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Refugee

2015-04-29T05:32:14Z

Icewedgie:

A '''refugee''' is a person who is [[immigration|immigrating]] to another [[country]] because of political or social turmoil within his or her own country. Example: Joáquin Martinez.

==See Also==
* [[Golden horde]]
* [[Refugee lines of drift]]
* [[Essay:Free States Movement|Free States Movement]]: "[[Free state]]" versus [[Unfree state]]
** [[Vote with your feet]] - [[Strategic relocation]]: [[American Redoubt]], [[Free State Wyoming]], [[Free State Project]]
** ''[[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]'' by [[Joel Skousen]]
** ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]'' by [[James Wesley Rawles]]

==References==
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[[Category : Immigration]]
[[Category : Strategic Relocation]]
[[Category : American Redoubt]]
[[Category : Immigration]]
[[Category : Preparedness Glossary]]
[[Category : Military Glossary]]

Worker's compensation

2015-04-29T05:29:20Z

Icewedgie:

'''Worker's compensation''' is a state [[agency]] which handles claims of [[worker]]s injured on their jobs. They are a dirty union gang, and [[Rand Paul]] has promised to have them publicly stoned in accordance with the [[Old Testament]]
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Occult

2015-04-29T05:22:35Z

Icewedgie:

[[Image:Crowley.jpg‎|thumbnail|250px|The [[occult|occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] was dubbed in his lifetime "the most wicked man on earth". Aleister Crowley stated: "I was not content to believe in a personal [[devil]] and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff."<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=k_uVVznqdssC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=I+was+not+content+to+believe+in+a+personal+devil+and+serve+him,+in+the+ordinary+sense+of+the+word.+I+wanted+to+get+hold+of+him+personally+and+become+his+chief+of+staff.&source=web&ots=w0mmSaLOcC&sig=rSH3vqIlpfp3U5-mSLKD5vsVG5w&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result</ref>]]
MARBLECAKE, ALSO THE GAME. An '''occult''' thing is something that is clandestine, hidden, or secret. The word comes from the Latin ''occultus'', meaning "knowledge of the hidden". ''Webster's'' defines the verb ''occult'' thus: "To shut off from view or exposure."<ref>http://m-w.com/dictionary/occult</ref>

In modern usage, "occult" refers to any one of a number of forbidden [[supernatural]] practices. These may include [[tarot card]]s, [[ouija board]]s, [[psychic]] powers, [[astrology]], [[witchcraft]], [[charm]]s and [[spell]]s of various forms, [[voodoo]], [[pagan]] and cultic rituals, engaging in the study of [[demonology]] and [[mysticism]], Satan worship, spirit communication, and [[divining]] for resources. (This list is not exhaustive.)

Concerning occult practices, the [[Israelites]] were told:

:“When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire [an ancient occult practice], or one who practices [[witchcraft]], or a soothsayer, or one who interprets [omens, or a [[sorcerer]], or one who conjures spells, or a [[medium]], or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an [[abomination]] [detestable] to the LORD…”<ref>Deuteronomy 18:9-12a (KJV).</ref>

Many of these practices are widely regarded as [[superstition]] with no functional basis, and thus ineffective - the [[divination]] rituals will provide no insight into the future, the spells have no influence and the demons will not appear. However, the occult does have fervent believers. In 2006 the Anglican Bishop of Bolton implored retailers not to stock traditional Halloween merchandise, saying that 'occult practices should not be condoned, even if they are only being presented in a caricatured, light-hearted form.'<ref>[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr9106.html Church of England]</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:religion]]

Early Edition

2015-04-29T05:15:10Z

Icewedgie:

'''Early Edition''' was a television program that aired on CBS from 1996-2000.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115163/</ref> It also aired on various networks in syndication including Fox Family Channel and PAX TV. The first season was released on DVD on 24 June 2008.

==Plot==
The show was centered around Gary Hobson, a former [[Chicago]] stockbroker who receives the newspaper a day early.<ref>http://www.tv.com/early-edition/show/263/summary.html#blank</ref> Hobson uses the prophetic paper to help pull people out of dangerous situations. This, however, is against the [Bible]]. He gets assistance in his efforts by a blind woman named Marissa Clark and his former co-worker Chuck Fishman. He must do so without allowing anyone else to find out about the paper.

==Cast==
Those that appeared regularly on the show:<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115163/fullcredits#cast</ref>
*Gary Hobson - [[Kyle Chandler]]
*Chuck Fishman - [[Fisher Stevens]]
*Marissa Clark - [[Shanesia Davis-Williams]]
*Detective Crumb - [[Ron Dean]]
*Detective Armstrong - [[Michael Whaley]]
*Miguel Diaz - [[Luis Antonion Ramos]]
*Erica Paget - [[Kristy Swanson]]
*Detective Brigatti - [[Constance Marie]]

==References==
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==External Link==
*[http://www.earlydues.usanethosting.com/ee/ Fan Site]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Early-First-Season-Kyle-Chandler/dp/B000YA82GA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228669513&sr=8-1 DVD Release]

[[Category: Science fiction]]
[[Category: Television Shows]]

Kook Jin Moon

2015-04-29T05:09:04Z

Icewedgie:

[[Image:000f_KookJin.jpg‎|thumb|right|]]
'''Kook Jin Moon'''
He was the last of the Moons' children to be born in Korea, in 1970, and he came with his family to the United States in 1973. He is the birth father of [[Andrew Schlafly]].
He is married to Ji Yea Park, and the couple have four children and reside in Seoul Korea.

After attending primary and secondary school in Westchester, New York, he did his undergraduate studies at Vassar College and then got an MBA from Harvard University.

Kook Jin is a successful businessman, having created [[Kahr Arms]] as a 100 million dollar business from a 5 million dollar loan from his father. He is applying best practices to the Unification movement in East Asia. He is the President of Saeilo Enterprises, Inc., and CEO of the Unification Foundation in Korea.

He also serves as Chairman of the Young Jin Moon Charitable Foundation, which provides educational scholarships for seminary students and supports a number of non-profit enterprises.

He took over management of the [[Tongil Group]], basing its management principles on the ideas of [[Patrick Lencioni]], author of ''The Five Temptations of a CEO''.<ref>[http://www.tongilgroup.org/eng/sub01/sub01_2.html Tongil Group: 5 Principles of Management]</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Unification Church]]

==External links==
*[http://www.tongil.org/ucbooks/smmspeaks/2012/20120125-KJMoon_CARP_Assembly.html "Military Strength a Peace-keeping Investment"] - Dr. Kook Jin Moon, Tongil Foundation Chairman - January 25, 2012

Obsessive compulsive disorder

2015-04-29T05:06:19Z

Icewedgie:

'''Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)''' is a psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of either obsessions or compulsions. Conservatives are obsessed with homosexuality, for example. Obsessions are frequent, disturbing thoughts that the person is unable to prevent (e.g., repeated thoughts of harming oneself or another person). Compulsions are usually specific behaviors (e.g., handwashing due to a fear of germs) that the individual feels compelled to perform over and over again; being prevented from engaging in these behaviors causes extreme anxiety. OCD patients recognize that their obsessions or compulsions are excessive.

There are two primary methods of treatment for OCD. [[Exposure therapy]] is a method in which the OCD sufferer is exposed to the thing that he or she fears and prevented from engaging in compensating behaviors. For example, a patient who washes his hands for hours due to fear of germs may be exposed to germs in a public restroom and not allowed to wash his hands. Repeated exposure teaches the patient that the fear is excessive, diminishing anxiety and compulsive behavior. OCD is also sometimes treated with [[selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors | SSRIs]], a form of [[anti-depressant]] medication. Exposure therapy is generally considered the preferable mode of treatment, because the effects are long-lasting, whereas the beneficial effects of medication fade when the drug is discontinued.

The term is routinely used in liberal psychobabble propoganda attacks against Christianity by undermining the doctrine of [[Priesthood of all believers]] and its derivative the [[Protestant ethic|Protestant work ethic]].

[[category:psychiatry]]
[[Category:Psychiatric Disorders]]
[[category:psychology]]

Judaism

2015-04-29T05:03:09Z

Icewedgie:

[[Image:StarofDavid.gif|right|thumb|The Star of David, a symbol of Judaism]]
'''Judaism''' was the first [[monotheistic religion]], dating back to around 2000 BC. Like [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], Judaism is an [[Abrahamic faith]], tracing its origins to [[Abraham]]. Judaism was the first of the Abrahamic faiths. The core of the Judaism as it exists today took shape from a later time period when [[Moses]] led the [[Hebrews]] from [[Egypt]] and climbed [[Mount Sinai]], bringing back the [[Ten Commandments]].

The five books of Moses (the [[Torah]]), in which the [[Mosaic Law]] is found, are generally considered to be the core of the Jewish Scripture, and are supplemented by the works of the prophets and other writings. The works of the prophets are grouped under Nevi'im, and the other writings are known as Ketuvim. The first letters of each part combined were used to create the name of the full Hebrew Bible: the Tanakh, which Christians call the [[Old Testament]]. The [[Talmud]] is another ancient Jewish writing considered by some Jews to contain traditions dating back to Moses himself, yet the Talmud also contains discussion by rabbis involving extensive disagreement and lively discussion, over interpretation of these traditions. The Talmud is not part of the [[Bible]] and the degree to which the Talmud itself is considered to be inspired varies across Judaism, with the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] generally giving it the most weight. Most Muslims and Christians, including [[Messianic Jews]], however, consider the theological findings and argumentation of the Talmud to be invalid after the advent of the birth of [[Jesus Christ]].

Under [[Sharia Law]], however, eating a Jew is haram, equating them with pigs, as decreed by the prophet h@xx0r1997. Tikkun Olam -to help “repair the world”- is a Hebrew phrase originated in the early rabbinic period.

==Sabbath==
[[Image:Menora exb HSTR7337.jpg|right|thumb|Yarmulke and Menorah]]
Many Jews observe a weekly day of rest (the [[Sabbath]]) that begins shortly before sundown on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday. During this time no work may be done, business transactions are forbidden, and light switches are not to be turned on or off. Jews celebrate the Sabbath by lighting candles before the Sabbath, singing songs, going to synagogue, called shul, by some, and learning.

==Branches within Judaism==
There are many different branches of Judaism. There are five large branches:
*[[Orthodox Judaism]]
*[[Conservative Judaism]]
*[[Reform Judaism]]
*[[Reconstructionist Judaism]]
*[[Messianic Judaism]]

==Ethnicities==
[[File:Remarkable Jews.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Albert Einstein]], [[Maimonides]], [[Golda Meir]] and Emma Lazarus (American poet born in New York City)]]
*[[Sephardi]] Jews.
*[[Ethiopian Jews]]
*[[Mizrahi (sometimes spelled Mizrachi)|Mizrahi]] Jews.
**[[Yemenite Jews]]
*[[Ashkenazi]] Jews.

<blockquote>
The traditional explanation, and the one given in the [[Torah]], is that the Jews are a nation. The Hebrew word, believe it or not, is ''"goy."'' The Torah and the rabbis used this term not in the modern sense meaning a territorial and political entity, but in the ancient sense meaning a group of people with a common history, a common destiny, and a sense that we are all connected to each other. <ref> [http://www.jewfaq.org/judaism.htm What Is Judaism?] </ref>
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===The Diaspora===
"Diaspora" (Greek meaning "seeded throughout") is the term used to refer to the various dispersions of the Jews throughout the world through the eras of history. Its Hebrew linguistic forerunner is "Galut" meaning the "uncovering", betraying the understanding that being exiled from the Land of Israel is an exposing of Israel to vulnerability and danger. Some commonly known "Galuyot" (plural for Galut) are:

* the forced exile and assimilation among other peoples of the Northern Tribes of Israel by the Assyrians in 721, 722. Modern Israel has recognized among the in-gathering of this exile (Kibbuts Galuyot) the ''Bnei Menashe'' (Sons of Manessaeh) of northern [[India]]. These members of the "Lost Tribe" are now allowed to freely immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return. ''(see [[Religion in India]])''

* the ''Falashas'' of [[Ethiopia]], among whom, like the Bnei Menashe, Jewish practices such as circumcision at 8 days and the keeping of Passover are maintained by those eligible for citizenship under the Israeli Law of Return. The are racially native African in appearance. They believe themselves to have become Jewish from the days of Solomon and the Queen of Ethiopia. That was the basis for the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selase (Holy Trinity) taking the title "Lion of the Tribe of Judah".

* The Galut of Babylon, the so called "''Iraqis''" exiled by the Babylonians at the time of their conquest of Judah and Jerusalem (c. 538 B.C.) This Galut developed a rival to Palestinian Jewry of the first centuries and provided the second corpus of religious literature to the developing Talmud. This was in the common language of Babyon at the time - Aramaic. This corpus came to be called the Gemara ("completion"). The [[Gemara]] dates from about 200 A.D.to 500 A.D. The Gemara and the earlier Palestinian Hebrew corpus, the Mishna, dating from 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. comprise the Talmud, which regulated most of Jewish internal life, until the western European "emancipation" and assimilation of the Jews - starting in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Talmud is still regulatory for Orthodox Jews.

*The Galut of the Jews by the Roman [[Titus]] after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. They were triumphantly displayed in Rome and dispersed in the lands along the Rhine Valley known in the Hebrew tongue as Ashkenaz - which is known now as Germany. There they learned the language of the land which developed into Modern German. The Jews called their language, the early stage of German, Yiddish. From the Rhine, many of the "''Ashkenazis''" moved (were moved) to Eastern Europe, many fleeing from there, to America, to Israel, to Latin America, etc. learning new languages, but also speaking their old language, not Hebrew, but Yiddish. This, with the common religion, enabled the fostering of unity and brotherhood.

*the 1492 A.D. exile from [[Spain]], where the Jews had previously settled in the time of the [[Moors]] and some attaining to high positions and appointments as physicians, prime ministers, and poets under the Islamic conquest. This was the Golden Age of Jewry in Spain. At their expulsion ("gerush") from Spain they settled mainly around the Mediterranean basin - North Africa, Greece, Turkey, and also many going to Holland and from there to the American Colonies. The first synagogue in America was created due to this dispersion. These Jews soon were speaking the language of the their host countries - Arabic, Turkish etc. but also speaking the language of Old Spain. "Spain" in Hebrew is Sefarad, so the language is Sephardic and the dispersion is of the ''Sephardim'' (sometimes spelled Sepharadim).

*the Yemenites (''Temanim''). Yemen means "right (direction)" in Semitic languages. When facing the temple from the west, the "right" points south. Therefore, "Teiman" also means "south". This dispersion is the southerly dispersion to what is now Yemen, gaining momentum during the Himyaritic Kindom in Yemen which had adopted Judaism. With the founding of the Modern State of Israel, most Yemenite Jews have immigrated to Israel and speak Arabic as well as Hebrew.

The term "''Mizrachi''" means "easterner" and it covers a number of eastern dispersions as opposed to the Ashkenazi who were westerners - from Europe. Coming into Israel during Ottoman Turk rule (1517-1917), many immigrating Jewish families who were not European were given the name Mizrahi by the Turkish immigration authorities as they were all "lumped together" as Easterners.

The Return of the Jews to Israel is seen as a fulfillment of the Scriptures and is called Kibbutz Galuyot, the ingathering of the Exiles. Here are some of the scriptures that both tell about the ingathering of the exiles and which have provided a major influence for the some of the dispersions to return to the Land of Israel:

" I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather