Joseph Imre (born December 28, 1981) is an historian, political scientist, and author based in Ottawa, Canada. An active member of the Hungarian Diaspora community in Canada, he has served as the President of the Hungarian Students Association of Toronto; Vice-President of the Albert Apponyi Association of Canada; and on the Board of Directors of the Canada-Hungary Education Foundation; whose honorary patron is Her Excellency Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada.
Joseph graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 2005. Upon completion of post-graduate certification at the University of Oxford in 2006, he completed a Masters degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007.
Joseph Imre has written and published extensively on the ongoing issue of ethnic Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin. His continued advocacy for renewed western attention to the plight of ethnic minorities has garnered considerable attention among human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. Some of his known works include: "Tragedy Continued: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, 1989-2005" (2005); "The Dividing Line: The Paris Peace Conference and Hungary, 1919-20" (2004); and "The Happy Barracks? The Illusion of Human Rights in the former lands of St. Stephen" (2002).
Mr. Imre is presently completing a historical novel that depicts the turbulent years between the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This historical novel is scheduled for commercial availability in the new year.
Joseph graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 2005. Upon completion of post-graduate certification at the University of Oxford in 2006, he completed a Masters degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007.
Joseph Imre has written and published extensively on the ongoing issue of ethnic Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin. His continued advocacy for renewed western attention to the plight of ethnic minorities has garnered considerable attention among human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. Some of his known works include: "Tragedy Continued: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin, 1989-2005" (2005); "The Dividing Line: The Paris Peace Conference and Hungary, 1919-20" (2004); and "The Happy Barracks? The Illusion of Human Rights in the former lands of St. Stephen" (2002).
Mr. Imre is presently completing a historical novel that depicts the turbulent years between the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This historical novel is scheduled for commercial availability in the new year.
The famous Lord Hugh Baird Hotel was created by the Baird family in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland. Though the success of the hotel took time, by 1900 the hotel was booming with business, and made Dublin something of a tourist attraction, with only the rich and famous staying in the Hotel.
However in late 1908 Lord George developed lung cancer and would eventually die in early 1909. After that, the rest of the family decided to sell up and move away.
The hotel was bought by Earnest Ronald Kelly in 1910, but the success did not follow the hotel as the sale did. For various reasons the hotel could not attract customers and 2 years later the hotel was closed.
The building stood empty until 1996. Nobody would go near the rundown building as they felt that too much work would be needed to restore it. In 1996 Glenn Baird (No relation) bought the building and spent £500,000 restoring the building and bringing back its full glory. He reopend the hotel and decided to keep the name "lord Hugh Baird Hotel". Once again business was a failure. For years Glenn Baird would try to create new marketing and gimmicks for the hotel but sadly nothing paid off. Until 1999, after 3 years of not even breaking-even, the business had a surge of business.
The hotel started doing well that at times the it had a waiting list of 6 months. And was charging £1000 a night.
But what made the hotel famous for the second time was the ghostly activity that surrounded it. Not only strange noises in the night and various siteings, 15 unusual deaths accured in the hotel in just 8 months. But this did not turn people away, instead the business seemed to thrive on the unusual deaths.
By July 2006 the hotels has had 21 murders, 16 suicides and 4 disappearances.
The hotel is currently in mid filming for the new psychic TV show Whistlecroft Investigates.
However in late 1908 Lord George developed lung cancer and would eventually die in early 1909. After that, the rest of the family decided to sell up and move away.
The hotel was bought by Earnest Ronald Kelly in 1910, but the success did not follow the hotel as the sale did. For various reasons the hotel could not attract customers and 2 years later the hotel was closed.
The building stood empty until 1996. Nobody would go near the rundown building as they felt that too much work would be needed to restore it. In 1996 Glenn Baird (No relation) bought the building and spent £500,000 restoring the building and bringing back its full glory. He reopend the hotel and decided to keep the name "lord Hugh Baird Hotel". Once again business was a failure. For years Glenn Baird would try to create new marketing and gimmicks for the hotel but sadly nothing paid off. Until 1999, after 3 years of not even breaking-even, the business had a surge of business.
The hotel started doing well that at times the it had a waiting list of 6 months. And was charging £1000 a night.
But what made the hotel famous for the second time was the ghostly activity that surrounded it. Not only strange noises in the night and various siteings, 15 unusual deaths accured in the hotel in just 8 months. But this did not turn people away, instead the business seemed to thrive on the unusual deaths.
By July 2006 the hotels has had 21 murders, 16 suicides and 4 disappearances.
The hotel is currently in mid filming for the new psychic TV show Whistlecroft Investigates.
Phil Mims, b. 1952 in Indiana, is one of the most successful examples of multi-level marketing (MLM) activity. Mims dropped out of college after two years as he desired to become an entrepreneur, first starting a landscaping business and then founding a successful wholesale jewelry manufacturing and sales company. Married to Lucie with whom he has a daughter, Rebbecca and with three sons from his previous marriage, Derrick, Shayne and Robert, Mims took a gamble in starting his first MLM business in 1991 both against his family's wishes and with the then new concept of selling long-distance services through network marketing with the then nascent Excel Communications.
It was a good call from Mims. By the mid 90's, he had become part of the 'Excel Phenomenon', as documented in the book of the same name by James W. Robinson, and became one of the very top earners in the history of MLM, earning millions of dollars by using basic principles of other successful MLM leaders utilising personal integrity and a burning desire to help others less fortunate to better themselves. This attitude helped Mims to build a huge organization of over 527,000 independent Representatives, several of whom also became millionaires. He explained, "I have a heart for the less fortunate and feel that I have been rewarded to be able to give time and financial support to lighten others loads, all to leave a mark in this world."
Mims, who had previously served in the Army and received a Bronze Star for his tour in Vietnam, was a major contributor to Mark Yarnell's seminal work about MLM, entitled 'Your first year in Network marketing". Referring to the self- development aspect of networking, Mims was quoted as saying " WHAT ONE BUILDS IN NETWORK MARKETING, WHAT ONE EARNS, AND WHAT ONE CREATES, IS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT ONE BECOMES"
Mims retired to the magnificent mountains of Colorado where he and his wife run a luxury B&B hotel called the BlackBearManor. He enjoys fishing and high trail hiking.
It was a good call from Mims. By the mid 90's, he had become part of the 'Excel Phenomenon', as documented in the book of the same name by James W. Robinson, and became one of the very top earners in the history of MLM, earning millions of dollars by using basic principles of other successful MLM leaders utilising personal integrity and a burning desire to help others less fortunate to better themselves. This attitude helped Mims to build a huge organization of over 527,000 independent Representatives, several of whom also became millionaires. He explained, "I have a heart for the less fortunate and feel that I have been rewarded to be able to give time and financial support to lighten others loads, all to leave a mark in this world."
Mims, who had previously served in the Army and received a Bronze Star for his tour in Vietnam, was a major contributor to Mark Yarnell's seminal work about MLM, entitled 'Your first year in Network marketing". Referring to the self- development aspect of networking, Mims was quoted as saying " WHAT ONE BUILDS IN NETWORK MARKETING, WHAT ONE EARNS, AND WHAT ONE CREATES, IS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT ONE BECOMES"
Mims retired to the magnificent mountains of Colorado where he and his wife run a luxury B&B hotel called the BlackBearManor. He enjoys fishing and high trail hiking.
According to orthodox Judaism, Jews in apostasy are Jews who have abandoned Judaism and have joined another religion.
The term apostasy is derived from Greek , meaning "political rebel", as applied to rebellion against God, its law and the faith of Israel (in Hebrew מרד).
Other expressions for apostate as used by rabbinical scholars are "mumar" (מומר, literally "the one that changes") and "poshea Israel" (פושע ישר×?ל, literally, "transgressor of Israel"), or simply "kofer" (כופר, literally "denier").
Other terms used are meshumad, meaning one who has abandoned his faith, or min and apikorus which denote the "negation" of God and Judaism implying atheism.
The first recorded case of apostasy in Judaism is referred to in the words of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek. xxxii, 23,24), thought to be prophetic of the High Priests Jason and Menelaus who deserted their religion and their nation to the horror and hatred of their contemporaries.
In the Talmud, Elisha Ben Abuyah (known as Aer, the other) is singled out as an apostate and epicurean by the Pharisees.
In Medieval Spain, a systematic conversion of Jews to Christianity took place, some of which under threats and force. The cases of apostasy of these Conversos provoked the indignation of the Jewish communities in Spain.
Several notorious Inquisitors in the later Spanish Inquisition, such as Tomás de Torquemada, and Don Francisco the archbishop of Coria, are suspected to be descendants of apostate Jews. Other apostates, that made their mark in history by attempting the conversion of other Jews in the 1300s and 1400s, include Juan de Valladolid and Astruc Remoch.
Some Spanish Jews, however, were compelled to convert to Christianity, and remained "hidden" Jews (see Anusim). They are called Marranos.
Sabbatai Zevi presented himself as the Jewish Messiah, his followers being known as Sabbateans. Under the threat of death by the Ottoman Sultan, he and many of his followers converted to Islam. However, many of these conversions were insincere and the Donmeh (Turkish for "converse") remained rendering cult to Zvi while externally being Muslims.
Jacob Frank presented himself as the successor of Zevi and attracted many followers in Poland. He was later baptized as a Catholic in the presence of the king of Poland. His Frankists also simulated being Catholics while adoring Frank.
Orthodox Jews, along with other strict and highly traditional Jews (Haredi, Hassidic) today still "sit shiva" if and when one of their relatives marries outside of the tightly-knit ethno-religious Jewish community; this means that they 'mourn' the person's death (even though the individual isn't really dead: they've simply "married out" of the Jewish community) and the person is thought of as an apostate Jew.
The term apostasy is derived from Greek , meaning "political rebel", as applied to rebellion against God, its law and the faith of Israel (in Hebrew מרד).
Other expressions for apostate as used by rabbinical scholars are "mumar" (מומר, literally "the one that changes") and "poshea Israel" (פושע ישר×?ל, literally, "transgressor of Israel"), or simply "kofer" (כופר, literally "denier").
Other terms used are meshumad, meaning one who has abandoned his faith, or min and apikorus which denote the "negation" of God and Judaism implying atheism.
The first recorded case of apostasy in Judaism is referred to in the words of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezek. xxxii, 23,24), thought to be prophetic of the High Priests Jason and Menelaus who deserted their religion and their nation to the horror and hatred of their contemporaries.
In the Talmud, Elisha Ben Abuyah (known as Aer, the other) is singled out as an apostate and epicurean by the Pharisees.
In Medieval Spain, a systematic conversion of Jews to Christianity took place, some of which under threats and force. The cases of apostasy of these Conversos provoked the indignation of the Jewish communities in Spain.
Several notorious Inquisitors in the later Spanish Inquisition, such as Tomás de Torquemada, and Don Francisco the archbishop of Coria, are suspected to be descendants of apostate Jews. Other apostates, that made their mark in history by attempting the conversion of other Jews in the 1300s and 1400s, include Juan de Valladolid and Astruc Remoch.
Some Spanish Jews, however, were compelled to convert to Christianity, and remained "hidden" Jews (see Anusim). They are called Marranos.
Sabbatai Zevi presented himself as the Jewish Messiah, his followers being known as Sabbateans. Under the threat of death by the Ottoman Sultan, he and many of his followers converted to Islam. However, many of these conversions were insincere and the Donmeh (Turkish for "converse") remained rendering cult to Zvi while externally being Muslims.
Jacob Frank presented himself as the successor of Zevi and attracted many followers in Poland. He was later baptized as a Catholic in the presence of the king of Poland. His Frankists also simulated being Catholics while adoring Frank.
Orthodox Jews, along with other strict and highly traditional Jews (Haredi, Hassidic) today still "sit shiva" if and when one of their relatives marries outside of the tightly-knit ethno-religious Jewish community; this means that they 'mourn' the person's death (even though the individual isn't really dead: they've simply "married out" of the Jewish community) and the person is thought of as an apostate Jew.