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Saturday, 15 September 2012
A STRANGE DOG ! Dog stands guard over deceased owner’s grave for six years
Capitan keeps watch over Miguel Guzman's grave (La Voz)
An extremely dedicated dog has continued to show its loyalty, keeping watch on its owner's grave six years after he passed a
way.
Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.
Miguel Guzman adopted Capitan in 2005 as a gift for his teenage son, Damian. And for the past six years, Capitan has continued to stand guard at Miguel's grave. The family says the dog rarely leaves the site.
"We searched for him, but he had vanished," widow Veronica Guzman told LaVoz.com. "We thought he must have got run over and died. 'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery, and Damian recognized his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing as if he were crying." Adding to the unusual circumstances, Veronica says the family never brought Capitan to the cemetery before he was discovered there."It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," she said.
Cemetery director Hector Baccega says he and his staff have begun feeding and taking care of Capitan."He turned up here one day, all on his own, and started wandering all around the cemetery until he eventually found the tomb of his master," Baccega said.
"During the day he sometimes has a walk around the cemetery, but always rushes back to the grave. And every day, at six o'clock sharp, he lies down on top of the grave, stays there all night."
But the Guzman family hasn't abandoned Capitan. Damian says the family has tried to bring Capitan home several times but that he always returns to the cemetery on his own.
"I think he's going to be there until he dies, too. He's looking after my dad," he said. VIA yahoonews
Church Brands Members With ’666′
Church Brands Members With ’666′
Members of Growing in Grace,a controversial religious sect headquartered in Doral ,Miami Florida, said they were following the example of their leader, Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda, who has claimed to be Jesus and recently declared himself the Antichrist.
Critics have called De Jesus a cult leader who manipulates followers. Church members say he has brought them happiness and spiritual fulfillment.
“This is backing up what I truly believe,” said Alvaro Albarracin, 38, who heads a film production company and joined the church more than a decade ago. He showed a bandage that covered the freshly tattooed “666″ on his forearm. “It’s like a brand. It’s like a sign.”
It’s a sign most Christians would shun, because for centuries the numbers have been associated with Satan. But for the 30 or so church members who branded themselves with 666 and SSS — the initials of De Jesus’ motto, “salvo siempre salvo,” or “saved always saved” — it’s a mark of their absolute faith in De Jesus.
Church members say the symbol doesn’t connect them to Satan but rather to De Jesus’ claim that he has replaced Christ’s teachings with a new gospel.
Scholars and critics of the movement say the tattoos offer frightening evidence of the influence De Jesus commands over his followers.
“What is he going to do next to call attention to himself?” asked Daniel Alvarez, an instructor in the department of religious studies at Florida International University who has studied the movement. “This means that his control over people is so great that no matter what he says to them, they’ll follow him.”
De Jesus was was not available to comment, said a church spokeswoman.
At the tattoo parlor, one woman wore a T-shirt with De Jesus’ picture and the phrase “The Lord Arrived” in Spanish. Others wore shirts and baseball caps marked with 666. Spanish rap music blared from a stereo in the back.
News cameras circled the tattoo chair as artist Jessica Segatto, wearing pink rubber gloves and a huge silver cross, carefully inked 666 on church members’ ankles, forearms, backs and one member’s neck. Some members said they decided to attend the tattooing session — which was prompted by a church announcement the previous week — to prove their commitment to De Jesus’ vision. Others said they hoped the symbol would provoke questions about the movement.
“I figured if I have it on my leg, people are going to notice it, 666, and they’re going to ask,” said church member and spokeswoman Axel Poessy.
De Jesus — who preaches that sin and the devil were destroyed when Jesus died on the cross and that God’s chosen already have been saved — has built a massive movement around his claim to divinity. Followers call him “Daddy” and “God” and lavish him with $5,000 Rolexes and sometimes 40 percent or more of their salaries.
Christian leaders have denounced De Jesus, saying he distorts the Bible. The Rev. Julio Perez of Nueva Esperanza, a faith-based community group in Hialeah, said De Jesus was promoting himself rather than helping members of his church. “What he’s doing is trying to create his own sect,” he said.
De Jesus had just a few hundred followers when he launched his church in a Hialeah warehouse about 20 years ago. Today, he commands a global movement from his Doral headquarters that boasts 335 education centers, 200 pastors, 287 radio programs and a 24-hour Spanish-language TV network that’s available to 2 million homes — including by special request from some U.S. cable companies. Only De Jesus and his right hand man, Carlos Cestero, are authorized to preach.
In his sermons, De Jesus emphasizes wealth and success as a sign of God’s favor. Many of his members are business owners who give a percentage of their corporate profits to De Jesus, said Alvaro Albarracin, who oversees corporate donations to the church and holds the title “entrepreneur of entrepreneurs.” Albarracin, who runs the film production company MiamiLa Entertainment, said he gave 20 percent of his profit to the movement when he sold his Web-hosting company, Dialtone, for more than $16 million in 2001.
Martita Roca, 25, a South Florida singer and actress from Guatemala, said she sometimes gives 40 percent of her salary to Growing in Grace. Giving a piece of her flesh by getting a tattoo was another way to prove her commitment, she said.
“For all of those people who pray for us to come out of this movement, this shows that this is it, there’s no going back,” Roca said of her tattoos. “This is to make sure that everyone relates me to that vision.”
Luz Fuentes, 51, a former Catholic who joined Growing in Grace in 1990, said she and her brother give Growing in Grace up to 50 percent of profits from their Hallandale mortgage company, Apos Mortgage. “Apos” is short for “apostle,” one of De Jesus’ monikers. De Jesus is listed on the company’s website as its CEO.
“Antichrist” is the latest in a string of titles De Jesus has bestowed on himself.
In 1988, De Jesus announced he was the reincarnation of the Apostle Paul. In 1999, he dubbed himself “the Other,” a spiritual superbeing who would pave the way for Christ’s second coming. In 2004, he proclaimed himself to be Jesus Christ. That claim caused some prominent members to defect from the movement — including De Jesus’ first wife, Nydia, and his son Jose Luis Jr., who started his own church in Puerto Rico.
Church Brands Members With ’666′In January, during a packed worship service at the church, De Jesus took off his coat and revealed the numbers 666 on his forearm.
“This is a congregation of Antichrists,” De Jesus said, drawing whistles and cheers.
The number 666 appears in the Book of Revelation, a portion of the New Testament that details the prophet John’s apocalyptic vision of the rise of the Antichrist, the tribulation and Christ’s return. In Revelation, a horned beast appears on earth and requires everyone to get his mark — 666 — on the right hand or forehead.
Experts on new religious movements say De Jesus’ opposition to other religions, and his claim to be the only legitimate spiritual authority, resemble the teachings of some cults.
“It’s clearly a personality-driven group,” said Rick Ross, an anti-cult consultant based in New Jersey. “It is defined by the claims of De Jesus Miranda.”
Nick Woodbury, director of the evangelical group Christ for Miami, said most mainstream Christians would reject Growing in Grace’s teachings as unbiblical.
“In the Christian evangelical sector, we would consider them a sect,” said Woodbury, who has served as a missionary in Colombia with the Mimai-based group Latin America Mission. “They take the Bible, but their interpretation is very warped.”
De Jesus’ followers have lashed out against organized Christianity because they believe their prophet holds the true gospel, they say. His adherents have disrupted Catholic processions on Good Friday and protested outside an evangelical church gathering in Miami’s Tropical Park. Last July, they tore up literature published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses and other Christian movements during a march in downtown Miami.
Scholars who are concerned about the movement’s growth say they hope De Jesus’ latest claim will insert doubt into the mind of some members.
“The symbol of the Antichrist is so negative, the only good thing that will come out of this is that people will say, ‘Hold on, this man is going off the deep end,”‘ FIU’s Alvarez said
A WOMAN BEATING HER HUSBAND
A women beating her husband for nothing sake !!!! imagine the kind intimidation men go-thru just to make a marriage work. When will this abuse on men stop.
Police, armed robbers in gun duel in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command yesterday made another bold statement in its resolve to rid the state of armed robbers and kidnappers when it overpowered an armed robbery gang, killing one member and arresting four.
The encounter with the armed robbery gang caused pandemonium in Agulu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state where the
suspected armed robbers engaged members of the state Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in a gun battle.
Residents of the area ran helter-skelter for safety following the sustained exchange of gunfire between the police and the hoodlums.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Raphael Uzoigwe, disclosed that the gang was the same that attacked and killed two vigilance group members at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area yesterday morning.
The gang, Uzoigwe further said was responsible for the early morning robberies and kidnapping operations from Nkpor to Umuoji to Ojoto, Nnobi.
He said: “Sometimes, they operate between Abatete, Neni, Agulu, among other neighbouring communities.”
Uzoigwe said police recovered from the gang one AK-47 rifle, three magazines, 16 rounds of ammunition and Mitsubishi L-300 bus, which they used for operations.
The pump action gun the robbers snatched from the vigilance group members they killed was also recovered.
The police image maker further said: “Our target is to get night life back in Anambra State, especially during the forthcoming Christmas period and we must do it, that is the target of the state Commissioner of Police, Ballah Nasarawa.
“We are moving into all the nooks and crannies of this state to fish out those hoodlums and that is why, our men had been deployed to all the remote areas in the state.
The man who set the Middle East ablaze hides his face in shame: Californian filmmaker behind Mohammed movie interviewed by police
The man who set the Middle East ablaze hides his face in shame: Californian filmmaker behind Mohammed movie interviewed by police
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55 was escorted to the sheriff's station in Cerritos by deputies for an interview to discuss whether he had violated his probation
Nakoula is responsible for the inflammatory film 'Innocence of Muslims', which has sparked deadly protests across the world - leading to the death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya
In 2010 he was convicted of $800,000 worth of bank fraud
He suspected of using the alias Sam Bassil during the production of the controversial film but was released on the condition that he did not access the internet or use aliases
Nakoula, has reportedly denied involvement in the film
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 10:57 GMT, 15 September 2012 | UPDATED: 16:48 GMT, 15 September 2012
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The Californian man behind the anti-Islamic movie that has caused outrage across the Muslim world emerged from hiding this morning to be interviewed by federal probation officers.
With his face obscured behind a hat, glasses and a scarf, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55 was taken to a sheriff's station in his hometown of Cerritos by deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department.
Convicted fraudster Nakoula is under investigation by probation officers to determine whether his inflammatory film 'Innocence of Muslims' has violated the terms of his release, which could land him back in prison.
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Not under arrest: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted from his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California on Saturday morning
Not under arrest: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted from his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California on Saturday morning
The man behind it all: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted out of his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California
The man behind it all: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted out of his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California
After arriving at his home just after midnight deputies escorted Nakoula to an awaiting car and he was taken to the station where he was questioned over his involvement in the film production which has been blamed for the mass protests across the Middle East which resulted in the death of four American citizens on Wednesday.
Convicted of $800,000 worth of bank fraud in 2010, Nakoula, who is suspected of using the alias Sam Bassil during the production of the controversial film was released on the condition that he did not access the internet or use aliases.
Violent protests around the Arab world have sprung up because of the film, which portrays the Prophet Mohammed as a womaniser, buffon, ruthlesskiller and child molester and led to the death of seven people alone yesterday.
Nakoula voluntarily left his home in the early hours of Saturday morning for the meeting in a sheriff's station Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
'He will be interviewed by federal probation officers,' said Whitmore.
He said Nakoula had not been placed under arrest but would not be returning home immediately. 'He was never put in handcuffs... It was all voluntary.'
Chaos: Smoke rises from the US embassy building in Tunis during a protest against Nakalou's film
Chaos: Smoke rises from the US embassy building in Tunis during a protest against Nakalou's film
Nakoula, who has denied involvement in the film in a phone call to his Coptic Christian bishop, was ushered out of his home and into a waiting car by several sheriff's deputies, his face shielded by a scarf, hat and sunglasses.
The crudely made 13-minute English-language film, filmed in California and circulated on the Internet under several titles including 'Innocence of Muslims', mocks the Prophet Mohammad.
The film sparked a violent protest at the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi during which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Tuesday. Protests have spread to other countries across the Muslim world.
For many Muslims, any depiction of the prophet is blasphemous. Caricatures deemed insulting in the past have provoked protests and drawn condemnations from officials, preachers, ordinary Muslims and many Christians.
U.S. officials have said authorities were not investigating the film project itself, and that even if it was inflammatory or led to violence, simply producing it cannot be considered a crime in the United States, which has strong free speech laws.
Two attorneys visited Nakoula's home hours before he was taken in for questioning. They said they were there to consult with him.
The violent protests over the film in Libya caused mob attacks in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials.
A TV reporter is pictured outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in Cerritos, California
A TV reporter is pictured outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in Cerritos, California
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo was attack by protesters yesterday and demonstrations against American consulates spread to Yemen on Thursday and on Friday to several other countries across the Middle East.
Nakoula, whose name has been widely linked to the film in media reports, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 2010 and was sentenced to 21 months in prison, to be followed by five years on supervised probation, court documents showed.
He was accused of fraudulently opening bank and credit card accounts using Social Security numbers that did not match the names on the applications, a criminal complaint showed. He was released in June 2011, and at least some production on the video was done later that summer.
But the terms of Nakoula's prison release contain behavior stipulations that bar him from accessing the Internet or assuming aliases without the approval of his probation officer.
A senior law enforcement official in Washington has indicated the probation investigation relates to whether he broke one or both of these conditions. Violations could result in him being sent back to prison, court records show.
A note is seen on the door step of the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula - the California man convicted of bank fraud who is under investigation for possible probation violations stemming from the making of an anti-Islam video
A note is seen on the door step of the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula - the California man convicted of bank fraud who is under investigation for possible probation violations stemming from the making of an anti-Islam video
Clips of the film posted on the Internet since July have been attributed to a man by the name of Sam Bacile, which two people linked to the film have said was likely an alias.
A telephone number said to belong to Bacile, given to Reuters by U.S.-based Coptic Christian activist Morris Sadek who said he had promoted the film, was later traced back to a person who shares the Nakoula residence.
Stan Goldman, a Loyola Law School professor, said whether Nakoula is sent back to jail over potential probation violations linked to the film, such as accessing the Internet, was a subjective decision up to an individual judge.
'Federal judges are gods in their own courtrooms, it varies so much in who they are,' he said, noting such a move would be based on his conduct not on the content of the film.
As well as the fraud conviction, Nakoula also pleaded guilty in 1997 to possession with intent to manufacture methamphetamine and was sentenced to a year in jail, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.
Where is he? News media gather outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in Cerritos, California
Where is he? News media gather outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula in Cerritos, California
Fraudster: A criminal complaint in 2009 shows charges against Nakoula - of which he was later found guilty. He used a string of aliases, including Mark Basseley and Nicola Bacily - similar to Sam Bacile
Fraudster: A criminal complaint in 2009 shows charges against Nakoula - of which he was later found guilty. He used a string of aliases, including Mark Basseley and Nicola Bacily - similar to Sam Bacile
The probation department is reviewing the case of Nakoula, who was previously convicted on bank fraud charges and was banned from using computers or the Internet as part of his sentence. The review is aimed at learning whether Nakoula violated the terms of his five-year probation.
Karen Redmond, a spokeswoman for the administrative office of the U.S. courts, confirmed Friday the review is under way.
Federal authorities have identified Nakoula, a self-described Coptic Christian, as the key figure behind 'Innocence of Muslims', a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Middle East.
A federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities had connected Nakoula to a man using the pseudonym of Sam Bacile who claimed earlier to be writer and director of the film.
Nakoula pleaded no contest in 2010 to federal bank fraud charges in California and was ordered to pay more than $790,000 in restitution.
He was also sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and was ordered not to use computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer.
His attorney cited Nakoula's poor health in a bid for leniency and home detention, stating his client suffered from Hepatitis C, diabetes that require twice-daily insulin shots, and other ailments that required more than 10 medications a day, according to a transcript of the sentencing obtained by the AP.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies stand down the street from the suburban Los Angeles home of filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies stand down the street from the suburban Los Angeles home of filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula
Many records in case remain sealed, but prosecutors sought a longer prison term and noted that he misused some of his own relatives' identities to open 600 fraudulent credit accounts.
Nakoula apologized during the proceedings and his attorney James D. Henderson Sr. said Nakoula had learned his lesson.
'He's clearly gotten the message,' Henderson said. 'I can't imagine him doing anything stupider than what he did here, but what's done is done.'
Henderson said during the hearing that his client had been enlisted by another man to open the accounts and had only received $60,000 to $70,000 from the fraudulent transactions.
He got involved in the scheme after losing his job in the gas station industry and had been forced to work for a few dollars a weekend at swap meets to try to support his children and an ailing father, Henderson said, according to the transcript.
It could be difficult to establish a probation violation case against Nakoula. In the federal court system, the conditions of supervised release are geared toward the offense for which a defendant was found guilty and imprisoned.
Media microphones are pictured outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula yesterday in anticipation of a statement from the filmmaker
Media microphones are pictured outside the home of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula yesterday in anticipation of a statement from the filmmaker
In Nakoula's case, the offense was bank fraud. His no contest plea was to charges of setting up fraudulent bank accounts using stolen identities and Social Security numbers, depositing checks from those accounts into other phony accounts and then withdrawing the illicit funds from ATM machines.
While it was unclear what might have provoked authorities' interest, the filmmaker's use of a false identity and his access to the Internet through computers could be at issue, according to experts in cyber law and the federal probation system.
Nakoula, who told the AP that he was logistics manager for the film, was under requirements to provide authorities with records of all his bank and business accounts.
The probation order authorized in June 2010 warned Nakoula against using false identities. Nakoula was told not to 'use, for any purpose or in any manner, any name other than his/her true legal name or names without the prior written approval of the Probation Officer.'
Federal prosecutors had charged that Nakoula used multiple false identities in creating his fraudulent accounts. Several, Nicola Bacily and Erwin Salameh, were similar to the Sam Bacile pseudonym used to set up the YouTube account for the anti-Islamic film. Other pseudonyms used in the accounts ranged from Ahmed Hamdy to P.J. Tobacco.
Outraged: Cindy Lee Garcia was in the incendiary film that was re-cut to be anti-Islamic but she said she knew nothing about the producer's hateful intentions
Outrage: Cindy Lee Garcia was in the film that was re-cut to be anti-Islamic but she said she knew nothing about the producer's hateful intentions
Nakoula was also told he could not have any access to the Internet 'without the prior approval of the probation officer.' Nakoula was ordered to detail any online devices and cellphones to authorities and was told his devices would be monitored and subject to searches.
Jennifer Granick, a criminal defense lawyer who specializes in online crimes, said authorities might not have been aware of Nakoula's online activity even if monitoring devices were placed on his computers. 'That may be very hard for a probation officer to catch ahead of time.'
Granick also noted that Nakoula's conviction for financial crimes might provide a basis for probation officials to review bank and other monetary records. 'Somebody charged with a financial crime might receive some supervision categories where they might re-offend,' she said.
Nakoula was arrested in June 2009, pleaded no contest to the bank fraud charges a year later and was released from federal prison in June 2011 after serving a 21-month prison term, according to federal records.
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Enlarge Plea: A casting call shows directors were looking for actors to appear in historical drama 'Desert Warrior'
Plea: A casting call shows directors were looking for actors to appear in historical drama 'Desert Warrior'
An initial report about the federal probation review appeared in The Wall Street Journal.
There are indications that 'Innocence of Muslims' may have already been under way as a film project when Nakoula was arrested. A casting call for actors and crew for a film called 'Desert Warrior' ran in Backstage magazine, based in Los Angeles and New York, in May and June 2009. The casting call described the film project as a 'historical Arabian Desert adventure' and listed a 'Sam Bassiel' as producer.
One notice identified 'Pharaoh Voice Inc.' as the film's production company. California state records show Pharaoh Voice was incorporated in September 2007 by a 'Youssef M. Basseley'' The principal address for Pharaoh Voice in Hawaiian Gardens, a southern California community, is the same location where Nakoula lived until 2008, according to state records.
During an interview with AP, Nakoula denied that he was Sam Bacile, but acknowledged knowing him.
Fury: Christopher Stevens US ambassador to Libya and Hillary Clinton. The film sparked violent attacks against U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt yesterday, killing five American citizens, including the US diplomat
Fury: The US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, right, died amid violent protests against the film
As interest in Nakoula intensifies, an actress who starred in his anti-Islamic film has said that she feels 'awful' about her role in the movie.
Declining to identify herself, the woman claimed that she was misled about her appearance in 'Innocence of Muslims' and was told it was a historical drama.
'I feel awful, and I didn't do anything. But I feel awful,' said the girl to CBS' 'Inside Edition'.
'I was betrayed. I was Hilary, and the main character was George. I had no idea George turned into somebody else.'
An advertisement for actors to appear in the film was posted on trade magazine Backstage and filmmakers detailed the role of Hilary as '18 but looks much younger, petite, innocent.'
The same casting call wanted lead charachter George to be '20-40, a strong leader, romantic tyrant, a killer with no remorse, LEAD.'
That role was transformed from George to the Prophet Mohammed, who was portrayed as a child molesting warmonger in the controversial film.
Paid $671.66 for her time on the film, the emotional woman broke down in tears during her interview with Inside Edition.
Defiant: Steve Klein has defended his role in the anti-Islamic film and said he wants to open the world's eyes to the dangers of Islam
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