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Sherlene Stevens: Routine Review of Emails, Then There's Spam

At my home office, late afternoon, yesterday (April 11, 2016), I performed my typical e-mail organization routine. How dumb of me! I viewed my spams, and after reviewing a spam email (dated March 22nd), I opened the attached file to read . . . Bitcoin! This is what it said: ATTENTION! All your documents, photos, databases and other important personal files were encrypted using strong RSA-1024 algorithm with a unique key. To restore your files you have to pay 0.31003 BTC (bitcoins). Please follow this manual: 1. Create Bitcoin wallet here:       https://blockchain.info/wallet/new 2. Buy 0.31003 BTC with cash, using search here:       https://localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins 3. Send 0.31003 BTC to this Bitcoin address:       13Yt9gdwySpH6bbdvU29H4HnkuGmXiWrda 4. Open one of the following links in your browser to download decryptor:       http://webrh.fr/counter/?ad=13Yt9gdwySpH6bbdvU29H4HnkuGmXiWrda       http://hamamozu.gov.tr/counter/?ad=13Yt9gdwySpH6bbdvU29H4HnkuGmXi

Sherlene Stevens: The Earthly Man Named Jesus

So you may be reading this and aren't too familiar with structured religion. Who really was Jesus, while on earth? What was it like during his time? Jesus was born into Judaism: he was a Jew who practiced in the faith. Today, we would identify him as being a Jewish Christian. Jesus was smart--perhaps, today, he would have been classified a part of the gifted-and-talented. Remember: Only the Catholic and Jewish priests, or formal priests, were allowed to be taught how to read and write. Jesus was a homeless wanderer.  Most financially challenged people and his followers had no consistent home style. They often slept outside (warm climate). Yet, they knew how to conduct themselves in other people's living quarters. Jesus was born to fulfill the first promise of the one and true living God.  The second promise has yet to be fulfilled--the ending of the world as we know and the return of Jesus (See Holy Bible, Book of Revelation). It is all about this promise that we part