaders of Revival Alliance (described in detail in Part One), is credited with bringing the holy laughter revival to John Arnott's Toronto Airport Vineyard Fellowship in 1994. The subsequent multi-year revival is often described as the Toronto Blessing. In 2001, Clark left the Vineyard movement and his church in St. Louis and moved his Global Awakening ministry to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in order "to work with Charles Stock, a non-Vineyard ministry" as reported by Charisma Magazine. Charles and Ann Stock, listed above in the apostolic council of Burn 24 -7, lead Life Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Clark's Global Awakening is now headquartered in Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania, close to Harrisburg, and includes the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening, the Schools of Healing and Impartation, and the Global School of Supernatural Ministry.
Global Awakening Partners with Wagner Leadership Institute (WLI-GA) to teach "training in the core topics of: Apostolic, Prophetic, Evangelism, Pastoral, Teacher and Seven Mountain." Heidi Baker is listed as a speaker for Global Awakening and regularly speaks at GA conferences. WLI-GA courses include Raising the Dead 101, shown at right and including Heidi Baker.
Candy Gunther Brown, quoted in the Christianity Today article, has written extensively about the partnership between Baker's Iris Ministries and Clark's Global Awakening in her 2011 book Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Healing. However, Brown makes no mention of the most prominent feature of the partnership – Revival Alliance which links the apostolic networks of Baker, Clark, Che Ahn, John Arnott, Bill Johnson, and Georgian Banov. The formation of this network is described in Part One of this series.
Brown does reference Randy Clark's apostolic network Global Awakening and it's work with other apostolic networks as follows,
"Global Awakening works closely with networks of local Pentecostal, Baptist, and new Apostolic movement churches and ministries, such as Casa de Davi and Nova Geracao in Brazil and Iris Ministries in Mozambique, seeking to build international bridges among the groups in its global network."
Brown does not describe or define how "New Apostolic churches" differ from denominational networks or describe how the growth of the apostolic and prophetic networks is overlaying current denominational structures.
Baker and Shara Pradhan
Heidi Baker co-authored a book in 2008 with her personal assistant Shara Pradhan. Pradhan has worked with the late Jill Austin and with Mike Bickle at International House of Prayer and is currently working at Bethel Church of Bill Johnson, a Revival Alliance leader. Following is a recent update from Pradhan about her work, including plans to return to Mozambique in June. The video is book-ended by two of the most powerful women in the apostolic and prophetic movement or NAR – Cindy Jacobs and Heidi Baker:
*What is the New Apostolic Reformation and apostolic government of the church?
Link to "C. Peter Wagner Explains the New Apostolic Reformation."
A pdf by Relationship Church in Dalton, Georgia provides the typical New Apostolic explanation for why evangelical churches must shift from a democratic structure to an apostolic structure. Relationship Church is listed in Rick Joyner's MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries.
by Rachel Tabachnick
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5 Responses to Christianity Today Should Retract or Correct Cover Article on New Apostolic Leader Heidi Baker
Steve Sponsler says:
I was New into Christ (not 'Christianity') as of 5 years ago after 50 years. It was full steam ahead ready to soak it all in ..and got 'Christianity' Today..and was disappointed. At a time in the past I would never read it..now that I was reading it..i found it full of conflicting information and could hardly wait for the subscription to run out. Haven't looked back since. Too much grief.
excellent article. The apostasy of Christianity is rampant in the world today. It appears to be laying the ground work for the coming Anti-Christ's false prophet and one world religion.
Sean Christie says:
I'm looking for the clip where Heidi says she healed a leper by stomping on his foot. It said it was at 2:48 in the imbedded link. I checked the links but did not find it.
Paul and Marg Longfield says:
For all the filming that is done by Iris ministries, surely this experience would have been filmed or other similar events that get spoken of. Could you please put up some film of these hearings taking place please, it would certainly boost those in need to reach out by faith to claim similar.


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Tele2 notified of approval of the sale of Tele2 Croatia to United Group
The Croatian Competition Agency has notified Tele2 AB ("Tele2") (Nasdaq Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) and United Group of its decision to approve the sale of Tele2 Croatia to United Group. Tele2 now awaits the publication of a formal approval.
Tele2 announced the sale of its Croatian business to United Group on 31 May 2019. On 25 November 2019, the Croatian Competition Agency initiated a so called Phase II investigation. Now, the agency has notified Tele2 and United Group of its decision to approve the transaction. A formal approval is expected to be published the coming weeks.
As part of United Group's family of telecom and media companies, Tele2 Croatia will be able to create even greater value for its customers.
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Does Newheek provide 3 core high voltage cable free sample?
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