Monthly Archives: November 2014

WOMAN…much more than world’s cultures frame her…more precious than Rubies & the Costliest Jewels…sayeth her CREATOR

not bound by the limited definitions of the world, but of the infinite boundless Creator Father

not bound by the limited definitions of the world, but of the infinite boundless Creator Father

….for the encouragement of the “woman”, baby-girls, young women, and vintage women…worth more than rubies….and a warning for those who do evil against her…The Complex Layers Series image Baby-Girl for blog 11-23-14 391f7a1ef600efa9b505e5df995111a3

 

 

 

 

priceless middle, senior, and elder aged women

priceless middle, senior, and elder aged women

The statistics of the blog article, “The Index: Justice for Rape in War”, from the  WOMEN UNDER SIEGE Project, posted  in May 2014, should leave women shocked and appalled, some men ashamed and cause us all to pray and seek to do only good and love toward one another; praying for YAH’s intervention and justice, soon {since the world court systems don’t seem to have the will].

Article Excerpts:

“Year in which General Andrew Jackson is credited with coining the phrase “booty and beauty” to make clear what kind of “spoils…to the victor go”: 1812″

“Year in which an international tribunal established that sexualized violence is a crime against humanity and potentially an act of genocide: 1995″

There are many more alarming statistics mentioned in this article that not only speak to the moral depravity that continues, but also sheds light on the gap-of length-of years  the world governments and cultures of the past and present have allowed (and ignored) before choosing to examine and re-examine the horrific acts of sexual violence and rape. The insidious manner and deliberately slow course of action  nation-states have taken (against sexual violence/rape) throughout the centuries and present years, have been undoubtedly painful and  frustrating for victims of these atrocities who still await justice to be served.

In an age of cold-heartedness and violence, hatred of every kind and form, the ages long paradoxical deception and promotion of dark matters, perhaps many of us might venture to say ‘we’ve heard it all; how could it possibly get any worse‘. This possibility can become a certainty when we white-wash the guilty stains of evil, excuse the heinous, and pardon the hellhound-ish intentions of the hellbound.

a good woman is worth more than rubies, gold, silver and precious stones

a good woman is worth more than rubies, gold, silver and precious stones

Many men, throughout the myriad of traditions and cultures of the world, have been socially and psychologically indoctrinated to de-value the “wo’man” and to show disdain toward her. Those of mankind who have desire to have a moral center would choose to shun these doctrines of sexual degeneracy. In addition, those who trust in YAH/GOD and YAHuSh’a should know what is written in HIS Word regarding “the woman” and especially a good woman, YAH-Elah Our Heavenly Father chose to liken “Wisdom” as unto a “virtuous woman” [HIS description is the same, for wife/woman and wisdom!], and for a good and perfect reason. So when men and any portion of society seeks to bludgeon ‘the woman’ (more pointedly a loving, moral and virtuous woman), they sever their ties to what is a “priceless” treasure to life itself, and the ability to gain a vital portion of “Wisdom” that can only come from her (as YAH Our Heavenly Father and Creator has gifted within her).

Proverbs 31:10-15… A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman—who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her confidently and relies on and believes in her securely, so that he has no lack of [honest] gain or need of [dishonest] spoil, and with her he will have all he needs. She encourages (in truth), and does him good, not harm, and no evil as long as there is life within her. She seeks [out wool and flax] and works with willing hands. She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household’s food [bread] in from afar. She gets up while it is still night, providing food for her household [even spiritual] even some for her female servants.

Proverbs 3:13-17….How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.
Job 28:15, 18
It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Proverbs 9:11
For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 3:18…AhaYAH ELAH by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.…

The rapist is the wicked one, the victim is violated innocence.

The rapist is the wicked one, the victim is violated innocence.

Lawless wicked actions of the past that are knowingly kept from the corrective hand of right-ruling and justice, are therefore left to fester in present and future societies of the world. It enables immorality to increase in its evil and insatiable appetite to demoralize and devour women and girls. Rape will always plague the conscience and wrench the hearts of those of us who detest it. However, if it does not cause the co-conspirators who pardoned and/or turned a blind eye to it to repent and work unceasingly to unembolden wicked-ones from committing these hellish crimes of rape….then they shall reap their just reward within their fallen world’s fate….their own eventual unethical consequences as their personal HELL on earth. Those who allow and commit rape will eventually be left to experience their permanent level of Hell, as it is  described in one of the world’s famous literary pieces…”Dante’s Inferno”.

The more lawlessness is allowed to increase, the more the people of the land/earth mourn; the more righteousness and moral desire increases, the people rejoice. Righteousness and moral desire comes from LOVE; it is the reason why YAH says it is the greatest of all right-rulings in which to strive.

Let us pray for each other, that we women and girls will continue to grow into, and be as, the precious, priceless, virtuous, loving and royal women we were created to BE. Let us pray for our men and boys that they may realize their awesome worth to YAH and gain understanding as to why YAH says a good woman is a priceless and precious gift of goodness and blessings to a man, where nothing of this world could ever compare. May they know a good woman adds wealth, worth, and goodness to a man’s life, and will strengthen his side, as unto his rib, from which woman was were formed.

Let us all love one another and may Yah bless and keep all of you guys according to HIS Perfect Will,

Tonya Woodbury Sloan, TCLS

P.S. It would be better for us to repent than to burn….because the destroyers will always meet their fateful demise as such–in destruction, and the truly repentive and the innocent shall one day (soon) truly have peace.

 

SOURCE:

1.  The Index: Justice for Rape in War. WOMEN UNDER SIEGE Project, Blog. WMC Women’s Media Center. Wolfe, Lauren, Director. May 2, 2014.

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/the-index-justice-for-crimes-of-rape-in-war?utm_content=buffer9a5a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.VHIjWZFqiCw.facebook

 

UPDATE – EBOLA…pushed backstage by coverage of US Congressional Elections, vies for the spotlight…as the abbreviated ‘alphabet soup’ global entities weigh in.

Photo: USA TODAY

Photo: USA TODAY

Although politicking and political elections are important to many US citizens, the self-indulgent grandeur of it all, done-up by the political machine and its dutiful broadcasters, should never have been allowed to bogart media coverage of the EBOLA pandemic.  Yes, of course politics and its elections deserve necessary attention, but not to the extent of nearly blotting out updates concerning EBOLA and reducing it to the (infrequent) scrolling text on the  mainstream media ticker-tape.

While the politicians were stumping, their monetary donors were attending and hosting $1000 a plate fundraiser dinners,  their grassroots campaign workers labored door to door, and the media broadcasts indulged in political pomp and pageantry, most of the general public were unaware of the issuance of more in-depth  medical protection guidelines against EBOLA, new (to the general public) EBOLA incubation period revelations, updates on specifically assigned locations to quarantine and monitor military personnel and civilians returning from EBOLA plagued regions to the EU and the USA, and field reports of new regions, as well as former regions with (“renewed”) EBOLA outbreaks.

Photo: NIH National Institutes of Health

Photo: NIH National Institutes of Health

According to the Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) October 30, 2014 publication The InfoGRAM, within section subtitled: “Updated Ebola Guidance from the IAB, CDC, HHS”, it states, “…the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and IAB (InterAgency Board) recently published or updated four  (4)  procedural documents aimed at keeping first responders safe from Ebola exposure during the course of their duties…” [1.para.1]

The published or updated documents are as follows:

The IAB published  “Recommendations on Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for First Responders against Ebola Exposure Hazards” (PDF, 623 Kb).”  This document entails, “…the selection and use of specific PPE based upon the risks of exposure,…a quick table to help determine that risk,…discusses PPE decontamination, donning and doffing, and provides a detailed description of different PPE.” [1. para.2]

The InfoGRAM also mentions The HHS (The Department of Health and Human Services) development of an Ebola Presentation Template (PDF, 1.5 mb), “…which consists of 35 slides, for organizations and public health departments interested in giving slide presentations on EBOLA to their employees or staff.” [1. para.3]

The CDC‘ has recently issued and/or revised and re-issued the following documents as it pertains to the EBOLA crisis:

1.  Guidance on PPE to be Used by Healthcare Workers During Management of Patients with EBOLA Virus Disease in US Hospitals, Including Procedures for Putting on (Donning) and Removing (Doffing). [1. para.4]

2.  Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Known or Suspected EBOLA Virus Disease in The United States. [1. para.5]

3.  Monitoring Systems and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of EBOLA. As per the CDC, “…this document will serve as guidance on monitoring people traveling back to the US from EBOLA stricken areas of the world, and who may have been exposed.”  [1. para.6]

Photo: AP

Photo: AP

Being that the CDC, government politicians, the medical community, and local health departments have often stated emphatically, the incubation period for the EBOLA Virus Disease is 21 days, most of the general public is probably shocked (to say the least) to find the WHO (World Health Organization) only half-heartedly agrees with their statement.  Why “half-heartedly” you ask? Let’s allow the following information from the WHO to answer this question.

The WHO explains the incubation period for individual patients, healthcare workers in PPE who have treated EBOLA patients, and for the populace/country affected by the outbreak as a whole. This explanation is given in an October 14, 2014, WHO Media Centre article, titled: Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? Ebola situation assessment. Their definition and explanation of the incubation period is mentioned in the following article excerpts:

“….How does WHO declare the end of an Ebola outbreak?….”

“According to WHO recommendations, health care workers who have attended patients or cleaned their rooms should be considered as “close contacts” and monitored for 21 days after the last exposure, even if their contact with a patient occurred when they were fully protected by wearing personal protective equipment…

For health care workers, the date of the “last infectious contact” is the day when the last patient in a health facility tests negative using a real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.

For WHO to declare an Ebola outbreak over, a country must pass through 42 days, with active surveillance demonstrably in place, supported by good diagnostic capacity, and with no new cases detected. Active surveillance is essential to detect chains of transmission that might otherwise remain hidden.” [2]

“…Incubation period.”

“The period of 42 days, with active case-finding in place, is twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola virus disease and is considered by WHO as sufficient to generate confidence in a declaration that an Ebola outbreak has ended.

Recent studies conducted in West Africa have demonstrated that 95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval. WHO is therefore confident that detection of no new cases, with active surveillance in place, throughout this 42-day period means that an Ebola outbreak is indeed over.

The announcement that the outbreaks are over, in line with the dates fixed by the subcommittee on surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory testing, is made by the governments of the affected countries in close collaboration with WHO and its international partners.” [2]

Based upon the information from this article, it is clear the EBOLA Virus Disease incubation period is between 1 to 21 to 42 days, as defined and expected. This WHO clarification would not prove the CDC and other associated alphabet abbreviation organizations and government agencies to be incompetent, on the contrary, it proves these organizations have a need or desire to with-hold pertinent information from all sectors of the general public, and from “general medicine” hospitals and medical center staff.  But why, you ask?  That is an excellent question which deserves an immediate reply from the government and medical community. The general public needs to respectfully demand an answer, and soon.

Another important Ebola update comes from Army General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Department of Defense.  Chairman General Dempsey listed 7 (total) US Military Bases to be utilized as locations of quarantine for EBOLA Mission Troops returning to the USA or to the 2 bases in the EU, from EBOLA stricken regions of the world. According to an Associated Press article, the list of the 5 bases stateside and the 2 bases abroad are as follows:

Image Graphic: DOD, Defense.gov

Image Graphic: DOD, Defense.gov

1. Fort Hood, Texas

2. Fort Bliss, Texas

3. Fort Bragg, North Carolina

4. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

5. Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

6.  Military Base in Italy

7.  Military Base in Germany.

The EBOLA Mission Troops will be quarantine and medically monitored state-side at these 5 locations and the 2 US military bases abroad for a period of 21 days. However, US DOD Civilian Personnel can choose whether to go through the quarantine at these particular military installations or not.  In addition, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said Friday any department civilians who become ill will receive medical treatment at military facilities at no cost. [3. AP]

The gloomy reality is as of today, EBOLA is still spreading in West Africa. Jene-Wonde in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, a small village neighboring Sierra Leone, has now become the latest deadly EBOLA epicenter.  Ten percent of their population has already died from EBOLA due to the lack of healthcare and some locals claim their government has remained unresponsive to their cries for help. [4.]

Mali, West Africa, very recently (this November) had 2 confirmed deadly cases of EBOLA, where both patients died in a just a few days.   Although both cases were associated with contact in Guinea, they traveled to different regions, and thus had no known personal associations nor acquaintance. They are not linked. The victims were a female nurse at a local clinic, and also a seventy year old male, Muslim Grand Imam. As per the WHO contract trace investigation concerning the Grand Imam, the collected data is as follows: ,

“He was a 70-year-old male resident of Kourémalé village, in the Siguiri prefecture of Guinea, had onset of symptoms from an undiagnosed disease on 17 October. On 18 October, he was admitted to a private clinic in the mining town of Siguiri.”

“As his condition did not improve, he was transferred to another clinic located just across the border in Mali. On 25 October, he travelled by car, together with 4 family members to seek treatment at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako.”

He was treated at the Pasteur Clinic from 25 October until his death, from kidney failure, on 27 October. In addition, a friend who visited him at the clinic also died abruptly from an undiagnosed disease. Both are considered probable Ebola cases. For both, no samples are available for testing.

The nurse, whose fatal Ebola infection was confirmed on 11 November, worked at the Pasteur Clinic.

Because of his religious status as a Grand Imam, his body was transported to a mosque for a ritual washing ceremony/ The body was then returned to the native village of Kourémalé for formal funeral and burial ceremonies. Although these events are still under investigation, WHO staff assume that many mourners attended the ceremonies.

In that same village, the deceased patient’s first wife died of an undiagnosed disease on 6 November. His brother and his second wife are currently being managed at an Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. All 3 accompanied the patient during the car trip to Bamako.

On 10 November, his daughter died from an undiagnosed disease. The family declined offers of a safe burial.

On 11 November, the man’s son, who is currently at the Ebola treatment center in Gueckedou, tested positive for Ebola at the European Union’s mobile biosafety level 3 laboratory there. He was the fourth family member in the car trip to Bamako. Confirmation of his infection further increases the likelihood that deaths in other family members were caused by Ebola.” [5. WHO]

There are at least 2 main reasons why  it is vitally important to pay attention to the contact trace data  of those showing any of the symptoms of EBOLA. First, it enables a quick quarantining response and prompt treatment of individuals in hopes of staving off the disease. Secondly, the investigation of physical contacts with the infected host, may reveal if there are any changes in the characteristics of the spreading of the virus, as well as if the EBOLA virus scientific markers have changed, which may or may not reveal if the virus has mutated, become more lethal, and if there is evidence of it becoming aerosolized or airborne.

How people respond to prevention and protective medical protocols is very important. No matter how many differing opinions there are regarding the onset of the first human case in West Africa, the point is it is here and deadly! Denial of any aspect of  this virus, its incubation period, its symptoms, and how it is spread will put other peoples’ lives at risk. Taking precautionary measures of prevention and protection, is prudent, in which the well known phrase, “it’s better to be safe than sorry” would definitely apply.

Let us stay safe, show remorse for our wrongs, seek to do what is right, show true care and love, and make wholesome lasting memories, because life in this world is fragile.

For those who believe like me, let us encourage one another and comfort one another in AhaYAH and The Messiah’s Love with Psalm 91:

1 Who so dwelleth in the [a]secret of the most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 [b]I will say unto the Lord, O my hope, and my fortress: he is my God, in him will I trust.

3 Surely I will deliver thee from the [c]snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He will cover thee under his wings, and thou shalt be sure under his feathers: his [d]truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 [e]Thou shalt not be afraid of the fear of the night: nor of the arrow that flieth by day:

6 Nor of the pestilence that walketh in the darkness: nor of the plague that destroyeth at noon day.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come near thee.

8 Doubtless with thine [f]eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9 For thou hast said, The Lord is mine hope: thou hast set the most High for thy refuge.

10 There shall none evil come unto thee, neither shall any plague come near thy tabernacle.

11 [g]For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt walk upon the lion and asp: the [h]young lion, and the dragon shalt thou tread under feet.

14 [i]Because he hath loved me, therefore will I deliver him: I will exalt him because he hath known my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and glorify him.

16 With [j]long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.  [6]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 91:1 He that maketh God his defense and trust, shall perceive his protection to be a most sure safeguard.
  2. Psalm 91:2 Being assured of this protection, he prayeth unto the Lord.
  3. Psalm 91:3 That is, God’s help is most ready for us, whether Satan assail us secretly, which he calleth a snare: or openly, which is here meant by the pestilence.
  4. Psalm 91:4 That is, his faithful keeping of promise to help thee in thy necessity.
  5. Psalm 91:5 The care that God hath over his, is most sufficient to defend them from all dangers.
  6. Psalm 91:8 The godly shall have some experience of God’s judgments against the wicked even in this life, but fully they shall see it at that day when all things shall be revealed.
  7. Psalm 91:11 God hath not appointed every man one Angel, but many to be ministers of his providence to keep his, and defend them in their vocation, which is the way to walk in without tempting God.
  8. Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt not only be preserved from all evil, but overcome it whether it be secret or open.
  9. Psalm 91:14 To assure the faithful of God’s protection, he bringeth in God to confirm the same.
  10. Psalm 91:16 For he is contented with that life that God giveth: for by death the shortness of this life is recompensed with immortality.  [6]

May His Loving Peace, Blessing, and Protection be upon you.

Tonya Woodbury Sloan, TCLS.

 

 SOURCES:

1.  Updated Ebola Guidance from the IAB, CDC, HHS. The InfoGRAM. Vol. 14 – Issue 44. 30 October 2014. Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC). http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFACIR/2014/10/30/file_attachments/337040/October%2B30%252C%2B2014%2BInfoGram.pdf.

2.  Are the Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal over? Media centre. World Health Organization. Ebola situation assessment – 14 October 2014. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/

3.  Military Names 5 US Bases for Ebola Mission Troops. Associated Press. Nov 7, 2014. LOLITA C. BALDOR.

4.  Liberia village becomes a new Ebola epicenter. Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2014. WILLIAMS, WADE.

5.  Mali confirms its second fatal case of Ebola virus disease. Media Centre. World Health Organization. Ebola situation assessment. 12 November 2014.  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/12-november-2014-mali/en/

6.  PSALM 91. Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition GNV. Tolle Lege Press.  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=GNV

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