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Knowing You Are Speaking To the GOD WHO Created You!
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Knowing You Are Speaking To the God Who Created You ! 

God has given all who chooses to come to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ, Eternal Life. This brings all of humanity to the place where each of us must individually make a choice to receive Jesus Christ, God's only Son, into our heart. There is only One Way back to God (YHVH), some people use the name Jehovah here but that is not an exact Hebraic rendering of the Name of God the Father. So we know Who we are speaking of I want to give you some background now. The True Heavenly Father, decided what Way was the only acceptable Way, Himself. He didn't come and ask man's advice, being God(!) He decided and made the only (one) acceptable Way back to Him. That Way is through His Son Jesus the Christ. We need to understand that "Jesus" was the Name of the human form (the man or house the spirit of the man Jesus would dwell in when He came to Earth) God the Father chose for Him. "Christ" is the Holy Spirit. Jesus was indwelt with the Holy Spirit and in-filled with the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha Kodesh) of God (YHVH), Know the Truth and the Truth (Who is a Person, the Holy Spirit) will set you free! Jesus Christ is therefore called the Messiah (Yeshua). Who is alive forever more!

So as you can see clearly the Way back to God is not "Buddha", not "Mohammad", and not Allah, a false god.

Messiah(Yeshua-Jesus Christ) is the Only True, acceptable sacrifice and therefore the Only True Way back to God our Heavenly Father.

Notice that when your mom called for you she did not use another name. For sake of the conversation let me be called "Sam". When you come into my place of work you don't say you are looking for "Joe" if you are trying to see me and talk with me, you ask for Sam.

It is sad to say, but many are deceived thinking that "YHVH" and "Allah" are one in the same. Not so! Many are being deceived with a demonic doctrine and are being given a bill of false peace, false unity, and a false sense of safety. Many are being sold out to the guise of "political correctness". Many are being taught that Allah is another name for the True God of Heaven. This Is Not So! To tell some one Allah is God is a LIE and is straight from the "father of lies", the devil or satan himself! We are being confronted with a lie right to our face by the devil in the name of peace, a false peace and must be armed with the Truth so we are able to make the right choice. Choose Life, Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, or choose death in a false god. The line is clearly drawn and seen. We do not bow to the false god Allah, but we choose Life, in Jesus Christ!

These words are not to attack the muslim, for they too are sons of Abraham through Ishmael, son of the Egyptian bond servant Hagar, who was cast out from Abraham's camp. When their provisons had run out Hagar cried to the Lord, ". . . and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation." Genesis 16:16-18. God took care of Ishmael by providing water springing up in the desert. This verse prophetically implies that the sons of Ishmael may come to the Living Waters, of Jesus Christ (Yeshua), through repentance, and by accepting and receiving, Jesus Christ (Yeshua), as their Messiah, Lord and Savior.

God the Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are the True and Living God, the Truth, the Life, and the Way, longsuffering, and compassionate, Creator of all things that exist. All things consists and are held together by Them. Jesus Christ has the fullness of the God-head. He is the Truth. He is Life Eternal. He is the Light of men. He is the One you better be trusting and receiving, following and pouring your life back to. Jesus Christ is the Only True Way back to your Heavenly Father.

Our Heavenly Father, through His Word to us in 2^nd Corinthians 5 verse 18 says, "But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [ that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him]." AMP *

Verse 19, "It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but canceling them] , and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration of favor)." AMP *

We each have a free will to choose or not to choose Eternal Life (with God). We choose Eternal Life by asking His Son, Jesus Christ, into our heart, and allowing Him to change us from there outward! 

John 3:16 clearly states, "For God so loved the world that He gave His Only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life."

Perish means to die, death, spiritual death, being separated from God eternally. Thank God that it is not His desire for us to be separated from Him. Instead God so loved us that He made a Way back to Himself through Jesus Christ.

Psalms 49:8 says, "For a soul is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There is not enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal life for just one soul, to keep it out of hell."

Some Major Stumbling Blocks, Pit Falls, and Wrong Beliefs about "Getting Into Heaven"

First

Many do not believe God at His Word, and that Jesus Christ is alive even in the flesh, today.

God, through His Word to us, clearly states that Jesus Christ appeared after His death and resurrection to: Mary, two men on the Damascus road, to the disciples in a room, and to countless others. Was this just as a spirit? No! Did He actually come in the flesh? Yes! Let's look at the evidence recorded in God's Word.

Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ, was not with the other disciples the first time they saw Jesus after the crucifixion and resurrection. When the other disciples reported the appearance of Jesus to Thomas, he doubted this occurrence! When Jesus appeared a second time to the disciples, "doubting Thomas" was there and not only saw Him but also TOUCHED the nail-scared places in Jesus' hands. Thomas commented saying, "My Lord, my God!" (John 20:28). Wow! You cannot ask for any greater witness or testimony than that! Jesus resurrected and alive in the flesh! Many other people also saw Him ascend into the clouds out of sight.

Second

Many have not confessed Jesus as their personal Savior, the One True awaited Messiah. He came in the flesh, died on the cross, and God raised Him from the dead: spirit, soul, and body.

As you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth then you will be saved, that is, born into the Kingdom of God as His dear son or daughter. It only takes simple childlike faith (belief and trust) to enter into God's Kingdom.

Third 

Many think they are good and that they have done good works, therefore God will let them into Heaven on that basis.

"I am good." There are tons of people who for various reasons think that because of their right standing (reputation) in the community, by being a member of a church, rightfully justifying their actions before themselves with good deeds or works they have done "for God", that they are in good-standing with God. These people think they will be in Heaven one day. They may even think that God wouldn't dare do anything but accept them. WRONG! This is a wake up call folks! Just because you do good works or think you are the way you should be it is not enough. You might be saying "I did this..., I did that..., I prayed..., I talk with God..., and I have this understanding with God..., I will make God..., I have a certain degree from this Seminary, I was ordained by Pastor Billy, I was an Elder at ..., or I was a Deacon at ..., or I was a Bishop at ..., I cut the grass at church, or I helped widow Jenkins." Sorry, that will not get you into Heaven. (Titus 3:3-7)

Fourth

Many think that by reading the scriptures they can obtain an entrance into Heaven.

The Holy scriptures of God are from the Spirit of God. God by His Holy Spirit breathed the scriptures into men who have penned the various books of the Bible for over thousands of years. Just picking up God's Word and reading the scriptures does not change your heart. That would be like trying to obtain entrance into Heaven through "intellectual ascent", which is also a type of "works" or trying to gain entrance into Heaven by "doing" something good (i.e., to achieve your way into Heaven). The Word of God clearly states that man's own righteousness is as dirty rags. (Isaiah 64:6) God's Word says in John 5:37-40, "And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard His Voice at any time, nor seen His shape. And ye have not His Word abiding in you: for whom He hath sent Him ye believe not ye search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life." (That "life" means Eternal Life in the Heavenly Father, through His Son, Jesus Christ.) One of the purposes of the scriptures is to testify of Him. The Word of God was designed to be received into your spirit, and that can only take place by the aid of God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit quickens (makes understood) what God is speaking to us in our mind. The process works like this: the Holy Spirit communicates to our spirit-man who in turn communicates to our mind (soul) the things of God. (God's revelation and understanding then comes forth.) "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly." (Proverbs 20:27)

Fifth

By my own merit or ability.

Our righteousness (right-ness before God) without Jesus Christ is as dirty rags. (Isaiah 64)

We need to see that our righteousness (rightness) is as dirty rags before God. The only Righteousness acceptable to God comes through Jesus Christ by means of His shed Blood. As the verses above in John 5:37-40, infers, we desperately need to go to Him; the One Who has Life and is Life. Do not let your personal problems with God and His Word hinder you in going to Him. We need to accept Him at His Word and know that He has our best interest at heart! In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1). God and His Word are inseparable! The Word is as much a part of Him as Jesus His Son and His Holy Spirit is. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, the Son of God, Jesus Christ. (John 1:14) Only through Jesus Christ and His Blood can we be deemed as right before God.

How to Move Past Any Stumbling Blocks,

      KNOWING you can have Eternal Life!

It is written in God's Word to you and me in I John 5:13, that you can know you have (now) Eternal Life.

That means exactly what it says "you can know" or you can be sure that once you ask Jesus Christ into your heart, He is there and with you! This restored relationship only comes through Jesus Christ, our resurrected and living Savior. There is no other way back to the Father, but through His Son. Only through Jesus Christ can a man's life be redeemed. God tells us this in His Word and God is not a liar, unlike man. He does what He says. He is Who He says He is. (Hebrews 6:18) God is love. (1 John 4:16)

You can absolutely trust God! I have experienced that during 100% of my relationship with Him in these last 42 plus years and so have countless others who have experienced His Mercy, His Faithfulness, and Loving Kindness!

If you truly desire Him and seek Him, He will not turn you out!  Wow! What a statement!!! 

(1) There is no rejection or messing up! God is not looking for a chance or excuse to "whack" you. Get rid of that earthly thinking! When that type of thinking arises just know that it does not come from God.

(2) Don't worry about making a mistake. God looks at and knows your heart. He loves you dearly. So, don't argue with Him! Dear child, God loves you and through Jesus Christ He has made a clear-cut way to back to Him. There is no other path, way, or whatever you might call it, back to the Heavenly Father. (Hebrews 12:13)

There are no excuses for not coming to Him!

"For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured (helped) thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2)

How to ask Jesus Christ into your heart:

First, by an action of faith. We go to God, believing and trusting that He is all that He has said He is, and will do for us all He has said He will do through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Second, by acting upon that belief. ("a step of faith") In accordance with your faith, we believe and trust God, and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart. (He will just as He has promised!)

You can receive Jesus into your heart now by praying and trusting God at His Word. God knows the desire of your heart and is ready to come and live in you and through your spirit. He will not turn you away. This is the way to taste and see, and know (and continue to know) that the Lord is good!

I ask you to get in a place now, where you will not be disturbed, so you can get quiet in the privacy of your own mind with Him. How do you know He is there with you? He is omni-present, which is an attribute of God. He can be with someone in China and be with you here at the same moment in time. Trust me, I know what I am telling you. It's a God thing!

Be determined to block out all interferences, get still, quiet, and serious with God. Tell God you are serious about what you are about to pray. Will He hear you? Absolutely! He loves you, you are His creation. He has been waiting on you to come to Him and He is listening to you right now!

Currently reading : Prayer Book By Dick Broadbent

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Condolezza Rice on Racism
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Subject: Fw: Condolezza Rice on Racism
 
Forget Rev. Wright: Rice talks tough about race in America
Posted: 06:24 PM ET
Sen. Barack Obama has called for a national discussion on race in America, and one of the folks who sure didn't hold back when asked was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In a discussion with the editorial board of the Washington Times on Thursday, Rice called racism a 'birth defect' of America, and said that black Americans have loved the nation even when it didn't love us.

The Times reported:
'Black Americans were a founding population,' she said. 'Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together - Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That's not a very pretty reality of our founding.'
 
'As a result, Miss Rice told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, 'descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.'
'That particular birth defect makes it hard for us to confront it, hard for us to talk about it, and hard for us to realize that it has continuing relevance for who we are today,' she said.
Rice later said: ' America doesn't have an easy time dealing with race,' Miss Rice said, adding that members of her family have 'endured terrible humiliations.'
 
'What I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn't love and have faith in them - and that's our legacy,' she said. Wow, was all I could say to that.

What was even more stunning was the relative lack of coverage on this issue.  I was told CNN's 'The Situation Room' did a piece on her comments Friday.   But when I surfed the Net to see follow-up stories in other papers, it has pretty much been ignored, except for some briefs.
Why would the mainstream media be so dismissive of Rice's comments? Imagine if Rev. Al Sharpton or Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said such a thing. Do you think they would have gotten ripped?
The fact of the matter is that Rice was right on the money with her comments, and should be commended. She spoke honestly and openly about the issue, and deserves credit for speaking the truth.
I just wish my colleagues in the media would do a better job at advancing the issue of race in America and our sordid history.
We went bonkers about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but when Rice, the nation's chief diplomat, spoke truthfully, it barely made a ripple.
- Roland S. Martin, CNN Contributor
http://www.rolandsmartin.com/

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JUSTICE....not served
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NURSING HORROR STORIES
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Karen A. Carter expressed remorse for stealing money she used for cruises and other things.

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February 21, 2008 - Thursday
NURSING HORROR STORIES
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
I will be commenting  and adding personal experiences and observed  horror stories  shortly

Murders by Caregiver
People that are responsible for the care of a person of any age that have intentionally caused the death of that person.

One of the questions that these murders raise is related to other forms of "euthanasia" and withholding care.
Withholding care against the wishes of the patient is euthanasia.  Withholding needed medications against the wishes of the patient is euthanasia.  Preventing patients from getting necessary medical care is euthanasia.  Patients with prepaid medical service coverage that have their life sustaining or necessary medical care discontinued because of an administrative order, or corporate cost containment agendas, or for personal employee financial gain such as in the form of bonus are being euthanized.

Law Enforcement and District Attorneys should remember that A CRIME of taking any life is one that should be investigated and prosecuted.  Political purposes should never play a part in the refusal to prosecute these issues. 

Caregiver serial killers probably may be responsible for more deaths each year than the transient sexual psychopath serial killers that receive much more public attention. Nevertheless, there has been little serious work profiling this group of murderers.

Healers in title only that Kill  - A disturbing number of serial killers are found in the medical profession, making victims of the very patients who entrust the twisted healers with their lives. The reasons for their choice of a career in medicine (and murder) are admittedly complex, but one advantage is the ready-made supply of victims - often weak and helpless, sometimes even comatose - who are presented daily to the medical professional.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/healersthatkill   Medical experts never testified in Katrina hospital deaths
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/26/hospital.grandjury/index.html

Five experts conclude that as many as nine patients were homicide victims

District attorney says it's "inappropriate" to discuss secret grand jury proceedings

Doctor tells magazine she gave patients drugs, but not with intent to kill them

Son of one patient says he refused settlement offer because he wants the truth
(CNN) -- A New Orleans grand jury that declined to indict a doctor on charges that she murdered patients in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina never heard testimony from five medical experts brought in by the state to analyze the deaths.

All five concluded that as many as nine patients were victims of homicide.
mirrored for historical purposes at http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/katrina.html

GRAY MURDERS
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/gmurder.html

Swiss Nurse Is Sentenced for 22 Murders - January 29,2005
36-year-old Roger Andermatt, a Swiss nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering 22 nursing home patients over a six-year period.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/swissnurse.html

ER DOCTOR IN FORT WORTH FOUND GUILTY IN PATIENT'S DEATH
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/erdocftworth.html

Court TV's Library of Male Nurses that Kill and a section on Female Nurses that Kill

Nurse 'tried to kill patients' - April 28, 2004
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/salisbury.html
Barbara Salisbury worked as a ward sister. 
A hospital nurse accused of attempting to murder four elderly patients was motivated by a drive to free up beds, a court has heard. 
 
Family Crusade Brings Exhumation in Case of Suspect Nurse (Charles Cullen Victim)
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Published: January 22, 2004
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/ccullen1.html

Nurse Charged After Patient Deaths Claim  December 2003
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/ccullen.html
Charles Cullen, 43, told authorities he administered drug overdoses to put "very sick" patients out of their misery over the last 16 years in nine hospitals and a nursing home in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 
Doctor charged over '95 mercy killing 
potassium choride murder case
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/95killing.html

Greed called motive for woman's death in San Jose 
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/jose.html

Officials to exhume body in investigation of nurse Peggy S. Couse, employee of Twin City Healthcare.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/couse.html

Dr. Asuncion M. Luyao, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, with two additional counts of manslaughter arising out of the overdose deaths of her patients.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/luyao.html

Christine Malèvre RN jailed in six patient deaths
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/france.html

Nurse, Ted Maher, convicted murderer of billionaire banker Edmond Safra 
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/safra.html

Here is the other side of the Safra Murder case citing the innocence of Ted Maher.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/larrykingsafra.html

Man pleads guilty in killing of Canyon Lake woman - Beverly Manor Story
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/lloyd.html

New twist in Iowa nursing home death
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/van.html

Christine Lee Ann Helen Van Oort, 26, of Rock Valley had willfully, deliberately and with premeditation killed retired Rock Valley farmer Dick Post April 16 at the Valley Manor Nursing home, according to a court document filed late Thursday by Sioux County Attorney Melissa O'Rourke. 
2 doctors accused of murder by poor treatment face trial 
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/2.html

John Walter Bardgett  - John Walter Bardgett boasting in a recorded telephone conversation that he knew better than the doctors how to ease patients' last days.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/bardgett.html

Nurses tied to Insurance Murder  - Three nurses accused of insurance murder also attempted to kill and rob the mother of their friend two years ago by injecting her with insulin, police said
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/insurmurder.html

Ex-nursing home operator, official are convicted in elderly abuse case  - Charles B. Kaiser III, get the maximum sentence of a $1,000 fine and one year in the county jail
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/rhodes.html

Update of Charles B. Kaiser III and Nurse's aide Karl Willard  convicted of Elder Abuse
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/willard.html

Nurse accused of killing 13 patients insists she's innocent as trial ends
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/lucy.html

July 18, 2002 - Nurses in Missouri and Texas Charged With Killing Patients
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/curare.html

Friday, June 14, 2002 - Imprisoned ManorCare nurse sued in civil court
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/manorct.html

Charges were filed against Daillyn Pavia, 30, of Granite City, Ill., in the death of Julia Dawson
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/ju.html

The Shipman Inquiry - An Independent Public Inquiry Into the Issues Arising from the case of Harold Frederick Shipman
http://www.the-shipman-inquiry.org.uk/

Mom accused of killing sons at nursing home - 2002
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/mom.html

Richard Williams - VA Nurse Killer
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/vanurse.html

Caregiver charged with murder of elderly woman
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/110100/new_1101000026.shtml
MARIETTA -- An 83-year-old woman was beaten to death by a caregiver at her assisted-living home after wetting the bed 
and keeping the staff up at night, police said. 

Fairbanks police: Caregiver kept murder victim in slum-like home
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031500/Loc_homic.html
FAIRBANKS - Weeks before his death David Haynes was living in slum-like conditions without running water while his 
unlicensed care givers had full access to his bank account, according to Fairbanks Police. 
 
Caregiver or killer?
NORTHAMPTON - Her patients were weakened soldiers who had marched against Hitler, battled Tojo in the South Pacific, 
or risked the terror of bamboo prisons along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/wardc.html

Caregiver says woman died of natural causes
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Nov-09-Fri-2001/news/17408709.html
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/carsoncity.html

CARSON CITY -- A Carson City caregiver accused of killing a 79-year-old woman in a bizarre slaying case says she was afraid to  notify authorities that the victim had died of natural causes. 
and Elderly man who shot ailing wife under house arrest

Son confesses to his mom's mercy killing
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/kitsap.html
The confession of a caregiver that he killed his terminally ill mother last February has Kitsap County officials scrambling to investigate. 

Jane Toppan who confessed to killing 31 and is believed by some experts to have killed 70 to 100 people 
as a student nurse, and nurse's aide around the turn of the century is quoted as saying, "That is my ambition, to have killed 
more people,more helpless peopleQthan any man or woman who has ever lived."
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/janetoppan.html

Elder Abuse - The Ultimate Crime
http://www.karisable.com/elderabuse.htm

Caregiver sentenced to 6 years in prison
Susan Foster, convicted of neglecting an elderly woman so badly that the woman died
http://www.sptimes.com/News/062601/NorthPinellas/Caregiver_sentenced_t.shtml

Nurse that killed for money  and self named "Angels of Death"
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/angels/index.html
Killing for money is a mundane motive, but it makes more sense than those nurses who promise to nurture and heal, and then kill for excitement. 

Medical staff 'kill' patients for a fee from undertakers
The Polish authorities have ordered an investigation into accusations that medical staff may have killed patients to collect bribes from undertakers desperate for business.
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/poland.html

Citations, small fines imposed after state investigations
Dangerous Care: Nurses' Hidden Role in Medical Error or is it really error?
When bed rails kill, families go untold
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/rail.html

SUMMARY OF ABANDONMENT - Attrition
http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/abandonment.html

Nurses' Participation in the Nazi Euthanasia Programs
http://www.baycrest.org/Winter%202002/article4.htm

Synopsis of the various types of caregivers that murder their patients and their reasons.
Medical Serial Killers http://www.qozi.com/murder/
Title: Murder Resources 
Description: murder related news, books and web resources
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Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
 I will be commenting  and adding personal experiences and observed  horror stories  shortly,
Criminal care - hiring of registered nurse with criminal records
Nursing Homes,  March, 1995  by David Debatto
As seen on ABC-TV's "20-20" - and throughout the health care system
Tom Johnson (not his real name) seemed as though he would be a welcome addition to the 11-7 shift at the Sunset View Nursing Home and Convalescent Center (not the actual name). With 209 beds usually at around 91% occupancy and the nursing staff chronically short-handed, his presence would be much appreciated.
When the DON reviewed his application, them were some inconsistencies, but nothing she had not seen before in her 19 years of reviewing job applications. Two, instead of the required three, references were listed, and there were a couple of gaps between employment that could not be accounted for - but, again, this was nothing that she had not seen before. Besides, Mr. Johnson had apparently worked as an RN for the past 15 years in three different states - just the kind of experienced staff she would like to have on board.
During the routine pre-employment screening, the previous employers would not release any information except his job title and dates of employment. Those kinds of responses were nothing unusual these days. Everyone was "sue happy". As far as the gaps in employment, Mr. Johnson said that he was unemployed during those periods. The DON had no reason to think otherwise and made no further inquiries. She did check with the state nursing board and confirmed that he had a valid license as an RN.
.Company policy did not require her to check with out-of-state nursing boards and she did not do so. Also, neither company policy nor state regulations required her to conduct either in-state or out-of-state criminal record searches on any new or current employees. Sure, she had heard stories of nurses' aides, even RNs, who had been hired with unknown criminal records. Some of these employees then went on to commit crimes at their new job, terrible incidents - but nothing like that had ever happened at Sunset View and she was sure that it never would. Besides, if the state or the Feds didn't require such checks, she was certainly not going to try to convince her management company to start doing it on its own.
Tom Johnson was assigned to the 11-7 shift as soon as he finished new staff orientation, and everything was fine for the first few weeks of his employment. Then the DON started to receive reports from staff about episodes of disruptive behavior with some of the residents. There were also one or two residents who were refusing to see their families when they came to visit. Some of these residents were reportedly having difficulty leaving the lounge area and common areas and going to bed at night. Many were complaining that they didn't want to be "alone at night".
Then, about two weeks later, a female resident told another staffer that she did not want to be alone with Mr. Johnson. When asked why, the woman at first would not say, but just repeated that she did not wish to be alone with him. Eventually, the 91-year-old resident lowered her head in her hands and began to sob. When she could bring herself to speak, she told the DON that Mr. Johnson had fondled and raped her, and had done so on more than one occasion since coming to Sunset View.
The DON immediately notified the Administrator of the situation. The Administrator in turn called the police. The police interviewed the 91-year-old resident as well as several others at the facility. After a short investigation, they placed Mr. Johnson under arrest and charged him with multiple counts of rape and sexual misconduct. In all, five female residents had been sexually assaulted by Mr. Johnson during his brief tenure at Sunset View.
After Mr. Johnson's arrest, the police requested a criminal record search and information from the other state licensing boards. The criminal record search revealed that Mr. Johnson had been convicted seventy-four times for crimes involving sexual misconduct! It also revealed that he was currently wanted on a felony warrant in a state that he had listed on his application as one where he had worked as a nurse. In addition, in checking with the state licensing boards, the police discovered that Mr. Johnson's nursing license had been revoked in the previous state for resident abuse. The revocation had occurred after he had applied for and received his current state license, so state licensing authorities had had no reason to suspect any problems when they granted his license.
A Liability Russian Roulette
The tragic story you have just read is, unfortunately, not fiction, but very true. It is one of many such costly, painful and unnecessary scenarios that play out in nursing homes and other health care settings all over the country.
How costly? In 1993, health care providers paid out over $100,000,000 (yes, one hundred million dollars) in damages to residents or their families/estates who were victims of employees with prior criminal records.(1) The average settlement was almost $200,000. The cost in terms of negative publicity and loss of trust, as well as the pain and suffering caused to the victim and their families, was incalculable.
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NURSING HORROR STORIES
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Hurdles arise in nursing-home rape case
Wednesday,  February 13, 2008 3:12 AM

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- Determining how many nursing-home patients might have been abused by a former nightshift nurse is proving to be a challenge for prosecutors.
That's because many of the people who authorities think were victims are unable to talk with them. "That's a problem," Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter said yesterday.
On Monday, a county grand jury indicted John Riems on charges of rape, sexual battery and patient abuse.
Riems, 49, is accused of sexually abusing a 55-year-old man and another man in his 80s, Baxter said.
Riems told investigators after his arrest last month that he abused almost 100 patients since the 1980s, but he could remember specific information on only about two dozen, police said.
Baxter said his office is trying to verify what it can. "You always want to corroborate even though you have a confession," he said.
So far, police investigators say they have found that Riems abused 14 patients. They are looking into 10 other suspected assaults.
Investigators say it will be hard to find all the possible victims. Among the obstacles they face are that many of the patients the man claims to have assaulted are unable to speak. Some are dead.
And some of the cases go back two decades.
Riems pleaded not guilty to an earlier charge of rape on Jan. 31. He remains in jail in Sandusky, about midway between Toledo and Cleveland.
He will be arraigned on the new charges in county court.
A message seeking comment was left with his attorney, Troy Wisehart, yesterday. Wisehart has said in the past that he hopes the public doesn't jump to conclusions.
Riems told police the pattern of abuse began shortly after his career began in 1985, authorities said. He has worked at 13 hospitals and nursing homes, all but one in northern Ohio.
He worked at care centers in Toledo, Elyria and Huron. He also worked at a hospital in Fremont. Several of his stops were for just a few months.
A former co-worker said some patients refused to take their medications to avoid being alone with Riems and that he often remained in a room alone with patients for up to an hour. Another nurse said Riems had a temper and that patients complained about him.
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NURSING HORROR STORIES
Current mood: truly amazed
Category: truly amazed Jobs, Work, Careers
Accused nurse called both quiet and volatile
Man claims sexual abuse of about 100 patients, police say
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..Neighbors say they didn't know John Riems, who lived with his wife in a mobile-home park for years.
 
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- John Riems and his wife would leave Christmas cards on car windshields, but he didn't know his neighbors well. The night-side nurse and his wife seldom had visitors at their tidy mobile home near Lake Erie.
His co-workers said he had a temper and would swear at patients.
Officials say Riems had far more concerning behavior: the 49-year-old is accused of raping a paralyzed patient at a nursing home; the victim list could reach 100 if investigators believe what they said Riems admitted to.
"He hardly talked to anybody," neighbor Janis Tarring said Friday. "I knew to keep to myself."
Riems also kept to himself for the two decades he lived at Bayshore Estates Travel Trailer Park and during the 22 years since he graduated from nursing school. He moved quietly from job to job -- police say as many as 10 -- and seldom engaged with his neighbors.
"We have lived here for years, and we never met him," neighbor Estella Kingseed said.
"Every year, they left a Christmas card on the windshield of our car, but we never met the man."
Police say Riems sexually assaulted a 55-year-old man as he lay partially paralyzed in his bed at Concord Care and Rehabilitation Center, a one-story care facility surrounded by a tract of trilevel homes in this city of 26,000, west of Cleveland and known for Cedar Point amusement park.
Riems has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and gross sexual imposition and was being held yesterday in the Erie County jail on $100,000 bond pending a court appearance Thursday. The office of Riems' attorney Troy D. Wisehart said he had no comment.
Police say Riems admitted to abusing almost 100 patients since he started work and can recall specifics for about two dozen.
The nursing home declined comment on the case, citing privacy.
In a statement, officials said they fired the accused individual.
The state Board of Nursing wouldn't say if there had been any complaints against Riems but said the record is clear of any disciplinary action taken by the board.
Local police and investigators from the attorney general's office are trying to determine where else Riems worked. Officials said they hoped to have a complete accounting of his work history within the week. So far, they said, they believe he worked in at least 10 care facilities, but investigators are having trouble contacting all of them.
"A couple of nursing homes are no longer in existence," Perkins Township Police Chief Tim McClung said. "So we're trying to get in touch with the former owners."
Riems' resume stretches back through three decades to when he earned his nursing license in 1985.
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NURSING HORROR STORIES
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Night-shift nurse accused of rape abused 14 patients, police say
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SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- A night-shift nurse charged with raping a partially paralyzed nursing-home patient abused 13 other patients, many of whom could not communicate, at various health-care facilities since the mid-1980s, authorities said today.
John Riems, 49, told police after his arrest last week that he abused almost 100 patients since the 1980s, but he could remember specific information on only about two dozen.
Through interviews with patients, family members and a review of records at the nursing homes, investigators were able to verify 14 assaults at facilities in the Sandusky area, said Perkins Township Police Chief Tim McClung. Riems provided a list of names, he said.
The victims included men and women, McClung said. Some were older and physically or mentally unable to tell others what had happened, he said. Two have died.
Riems is accused of assaulting a 55-year-old man who is partially paralyzed at Concord Care and Rehabilitation Center in Sandusky, which is about midway between Toledo and Cleveland on Lake Erie. Police have not said when the assault happened.
Riems has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and gross sexual imposition. He appeared in Sandusky Municipal Court today and was bound over to Erie County Common Pleas court, where his case is likely to be presented to a grand jury in the coming weeks.
The man Riems allegedly assaulted can communicate only by shaking his head or moving his hand, Perkins Township police detective Alan Jenkins testified.
Jenkins said Riems admitted during a Jan. 19 interview that he had touched the man in a sexual manner and that he did it for his own sexual gratification.
McClung would not provide specifics of the other 13 alleged assaults.
Riems' attorney, Troy Wisehart, would not say whether Riems had admitted anything to him.
"We're just hoping the general public doesn't jump to conclusions," he said.
Investigators are looking into 10 other suspected assaults, and some of those patients are dead, said Lloyd Early, an investigator with the Ohio attorney general's office.
"This is a large and complicated case," Early said. "It's hard to say how big this will become."
Riems was being held in the Erie County jail on $100,000 bail. Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter said his office would determine whether other charges would be filed once the investigation is complete.
Riems told police the pattern of abuse began shortly after his career began in 1985. He has worked at 13 hospitals and nursing homes, authorities said today.
Riems worked at Fremont Memorial Hospital, about 20 miles southwest of Sandusky, for three months in 1985 and left before finishing his orientation period.
Spokeswoman Linda Thiel declined to comment on why he left, citing confidentiality. There were no complaints listed on his personnel file, she said.
Riems has the longest history at Elyria United Methodist Village, about 30 miles east of Sandusky, where he worked intermittently for nearly 20 years. He worked full time from 1988 to 1990 before resigning, and returned later that year on a supplemental basis, said Pam Koutsaftis, the facility's vice president of marketing.
"We had no evidence or reports of any inappropriate behavior whatsoever," Pam Koutsaftis said. "(Riems) was a nursing supervisor, and that position is one where he would have minimal direct patient care or contact."

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Truck Accident-Lived to tell about it
Current mood: blessed
Category: Religion and Philosophy

GOD extended to me loving kindness and tender mercies during this period of time.          I was involved in no less than 4 automobile/truck accidents 2 of them resulting in totaled vehicles and a EMT trauma transport to a local Trauma Center Hospital., cervical collar included.           The last accident occurred October 13, 2007 which the video of the crash site and the state of the truck can be viewed on my YouTube site .(7autumn7)           In spite of all the broken glass, both air bags deploying and being cut out of the driver’s side door the only injury I sustained was a small hematoma below my knuckle of my index finger on my left hand. When I lost control of the truck I don’t exactly remembering my life flashing before my eyes. When I realized that I had no control of the vehicle and that I was going to crash, I closed my eyes. I was very aware of everything that was happened even though surreal to me at that time. It was happening in real time. I heard the sound of the metal rolling over after running through a metal rail. and glass breaking and the contents of the truck being tossed around during the rollover.                Witnesses said that the truck only rolled over once.  I don’t remember at what point both bags deployed.  And then silence.  I did not lose consciousness. After a few moments, a group of people were approaching the wrecked truck asking me if I were  allright.  My seat /shoulder belt still had me strapped in. A young lady who identified herself as I believe a medical person of some sort and emphatically insisted that I not move my head.  I was trying to find my cell phone to call family to tell them I was in an accident but that I was alright.  An ambulance, fire truck and the highway patrol soon arrived.    Every one wanted to know if I were allright .  There was no way I could get out of the truck because the door was indented in snug to my left side. The EMT’s asked me if I wanted to be transported to the hospital. There were 2 within  a few miles of each other.  I thought about for a few seconds and said yea maybe I should to make sure nothing was  broken.  At that time I was treated as a Trauma patient.   The cervical collar was place to stabalize my neck and head.  After the door was cut out I was placed on a stretcher.  The EMTs were very nice.  My blood pressure was up some. One was trying to find a vein to start an iv but no success.  I have tiny veins even antecubitally!  The ride to the Trauma unit did not take long and soon I was transferred from the stretcher to a table.  They told me that they were going to cut my clothers off of me!!  I said no you don’t have to do that!! I can take them off!!   ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!   Let’s see that day I lost a pair of pants, a shirt, undergarments.  The jacket I had on was removed otherwise that would have got cut too!.  Vital signs, labs drawn after an 18 gauge needle was placed in my arm.  A rectal exam  (!!!!!!!!) to check for blood. Many people- doctors, surgeons, attendannts medical students and  who knows who else doing many things at one time.  I would stilll have to go to xray, mri.  No foley was placed so I have the distinct pleasure of making urine on a bedpan!!!  Specimen sent to the lab also.  It was during the MRI process getting placed into that open piece of machinery that I was overcome with tremendous gratitude to GOD for sparing me. My eyes started watering.  The technican asked me if I was OK.  I nodded yes. After a few more procedures I was wheeled to a wait room.  The female surgeon came in to tell me that nothing significant showed up on the tests and procedure but she wanted me to stay overnight for observation because in high impact crashes, conditions may not be readily seen.  I was thinking I was going to be released!! In time to see CSI LasVegas!!  It took a while for them to find me a room. So I waited in the the little room  Not too long after  2 of my sisters and nephew came in.  Now you have to understand that my sister is a worry wart.  Always assumes the worst.  I think she may have heard about the crash on the television and saw that it was a black truck and immediately knew it was me.  She related to me that she had just got home and was set for some serious rest and relaxation.  Until the phone rang with the message that I was involved in a roll over. I can only imagine the words that ushered forth!!  We spent  some family time together.  I kept finding tiny flecks of broken glass in my hospital gown, my hair (or rather my wig cause I got so upset with my hair a year ago I had my nephew buzz me bald)   A lot of my hair has come back but it still has a way to go.   I even felt a tiny sliver in my eyelid.  The nurse gave me some saline to rinse my eye out. All of  sudden ..gotta pee bad!!  Now the experience with the bedpan! Highly underrated!!   After a while I was being wheeled to my room on the  9th floor. All of this time my view was of the ceilings because I was lying on a stretcher.  My cell phone battery was down to one bar...and I did not have a home charger!!!  The doctor came in to repeat what the nice lady surgeon had told me earlier about just staying overnight.  I needed to take my prescription medicine so the nursing aide ordered me leftovers from the pantry since supper had long been over.  They were infusing some solution by way of a pump at a rate of 75 cc/hr.  Hmmmm, soon I will have to be visiting the bathroom and I have the additional task of navigating a pole with me........

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PAUL POTTS-MINISTER OF MUSIC
Current mood: hopeful
Category: Religion and Philosophy

 THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I WILL BE TWEAKING IT AS TIME GOES ON                                                                                                                                         Barb, you are the second person that i have read make the statement ." I was lifted up as if into God's presence. Paul's voice does that."
The other person was on YouTube. I truly believe that that is one of OUR MR POTTS purposes here on this earth. He has stated on some occasions about wanting to be a Vicar (my guess..wait let me look that up)....1. Church of England. a. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
b. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary. 5. a person who is authorized to perform the functions of another; deputy: God's vicar on earth. I see OUR MR POTTS as .....a Minister of Music...his singing ministers to people and many times i believe that people are being ushered into the very Presence Of God...many don't know this though... the manisfestations are the tears, the goosebumps and all those other feelings and terms that people have written about to try and explain this phenomenon,but just can't quite put their finger on it. The Spiritual aspect has been left out I dare say that this happens to agnostics, atheists and nontheists as well as Christians. And it transcends race, religion or sect, creed, national origin , age, sex, , color, ethnicity, gender, social standing, wealth, poverty, language barriers, customs and traditions. I had said early on that OUR MR POTTS was the Man of the Hour, Now I see him as GOD'S MAN OF THIS TIME PERIOD drawing people together over this entire planet by singing. What a calling on his life. I know this has a Christian bias but it was not my intent to offend non Christians. This was an opportunity to say what has been in my heart for a while now.

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Expressions
Category: Blogging

There are folks out there whose sole purpose in life is to make your life a living hell. Other than taking up space on the planet they serve no other useful purpose. It is a good thing that I believe God when He says that veagence is His and that He will repay. I am not to wish that lightening falls out of the sky and strike them dead or that some grievous disease overtakes them and chokes the very life out of their worthless bodies. Instead I am to pray for those that despitefully use me, and pray God's richest blessings upon them.---that He bless their coming in and going out their uprising and downsitting. For that does not come naturally to me so I have to ask God to instill that within my heart so that I will be able to do that. This is a blowout moment and I had to say that and get it out of my system.

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New Blog
Current mood: hopeful
Category: Blogging

Note to self: I must take time out to fix up myspace--ann

Currently listening : One Chance (With Bonus Tracks) By Paul Potts Release date: 18 September, 2007

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