This Day in HIstory

This Day in HIstory

1843

Great Emigration departs for Oregon

A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the “Great Emigration,” the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.
After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its northern route to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From there, it traveled on to the Rocky Mountains, which it passed through by way of the broad, level South Pass that led to the basin of the Colorado River. The travelers then went southwest to Fort Bridger, northwest across a divide to Fort Hall on the Snake River, and on to Fort Boise, where they gained supplies for the difficult journey over the Blue Mountains and into Oregon. The Great Emigration finally arrived in October, completing the 2,000-mile journey from Independence in five months.
In the next year, four more wagon trains made the journey, and in 1845 the number of emigrants who used the Oregon Trail exceeded 3,000. Travel along the trail gradually declined with the advent of the railroads, and the route was finally abandoned in the 1870s.

Proverbs and Sayings

May you find great value in these inspirational Proverbs and Sayings from my large datebase of inspiring quotes and sayings.

Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

Not everything that casts a long shadow is to be feared.
- Swedish Proverb

Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb

I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb

If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

Treat the earth well,
It was not given to you by your parents,
It was loaned to you by your children.
- Native American Proverb

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb

That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

Better late than never.
- Proverb

Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb

All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)

Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb

People will, in a great degree,
and not without reason,
form their opinion of you upon
that which they have of your friends;
and there is a Spanish proverb
which says very justly,
"Tell me whom you live with,
and I will tell you who you are.
- Lord Chesterfield

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.
- Spanish proverb

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

It is better to be in chains with friends,
than to be in a garden with strangers.
- Persian Proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb

Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Latin Proverb

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb

March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb

The best mirror is an old friend.
- Proverb

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb

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1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU) – 180
2. Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria – 180
3. Bayero University, Kano (BUK)- 180
4. Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) – 180
5. Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) – 180
6. Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMinna) – 180
7. Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) – 180
8. Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State (FUD) – 180
9. Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina (FUDutsinma) – 180
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11. 11.Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State (FULafia)- 180
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24. Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) – 180
25. University of Benin (UNIBEN) – 200
26. University of Calabar (UNICAL) – 180
27. University of Ibadan (UI) – 200
28. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) – 180
29. University of Jos (UNIJOS) – 180
30. University of Lagos (UNILAG) – 200
31. University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) – 180
32. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) – 180
33. University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT) – 180
34. University of Uyo (UNIUYO) – 180
35. Usumanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUSOK) – 180

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1. Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) – 180
2. Adamawa State University Mubi (ADSU) – 180
3. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) – 180
4. Akwa Ibom State University of Technology, Uyo (AKUTECH) – 180
5. Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma – 180
6. Anambra State University of Science & Technology, Uli – 180
7. Bauchi State University, Gadau (BASUG) – 180
8. Benue State University, Makurdi (BSUM) – 180, Medicine – 200
9. Bukar Abba Ibrahim University, Damaturu – N/A
10. Cross River State University of Science & Technology, Calabar (CRUTECH)- 180
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12. Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki – 180
13. Ekiti State University (EKSU) – 180
14. Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu – 180
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19. Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna – 180
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22. Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba – 180
23. Kwara State University (KWASU), Ilorin – 180
24. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso – 180
25. Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Lagos – 180
26. Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) – 180
27. Niger Delta Unversity (NDU), Yenagoa – 180
28. Northwest University (NU), Kano – 180
29. Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye – 180
30. Ondo State University of Science & Technology, Okitipupa – 180
31. Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Oshogbo – 180
32. Plateau State University, Bokkos (PLASU) – 180
33. Rivers State University of Science & Technology (RSUST) – 180
34. Sokoto State University, Sokoto (SSU) – 180
35. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode (TASUED) – 180
36. Taraba State University, Jalingo (TSU) – 180
37. Technical University, Ibadan – 180
38. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina (UMYU) – 180

JAMB Cut off Marks for Federal Polytechnics in Nigeria

Air Force Institute of Technology Nigerian Air Force (AFIT) –  N/A

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Ebonyi State (AKANUPOLY) – 150
Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering – N/A
Auchi Polytechnic (AUCHIPOLY) – between 150, 160 and 180 depending on course
Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Bida – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu – N/A

Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Idah – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Mubi – TBA
Federal Polytechnic, Namoda – TBA
Federal Polytechnic, Nassarawa – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Nekede – 150
Federal Polytechnic Offa – 150
Federal Polytechnic, Oko – 150
Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu – 150
Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna – 150
Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic – TBA
Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering – TBA
Waziri Umaru Fed. Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi  – TBA
Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) – 150 for ND, 180 for UNN Degree

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Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic – 150
Abia State Polytechnic – 150
Adamawa State Polytechnic – 150
Abdul-Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara – TBA
Akwa-Ibom State Polytechnic – 150
Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic – 150
Akwa Ibom State College of Arts and Science Nung, Ukim – 150
Benue State Polytechnic – 150
College of Administrative and Business Studies, Potiskum – 150
Enugu Polytechnic – 150
GATEWAY Polytechnic, Igbesa – 150
Rufus Giwa Polytechnic – 150
The Polytechnic, Ibadan – 150
Institute of Management and Technology Enugu – 150
Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo – 150
Jigawa State Polytechnic – 150
Kano State Polytechnic – 150
Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic – 150
Kogi State Polytechnic – 150
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin – 150
Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu – 150
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic – 150
Nasarawa State Polytechnic – 150
Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic – 150
Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku – 150
Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe – 150
Osun State Polytechnic, Iree – 150
Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke – 150
Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro – 150
Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi – 150
Polytechnic of Sokoto – 150
Ramat Polytechnic – 150
Rivers State College of Arts and Science – 150
Rivers State Polytechnic – 150
Gateway Polytechnic Saapade – 150
Edo State Institute of Technology and Management, Usen – 150
Niger State Poly, Zungeru, Niger State – 150
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In Dependence Summary

Here is the summary of In Dependence Novel.
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Contents [hide]

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21
• Chapter 22
•  Chapter 23
• Chapter 24
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
•  Chapter 27
•  Chapter 28
•  Chapter 29
• Chapter 30
• Chapter 31
• Chapter 32
•  Chapter 33
• Chapter 34
• Chapter 35
• Chapter 36

Chapter 1

Tayo is the first Nigeria to receive a scholarship to study at Balliol College, Oxford. He visits his relatives in the village of Ibadan before travelling the next day to uncle kayode’s house, another relative in Lagos.

On the day he sets to sail, his parents, headmaster, some of his teachers and other Lagos-based relatives stands at the Lagos port to bid him goodbye.

Chapter 2

Tayo describes his journey through the seas and the warm reception he gets at England in a letter to his father. He mentions his new friends at the college and explains in details his perception of things in his new environment.

His father replies promptly, giving him precise report on the state of affairs in the family and the country.

Chapter 3

Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Tayo’s older friends invites Tayo and Africans for a drink party in their home. There he formally meet Christine Arinze with whom he develops a casual relationship.

Chapter 4

Vanessa attends a party with her friends. There, she meets Charlie and Mehul. She gets drunk and wakes up the next morning with a splitting headache. Vanessa takes up her pen to write an article for the school magazine but changes her mind to write to her friend Jane instead.

Chapter 5

In attendance for the West Africa Society meeting is Tayo, his friends and other college students. After the meeting, he introduce himself to Vanessa Richardson who is also in attendance.

Inspite of being a trifle jealous of Tayo and Vanessa’s chit, Christine invites him over to her place. She tells him about how she is struggling to maintain her academic excellence amongst other things. He console her and assures her that she will excel like she’s always done.

Chapter 6

Tayo and Vanessa goes for a walk in the direction of the meadows. They talk on various issues ranging from Malcolm X’s visit to oxford to Tayo’s father’s duties during colonial admission as well as Vanessa’s father and grandfather’s involvement in colonial services.

They outrun each other to a country pub where they bought drinks. They leave early because two men spill their drinks and Vanessa declines Tayo’s offer of another one.

Chapter 7

Vanessa goes back home for the Christmas holiday. She receive a not so warm welcome from her family as the atmosphere between her parents is strangely cold. At dinner, she has a misunderstanding with her father about his inviting apartheid friend to the Christmas party her African friends will also attend.

Chapter 8

Tayo arrives Aberleigh, Vanessa’s home in London for the Christmas party. Aside from being mistaken for a servant by one of mr. Richardson’s friend, everything else goes smoothly. awajis.com

Vanessa visit Tayo in the room he is spending the night in. They talk briefly on the demeanor of her parents and Tayo discuss his mother at Vanessa’s prompting.

Chapter 9

Tayo and Vanessa spend everyday of the week together and on Friday, she bring him daffodils to brighten up his room. Tayo shares one of his family photograph with Vanessa and the latter makes assessment of each member herself.

Vanessa on the other hand shares her worries about being on African correspondent considering her British lineage. Tayo reassures her that Africa needs good journalist; British or African can then pull her close for a dance.

Chapter 10

Tayo and Vanessa spends Easter in Paris’ with Simon and Nima. Tayo gets his first writing journal from Vanessa where he documents their stay in Paris from the first day. There, they live the Bohemian life – all four of them. A day before the completion of their holiday, Tayo gets a telegram that Christine is dead. While Tayo grieves for her, he also blames himself for not being sensitive enough to her needs as a friend.

Chapter 11

Vanessa and her family visits France to the Bastille holiday. Jane, Uncle Anthony, Mr and Mrs. Murdoch joins them in France. They engage in conflicting talks considering Uncle Anthony and Mr. Richardson’s ever opposing views. Later that night, Jane confess to sleeping with Uncle Tony on their way home from the train station and Venessa also tells Jane about her relationship with Tayo.

Chapter 12

Vanessa writes to Tayo describing the weather in France and expresses her opinion on the margery Perham’s review he is working on. Tayo replies and fondly relates his experience so far in Bradford with his cousine Tunde where those who aren’t on scholarship like him have to work long hours to make end meet.

Chapter 13

At Tunde’s house in Brandford, London. Tunde and Yusuf decides to hold a party in honour of Gambia’s independence. Yusuf and Tayo discuss the marriageability of either British or African women. The party is in full swing when Tayo finds himself pressing a lady to the wall. Suddenly he takes a punch to his jaw and a fight ensures.
A policeman arrives and takes them to the station for questioning.

Chapter 14

Tayo decides against telling Vanessa the truth about his chpped tooth which he gets as a result of the fight in Bradford. He attends Yusuf’s wedding with Joy, where Vanessa later joins him. On their way back, Vanessa accuses Tayo of lying about his relationship with the late Christone. Tayo tries to cajole her from her outburst but Vanessa wouldn’t have none of it, so he leaves her in the carriage.

Chapter 15

After their fight, Vanessa suggests they spend Christmas apart which Tayo promptly agrees to. He sets himself on a strict schedule and manages to survive alone until New Years Eve when he decides to make chicken stew. Vanessa walks in during his lousy attempt at cooking. They eventually settle their differences and spend the rest of the holiday together.

Chapter 16

The New Year brings Tayo’s uncle, Kayode to England. Vanessa gets to meet one of his family members and they get on so well. They discuss various topics ranging from Tayo’s sporting prowess to Annais Nin, a writer of erotica. Vanessa concludes that she’ll love to meet the rest of Tayo’s family with Uncle as loving as that.

Chapter 17

With a first-class degree and a graduate scholarship, Tayo gets a chance to speak at Bellamy Boy’s School where Mr. Richardson works as a headmaster. His lecture is solely on Nigeria and it makes a big hit in the school.
Mr. Richardson invites Tayo to his office after his lecture and tells him on clear terms his views on Tayo’s relationship with his daughter. Tayo returns to college sullen and Vanessa asks him what the matter is. He tells her father is not in support of their relationship to which Vanessa asks him to fight for them if he truely loves her.

Chapter 18

Tayo is back in Ibadan, Nigeria due to his father’s critical illness. He tries unsuccessfully to write to Vanessa due to his incessant pleading for more details of Englad. While ruminating on what to tell Vanessa in his letter, Tayo is called outside his room to hear the news of unsuccessful coup to kill Ironsi.
This leads to unrest in some parts of the country but Tayo reassures the people, telling them not to panic.

Chapter 19

Tayo sends Vanessa a letter after a long while apologizing for his long silence. He attributes it to his father’s second heart attach, the coup d’ etat and the civil war.
Vanessa leaves for Lagos after her exams, ignoring Tayo’s telegram telling her not to visit yet.
After their loving reunion and Vanessa getting familiarized with the Lagos, Tayo tells Vanessa another woman is carrying his child. Vanessa, devastated, leaves.

Chapter 20

1970 at Dakar, Semegal, Vanessa now works as a correspondent for Reuters. She makes friend with Salamatou a Senegalese who braids her hair and teaches her the local language, Wolof.
Salamatou asks her about her love life. She touches briefly on Tayo, explaining to her that she’s since move on.

Chapter 21

In 1984, Tayo is a husband to Miriam and a father to Kemi. He is also an accomplished writer and a professor. One Sunday a month, they have lunch with friends at Yelwa club. There, they discuss various issues concerning the country and universities. After Lunch, Yusuf advises Tayo to limit the way he criticizes the government and Tayo tells him there’s nothing to worry about.

Chapter 22

Tayo recalls how nhe ends up with Marriam and Flips through Vanessa’s diary that he keeps in his drawer. Kemi, his daughter catches him unawares and chides him that he works too hard. Eventually, father tells daughter a story and they are joined by Mariam before they all go to bed.

 Chapter 23

For the summer holiday, Tayo and his family decides to spend three weeks, Uncle Kayode’s in Lagos his mother and other relatives in Ibadan. Despite Miriam’s objection, Tayo visits an old man who serves Lord Lugard during his reign in Nigeria, instead of visting his mother in Ibadan.
On his return, he learns that his mother dies in a fatal accident while coming to Lagos to visit him and his family.

Chapter 24

Six months after the death of Tayo’s mother, the coup to overthrow the democratic rulers by the millitary takes place successfully. The people’s optimism quickly dies out when the millitary administration proves to be the as corrupt as the preceding rulers and this leads to lots of unrest and protests. awajis.com/jamb
Admist the unrest, Miriam advises that they leaves Nigeria for England but Tayo objects claiming his loyalty to his country and wouldn’t let him.

Chapter 25

In 1990, Tayo’s hopes for improved educational system is dashed when a foundation that promises to help provides only second-hand books and old software programmes that can’t be used due to lack of computers. Miriam and Kemi leave for England the previous year.

Chapter 26

In 1994, Tayo on his way back from his office meets soldiers who has mount up road blocks in order to inspect citizens or collect bribes. Tayo is surprised they do not ask him for money but instead they take him to the barracks for questioning. He is severely beaten and ask to stop his critical writing against the government.

 Chapter 27

Tayo meets vanessa for the first time after their break up, during his tour of England while promoting his new book on Lord Lugard. After the seminar, they both catch up on each other’s lives. At the end of the evening, Tayo asks if he would kiss her but she politely declines, saying she would miss her train.

 Chapter 28

Vanessa sits at Broadwell Park reminiscing on her meeting with Tayo during his book tour. She revisit the past and dwells mostly on how she finds herself marrying Edward Barker, Tayo’s friend in Oxford. Later that evening, Vanessa receives Mandelo’s ‘Long walk To Freedom’ as a wedding present from her husband.

 Chapter 29

Tayo writes to Vanessa where he expresses himself freely like the old times. He shares his opinion on the role of artists in his letter. Vanessa earnestly implores him in her reply to be careful in his fall prey to the hands of military rulers. Tayo replies to her complaints about her failures as a mother by reasuring her she is a good mum and also tells her about his imperfections as a father and a husband.

Chapter 30

Vanessa drives Suleiman to the airport where he leaves for Senegal, his home country. Vanessa is heartbroken with the way they part and worries about him constantly. She bares her heart in a letter to Tayo, expressing her sadness and longing for what could have being. Eventually, she decided not to send it.

Chapter 31

Vanessa visits her father, Mr. Richardson, who is now old and lives in the Carrington Home for the Elderly. With her father is murdoch and Mrs. Halliday. After the brief visit, she buys a fitting skirt in preparation to meet Tayo at the airport the next day. Unfortunately, Tayo is not on the list of those on the expected plane.

Chapter 32

On Tayo’s way to the airport, his plan to visit Englad for a long while fails as he is involved in a ghasly accident orchestrated by the Nigerian military.

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Lawrence of Arabia dies

1935

T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author, and archaeological scholar succumbed to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident six days before.
Thomas Edward Lawrence was born in Tremadoc, Wales, in 1888. In 1896, his family moved to Oxford. Lawrence studied architecture and archaeology, for which he made a trip to Ottoman (Turkish)-controlled Syria and Palestine in 1909. In 1911, he won a fellowship to join an expedition excavating an ancient Hittite settlement on the Euphrates River. He worked there for three years and in his free time traveled and learned Arabic. In 1914, he explored the Sinai, near the frontier of Ottoman-controlled Arabia and British-controlled Egypt. The maps Lawrence and his associates made had immediate strategic value upon the outbreak of war between Britain and the Ottoman Empire in October 1914.
Lawrence enlisted in the war and because of his expertise in Arab affairs was assigned to Cairo as an intelligence officer. He spent more than a year in Egypt, processing intelligence information and in 1916 accompanied a British diplomat to Arabia, where Hussein ibn Ali, the emir of Mecca, had proclaimed a revolt against Turkish rule. Lawrence convinced his superiors to aid Hussein’s rebellion, and he was sent to join the Arabian army of Hussein’s son Faisal as a liaison officer.
Under Lawrence’s guidance, the Arabians launched an effective guerrilla war against the Turkish lines. He proved a gifted military strategist and was greatly admired by the Bedouin people of Arabia. In July 1917, Arabian forces captured Aqaba near the Sinai and joined the British march on Jerusalem. Lawrence was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In November, he was captured by the Turks while reconnoitering behind enemy lines in Arab dress and was tortured and sexually abused before escaping. He rejoined his army, which slowly worked its way north to Damascus, which fell in October 1918.
Arabia was liberated, but Lawrence’s hope that the peninsula would be united as a single nation was dashed when Arabian factionalism came to the fore after Damascus. Lawrence, exhausted and disillusioned, left for England. Feeling that Britain had exacerbated the rivalries between the Arabian groups, he appeared before King George V and politely refused the medals offered to him.
After the war, he lobbied hard for independence for Arab countries and appeared at the Paris peace conference in Arab robes. He became something of a legendary figure in his own lifetime, and in 1922 he gave up higher-paying appointments to enlist in the Royal Air Force (RAF) under an assumed name, John Hume Ross. He had just completed writing his monumental war memoir, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and he hoped to escape his fame and acquire material for a new book. Found out by the press, he was discharged, but in 1923 he managed to enlist as a private in the Royal Tanks Corps under another assumed name, T.E. Shaw, a reference to his friend, Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. In 1925, Lawrence rejoined the RAF and two years later legally changed his last name to Shaw.
In 1927, an abridged version of his memoir was published and generated tremendous publicity, but the press was unable to locate Lawrence (he was posted to a base in India). In 1929, he returned to England and spent the next six years writing and working as an RAF mechanic. In 1932, his English translation of Homer’s Odyssey was published under the name of T.E. Shaw. The Mint, a fictionalized account of Royal Air Force recruit training, was not published until 1955 because of its explicitness.
In February 1935, Lawrence was discharged from the RAF and returned to his simple cottage at Clouds Hill, Dorset. On May 13, he was critically injured while driving his motorcycle through the Dorset countryside. He had swerved to avoid two boys on bicycles. On May 19, he died at the hospital of his former RAF camp. All of Britain mourned his passing.

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Jesus Speaks to Islamist Militants Hunting Down Christians

Jesus Speaks to Islamist Militants Hunting Down Christians: ‘Why Do You Persecute Me?’

  

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A group of Arab Muslims who were chasing after Christians said a dust storm suddenly formed on the road, forcing them to stop the chase, when Jesus appeared to them and spoke with a “mighty voice.”

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Haroon (not his real name) said he and 19 other Islamist militants were informed that a group of Christians would be holding a baptism service. They boarded their vehicles and rushed to the site with the intention of killing everyone there.
Their purpose, said Haroon, was to instill fear among Christians around the world and to make them stop sharing the good news to the Muslims in their country, according to Bibles For Mideast.
However, when they arrived, they saw that the Christians were leaving. They were already on the bus and on their way back to the church.
Instead of giving up the pursuit, the militants chased after the bus and began shooting at it.
Rizwan, who was among those baptized that day at the Arabian Sea, recounted how everyone on the bus thought they would die that day.
“Maybe it was the militants plan to kill us in the sea during the baptism service. But somehow we finished our service earlier and tried to return back,” he said.
When their bus driver increased speed, the militants also drove faster and continued to shoot at them, Rizwan said.
Then, without warning, a dust storm formed “within seconds” and concealed the bus from the militants’ view.
Rizwan said they felt as if Jesus himself appeared in the dust storm to block the road and protect them from the militants, who eventually stopped chasing and shooting at them. They all praised God and made it back to the church safely.
What they didn’t know was that Jesus appeared to the militants.
Haroon said as the dust storm raged on, the militants had to stop their vehicles because they couldn’t see a thing.
“We were unable to move forward,” he said. “We all got down from our cars and continue shooting through the dust storm.”
Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the dust storm. Haroon said he looked “angry” and his eyes “were like blazing fire.”
“Why are you persecuting me; it’s hard for you to kick against the pricks,” Jesus said to them in a mighty voice.
His voice was so powerful that when he spoke, a strong wind literally swept the militants off their feet and blew their guns away. Haroon said the whole thing was a “terrible experience.”
As they struggled to get up, they realized they couldn’t talk. They felt afraid, yet they felt peace at the same time, an experience that was totally new to all of them.
Haroon said Jesus told them that he “came to the world not to destroy anyone; but to save,” and he told them to “Go in peace.” Then he disappeared, and the dust storm also disappeared.
All of them, save for two, praised God, but they argued among themselves about whether what they saw was from God or not.
After the incident, Haroon’s group was no longer assigned to “militant activities.”
Although the experience made him curious about Jesus, Haroon did not put his faith in Christ until a few days later when their family was around a bonfire in the desert. A deadly snake bit his sister Hajira. When she was rushed to the hospital, doctors said she would die.
While Hajira was asleep, an angel appeared to her and told her about Jesus, “the Savior and the Healer.” She shared the story to Haroon when she woke up, and they prayed and asked Jesus to save them.
They were both surprised when Pastor Paul of Bibles for Mideast, who was among the group of Christians Haroon and the other militants wanted to kill, walked into the room. He said an angel told him to visit them and even gave him their names.
Pastor Paul shared the gospel to them, and Haroon and his sister confessed their sins and gave their lives to Christ. Pastor Paul also prayed for Hajira, who was completely healed from the snake bite.
When their father learned about what happened to Hajira, he also surrendered his life to Jesus. Not only did Haroon’s entire family get saved; 17 of the militants in their group also got saved.
They are now praying for the other two to know Christ.

Man Predicts World War 3 to Start Next Week, Does It Line Up With Other End-Time Prophecies?

 

Villegas explained the predicted World War 3 is in line with what the Lady of Fatima said in 1917. Google Commons

In a few days, the world will witness the beginning of World War 3, according to a self-proclaimed "messenger of God," but how does his prediction line up with other end-time prophecies?
Horacio Villegas, a Roman Catholic, said the war will start on May 13, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the apparition of the Lady of Fatima in Portugal. He also foretold when the war will end: October 13.
Villegas said the revelation was given to him in a dream, wherein he saw "balls of fire," or missiles, falling from the sky and causing much devastation.
"I saw balls of fire falling from the sky and hitting the Earth," he told Daily Star. "I believe these were symbolic of the nuclear missiles that will fall on cities and people throughout the world."
He also saw people frantically trying to escape the terror.
Villegas said World War 3 will happen just as the Lady of Fatima said, that if Russia will not be converted to the Catholic faith, then God will use it to bring great destruction on earth.
Before giving this prophecy, Villegas correctly predicted two recent events. The first is Donald Trump being installed as U.S. president. The second is the bombing of Syria by the U.S., which he foretold would happen between April 13 and May 13 and would involve Syria and North Korea.
However, where does his prediction fit into other end-time prophecies?
In the book of Matthew, Jesus says that in the last days, "you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet." (Matthew 24:6)
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have recently intensified. On Tuesday, North Korea issued a warning against the U.S. saying its actions are driving the situation closer to war.
"Due to the U.S. military provocations that are becoming more explicit day by day, the situation in the Korean peninsula ... is being driven to a point close to nuclear war," a broadcaster announced over state media.
Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor Greg Laurie said North Korea's threat to the U.S. should not be taken lightly. He said the end-time prophecies in the Bible do not refer to a nation that resembles North Korea, but he believes Iran, which is mentioned in these prophecies, could get its weapons from North Korea.
"Here is what concerns me. We do not find the reigning superpower on the face of the Earth anywhere in the Last Days scenario. Other nations emerge. So where is America? I pray we are not out of the picture, because we have been in some kind of nuclear conflict," Laurie said.
End-time prophecies do not focus only on wars but also on what the condition of some churches will be. The Bible mentions of believers becoming "lukewarm" and desiring to listen only to what they want to hear.
In 1968, a 90-year-old woman from Norway prophesied that before World War 3 begins and Jesus Christ returns, the church would experience "lukewarmness without parallel," a "falling away from true, living Christianity" and a great moral degradation.
Christians, she said, wouldn't want to "hear of sin and grace, law and gospel, repentance and restoration."
"There will come a substitute instead: prosperity (happiness) Christianity. The important thing will be to have success, to be something; to have material things, things that God never promised us in this way," she said, according to Charisma News.
"Churches and prayer houses will be emptier and emptier. Instead of the preaching we have been used to for generations -like, to take your cross up and follow Jesus-entertainment, art and culture will invade the churches where there should have been gatherings for repentance and revival," she said.
She added that these signs will increase as Jesus' return becomes imminent.
Despite all these, the Bible says the end times will be marked with a great harvest.
Christian author and prophet Dutch Sheets recently said God's enemies are becoming "fearful" and evil spirits are manifesting because they know the church has entered into "a season where we can experience great breakthrough."
"In fact, some of the breakthroughs that we have been crying out for and interceding for, for years, maybe decades - we are in a season where we can experience the fullness of that breakthrough," he said.
While Sheets acknowledges the seriousness of the situation with North Korea, he said he is not alarmed by it. He urged believers to "pray for the overthrow of the evil regime" in the rogue nation.
"I believe God wants to save the North Korean people, to reunify the North and the South," he said.
Sheets said this is a time when Christians should diligently pray for government leaders.
"I believe He wants enough stability in the earth that will allow Him to bring forth the harvest that He has intended for this season," he said.

 

Jakarta's Ahok Serves Prison Sentence with Bible as His Only Companion

 

Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor and Chinese-ethnic minority, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known as Ahok, arrives at court for his verdict in Jakarta, Indonesia. May 9, 2017. Reuters/Pool

As outgoing Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his Chinese nickname Ahok, serves his two-year jail sentence, the Bible is his only companion.

Ahok is being held at a high-security police facility in Depok, located on the outskirts of Jakarta. His sister, Fifi Lety Indra, said the Bible was the only book Ahok brought with him when he was taken to prison.
"He loves reading his Bible. He has it with him and he can pray whenever he wants," she said, according to Reuters.
While he serves his two-year jail sentence, Ahok will have no access to television or phone. However, he is allowed two visits of two hours each every week.
On Tuesday, the Indonesian court found Ahok guilty of blasphemy and ordered his immediate arrest. The governor was taken to Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta, which is notorious for holding drug offenders and Islamist militants.
However, his supporters flocked to the area, blocking the traffic. Some of them also tried to bring down a prison fence. Additionally, while in Cipinang prison, Ahok constantly faced threats to his life from Muslim prisoners want to kill him.
Because of these factors, the authorities transferred him to the high-security police compound in Depok. His sister said the transfer was a welcome decision.
"The religious people have been saying in the mosques that his blood is haram (forbidden) and that killing him is good," Indra said.  "This is necessary protection and it gives us peace and comfort that he's there."
"I can say he's being treated very well and humanely. We are very grateful for that," she added.
On their mother's birthday, they brought her to Depok so she could visit Ahok.
"We met him in prison with our Muslim siblings, we hugged, we cried," she said. "The whole thing happened so fast."
Ahok was Jakarta's first Christian governor in 50 years. He rose to the position when Pres. Joko Widodo vacated the post in 2014. Within his term, Ahok took on two of Jakarta's persistent problems: flooding and traffic.
Residents appeared to be satisfied with his performance, making him the leading contender last year for the April gubernatorial election. However, his opponents tried to persuade Muslim voters that voting for him would be going against the teachings of the Quran.
In September, his opponents accused him of blasphemy for reportedly using a verse from the Quran and telling a group of fishermen that they should vote according to their conviction.
Muslim hardliners incited the people against him, mostly through social media, leading to a series of massive protests that called for his arrest.
Last month, Ahok lost the election to Anies Baswedan in what local media referred to as the "the dirtiest, most polarizing and most divisive" election in Indonesia.
After his defeat, the prosecution no longer pushed for a five-year jail term and recommended that, if he is found guilty, he should instead be given a two-year probation during which the jail term would be suspended. If he would not commit any crime within the two-year probationary period, he could skip jail term altogether.
However, the decision handed down by the court on Tuesday was harsher than expected, a possible indication of Islam's growing influence in politics in the supposedly religiously tolerant Indonesia.
Ahok's legal team, headed by Indra, will appeal his prison sentence.

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