Book Navigation
  • Hire
    Writers
    Editors
  • Home
  • Read
    What's
    New
  • Join
    Faith
    Writers
  • Forum
  • My
    Account
    Login
  • Shop
    Save
    Support
  • Book
    Store
  • Learn
    About
    Jesus
Return to Content
  • Read Our Devotional
  • Opportunities to be Published
The Home for Christian Writers! Matthew 6:33

Politics

PLEASE ENCOURAGE AUTHOR BY COMMENTING
  LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE As A Member OR Visitor
  Message Writer
  Hire Writer
Report Article
  Track Writer
  Add to Favorites
Desensitizing American Culture; The death of love in America.

by Bridget Howe
06/22/14
Free to Share
Author requests article critique

  Message Writer Mail
  Hire Writer

Tweet

 

On May 18, 2014 during evening service Pastor Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church preached a sermon on angels and demons. During that sermon he recounts a story told by Lester Sumeral, a former pastor. , now deceased. That pastor awoke in the night to see the shadow of a demon in the corner of his bedroom. The demon suddenly changed his appearance and took the shape of a television set, and the demon's face appeared in the TV set, a ghastly vision. The demon said his name was Apollyon, and his mission was to destroy American culture. He was going to use the TV set to do it.

 

In the book of Revelation, Apollyon has another name. He is also called Abaddon.

 

(Revelation 9:1-11) The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon that is, Destroyer.

 

Abaddon is a bad one. It is widely known that those who manage television programming use it to shape the attitudes of the viewing population. What may not be as well understood is that corporate America owns the airwaves, and they have a dominant influence on the political powers that steer this nation. Corporate America is owed by wealthy, powerful families who have for centuries been working on an agenda for world dominance. The New World Order (NWO) is their "baby" so to speak. These families are also heavily entrenched in the occult world. They look at the world like it is one giant business cooperation and they run it with corporate values. They are fascists. They do not believe in a right or wrong and adhere to no moral or ethical code. The generally give lip service to human rights though behind the scenes they have no intentions toward protecting human rights nor guarding civil liberties. Their occult mindset has no room for love nor loving relationships nor mercy. Their influence in television programming is rising to the surface.

One of the things it is important to understand is that when we see something gory or visually traumatizing, psychologically we have to find a way to cope with it. David in the Psalms says, "I will set my eyes on no vile thing" (Psalm 101:3). When we see something vile  on television, it traumatizes us. We may tell ourselves that it isn't real, but our neuro/chemical response system does not know the difference between what we see on TV and a real life event. Therefore when we choose not to respond with appropriate revulsion we are conditioning ourselves to accept something that should never be acceptable to us. We are therefore conditioning ourselves to not respond. Complacency is born. Over a long period of time as we continue to expose ourselves to the spectacle of violence and perversion we are conditioning ourselves not to care. A recent study at the University of Michigan found that persons who had just attended a violent movie took 26% longer to respond to someone in obvious need than those who had not yet seen the movie[1].  Think of what that would mean in a situation in which every second counts.

I have recently observed some frightening trends in television programming. There is in my observation an increase in the number of scenes involving child rape. The question that should stir us is "Are the networks trying to get us to accept Pedophilia?" On the political scene there is every reason to believe they are. In 2007 in Germany two 40 page booklets advocating in favor of sex between parents and their children were published by a subsidiary of the German government’s Ministry for Family Affairs [2]. That is 80 pages of sexually explicit material promoting child prostitution published by the German Government. "But, that's Germany," you say. Well there was a good bit of furor when the American Psychiatric Association in its recently published Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th edition downgraded pedophilia from a mental disorder to a sexual preference. The APA has since come out with a statement that the terminology was a "typo". However, the new terminology with it's definition is perceived as an effort to destigmatize pedophilia. Pedophilia is now classified as a Paraphilic Disorder and in order for a person to be so diagnosed they have to feel personal distress about their behavior that is not related to the disapproval of others or have the desire for behavior that involves a party unable to give legal consent, who is an unwilling participant that would result in physical or emotional harm or death of the other party[3]. The "typo" belies a current trend in the mindset of the US Government. In 2005 the Texas Youth Commission was hit with a scandal when two of their staff were accused of sexual molestation of several of the youth. A Texas Ranger wrote up the report. Further investigation revealed that it was a common practice to have child sex parties at the facility. The report reached Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, however their response was shocking.

 

A 2005 investigation led by Texas Ranger Brian Burzynski revealed that systematic abuse of minors was commonplace at West Texas State School in Peyote, Texas. Burzynski presented the findings of the investigation to both Gonzales and Sutton but was rebuffed, and even received a letter from Sutton's office that attempted to legitimize the sexual abuse of children, claiming that "under 18 U.S.C. Section 242," it would have to be demonstrated "that the boys subjected to sexual abuse sustained "bodily injury," states the letter from Bill Baumann, assistant U.S. attorney in Sutton's office. . . .Incredulously, Baumann's letter goes on to make the case that the minors consented to and even enjoyed the acts of pedophilia, therefore no further action was necessary [4].

 

Considering that George Bush Sr. was caught himself in a similar scandal over the child prostitution ring operating in Washington DC known as the Washington Pageboy Scandal which was covered up [5], the attorney General's attitude in this matter is not surprising. A Nebraska Senator, John Decamp, author of The Franklin Investigation linked the scandal in Washington with the scandal involving the prostitution of minors to public officials in Nebraska. Several of the witnesses in the Franklin investigation were also witness to child sex parties being held in the White House involving top level government officials. The Washington Times investigated the credit card receipts of a call ring operating in DC and found a receipt from a Department of Defense credit card used by a public official to pay for escort services with a child prostitute[6]! It is not therefore surprising that television broadcasts are trying to make pedophilia acceptable in the public eye.

Keep in mind that Corporate America owns the public media. The Occult "owns" Corporate America. The children of the families that rule these corporations are ruled with an iron fist. They are born and bred to do their part in bringing about the New World Order. This has been going on for centuries. Their upbringing includes a regimen of systematic ritual sexual abuse. They are literally slaves to the NWO agenda and they are kept in line with fear and intimidation. There is no nurture.  We can’t assume that absolutely every family involved in running a large corporation is a member of the occult.  However, there appears to be a revolving door between corporate America and the White House.

Another disturbing trend in television broadcasting are "reality" shows. We may all remember classes where we were given a survival scenario in which we were all stuck in a small boat an there was only room for so many and we had to decide who should go. The value of each person was determined by their occupation. Somebody had to get thrown out of the boat. This was called "values clarification". It had hideous implications, and had I realized what I was being asked to do and why I would have objected loudly. Well fast forward about 40 years and we find the TV menu full of what are called "reality" shows. The one common element in all of these shows is the concept of tossing somebody out by group vote. It is a terribly painful experience for the rejected party, however what is communicated is that it is okay to dispose of people. It belies a tremendous lack of respect for life and a lack of understanding for the purpose of community.

We have a problem with a changing worldview. Inherent in the Judeo/Christian worldview is the understanding that human beings are created by a benevolent God in his own image. Humans are therefore to be respected and honored as the crown of God's creation. Treating your fellow man with respect and loving your neighbor are dominant themes in the Bible with consequences for failure to do so. Paul speaks of this community and concern for your fellow man in Ephesians 4:2-3 "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." It is even required of us that we love our enemies and show kindness to those who mistreat us. Luke 6:35-36 says "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful". However, those who have rejected the Judeo/Christian worldview and thrown out the notion that mankind is created in the image of God, look at humans as another animal species. We are therefore not special, and this view embraces a "survival of the fittest" mentality operant in the "evolution" of the animal kingdom. This is what evolution science has done for us. The "unfit" are therefore disposable.

How is this being played out beyond the television screen? In many ways, but one of the most frightening is the rise of something called "mobbing" in the workplace. This worldwide phenomena is being experienced by 35 to 50% of American workers, and the effects are devastating.

 

Workplace mobbing is nonsexual harassment of a coworker by a group of members of an organization for the purpose of removing the targeted individual or individuals from the organization or at least from a particular unit of the organization. In other words, ultimately, in a mobbing the goal is to get rid of a person [7].

 

Mobbing often extends beyond the workplace and may envelope family members and friends in the harassment campaign. It may continue for rest of the targets life as is the case with gang-stalking. I recently interviewed a gentleman who became a mobbing target at his place of employment. He was also being gassed and poisoned. He called the police and ended up in the psych ward of the hospital. He finally told the hospital staff that he was going to quit his job. Per his report he was taken off all the medication prescribed for him and released from the hospital the same day.

A former Marine veteran and whistleblower went on record as saying that Verizon management staff were being trained to use very abusive harassment tactics on "undesirable" employees. Neil Diaz was a very successful Verizon employee who worked his way up from the bottom to executive status with the company. He became very disturbed with the way Verizon was treating their employees. He was involved in training meetings where management staff were being trained to harass employees and even lie if the could not find anything wrong with the employee's work performance. He, being a former marine, went up the chain of command all the way to the CEO of the company. He became a target himself and was eventually fired from his job [8].

Another frightening trend is the suggestion that forcing people to take medication or using the old shock therapy without the consent of the patient. Currently it is still law that a patient has to consent to medical treatment. Such safeguards in place are meant to keep "mad scientists" from abusing their patients. One such person was Ewen Cameron of Montreal Canada, infamous psychiatrist funded by the Central Intelligence Agency in the 50's. He promoted the idea that a human brain was like a hard drive that could be erased and reprogrammed. He used forced sleep, frightening amounts of chemicals and electro convulsive therapy which resulted in the death of some of his patients and permanent damage to multiple others. Gail Castnor was one of them. Her interview with journalist Naomi Klein is recorded in Naomi's book The Shock Doctrine. Gail now has no memory. She keeps her memory written in notes in cardboard cigarette boxes. She endured electrical shock that shook her body so violently that she sustained fractures all up and down her spine resulting in a debilitating arthritic condition. Nine of Cameron's victims were finally awarded a 750,000 settlement in a lawsuit against Cameron in 1988 [9]. 

Dr. Elliot Barker of Oak Ridge Memorial Hospital, Canada, a protégée of Dr. Cameron, used physical abuse and drug therapy to turn his incarcerated patients into compliant robots using "Defense Disruptive Therapy". Steven smith was one of his patients. He investigated his own case and finally got the Canada's Health Professions Board to order the College of Physicians and Surgeons to reopen an investigation [10]. Steve Smith summed up his experience which was horrifying to say the least;

 

Dr. Barker's treatment program was devised to drive young men into a drug-induced psychosis, and through fear and discipline from within the group create a self-sustaining system of docile mental patients. How any doctor could view this as a benefit to the mentally ill is beyond me[11].

 

Dr. Barker is also famous for his nude LSD therapy conducted on incarcerated patients. A group of men were stripped naked, given LSD and food through a straw in the wall for 11 straight days[12]. Barker and Cameron were both involved in the CIA's now infamous MKULTRA mind control project that was exposed in the Senate Investigations in the 70s. I think we thought in this country we had learned our lessons and put the monsters to rest. Nevertheless on a recent broadcast of Law and Order a trial attorney questioned a witness who was incarcerated for a crime of aggression. He went to a particular hospital where he was forced to endure electrical shock that destroyed part of his brain. The questioning attorney asked him if he ever committed the crime again. He answered "no". The implication was that it was okay then for the man to have to endure such treatment. His girlfriend, who had been treated by the same doctor in the same hospital became frightened when he told her what happened and refused to take her medication. The judge ordered her to be hospitalized and she was dragged kicking and screaming from the court. I honestly fear the day when people will be forced to endure drug therapy or other abusive and invasive "medical" "treatment" because someone with a godless worldview will decide that we need to be "treated" for something like "homo phobia" or having a conscience which precludes us from accepting something at the NWO wants to be deemed acceptable.

 

On a recent broadcast of Grey's Anatomy two female physicians who both have husbands and are good friends with each other are seen having an intimate conversation. That is nothing unusual for women who are good friends. However, as they are declaring their love for each other, the camera zooms out to reveal that the two women are in bed with each other. They began kissing and I changed the channel. I am seeing the day when what is commonly understood as criminal or immoral will become acceptable and people who hold to a Judeo/Christian ethic will seen as unhealthy and even criminal moralists. This is the occult driven New upside down World Order. Indeed the trend in television seems to be portraying Christians and devout Jews as a bunch if religious fanatics who are actually hiding some hideous criminal behavior. I am not seeing Christians or devout Jews being portrayed as stable, healthy model citizens. People who speak out against pedophilia, homosexuality, and abortion are perceived as judgmental critical bigots. We are intolerant! 

We are in the last days. The challenge for Christians in this post Christian Era is to stand firmly in the center of God's will by patiently and persistently maintaining a standard of Biblical morality. At the same time we must display an attitude of mercy toward those who oppose us. It is not our call to shame, ridicule or judge those of the occult who are driving the NWO agenda. They are human beings also created in the image of God, though they distain to acknowledge that fact. They are therefor endowed with creative abilities, gifts and talents. They are intelligent, highly motivated and energetic people. However, they have a problem.

Members of the occult are raised with sexual perversion from infancy. In fact the cult has a no holds barred attitude toward sexuality. Their little personalities are deliberately split sometimes before their core personalities can develop. They are raised with the classical conditioning model, so they are rewarded for displaying behavior that pleases those who control them and punished, with severity, for displaying behavior that displeases those who control them. Their upbringing is entirely performance based. There is no emotional bonding nor attachment. They cannot even bond to their parents. This prohibits them from developing a conscience. With kids of the occult this is done deliberately because the cult has no moral or ethical code by which they operate. They believe that is is okay to lie, cheat, steal or even kill to accomplish their agenda. They therefore raise their children to be willing to do whatever they are ordered to do. Ergo, they are as children often forced to participate in the ritual abuse and even murder of their playmates, siblings or even their own offspring. They are also raised to believe that they are superior to the rest of the population. They believe they are enlightened because they have received special knowledge from their "ascended masters". The concepts of unconditional love, mercy, forgiveness and compassion are nowhere in their repertoire of understanding. There is no nurture. They are generally kept in a childlike state never being allowed to think for themselves or for that matter ever even considering challenging those in authority over them. They are kept in line with fear an intimidation. Svali Walthrop, an Illuminati mind control programmer who defected from the cult, stated in an interview that when she left with her, she could not find a therapist anywhere who knew how to deprogram her. She had to deprogram herself. The very first obstacle she faced was having to make independent decisions. She had previously looked to her husband, also a member of the cult, or her cult leaders to make decisions for her[13]. This would explain why the environments of a lot of workplaces and even churches where the Illuminati have infiltrated are very punitive and those in authority are often condescending. They have a cult mentality and they look upon their subordinates as children. Cult superiors are esteemed above all other authority.

Children who fail to form an emotional attachment to a primary care giver before the age of six do not develop a conscience. This results in a behavioral condition called attachment disorder. In a professional capacity I was witness to the outrageous behavior displayed by one individual with this diagnosis. Children who have been adopted or have been fostered often suffer from this malady. Sometimes I think it may be because they think that nothing can happen to them that is any worse then what they have already experienced. There is another condition that mimics attachment disorder, and that is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Children whose mothers drank alcoholic beverages during pregnancy develop this condition, The alcohol attacks that portion of the brain that governs your conscience and social inhibitions. Personalities of children and adults with FAS are cold and insensitive to the needs or pain of others. This is exactly the kind of personality the cult creates.

Members of the occult are enslaved to the agenda of the NWO. They have no purpose nor function outside their role in bringing the NWO to fruition. These are the people who are driving the corporate world and the political system. I find it very interesting that according to Svali's testimony the primary language spoken in the Illuminati is German, not English. What is little known is that the CIA was formed after WWII when the US Department of Strategic Services, an intelligence organization, was combined with the NAZI Secret Service to form the Central Intelligence Agency.[14]This occurred because the NAZI party was nourished, funded and nurtured by American and European business tycoons with an agenda for world domination. These same business tycoons and the US Intelligence community created Project Paperclip whereby thousands of NAZI war criminals were given asylum in the US and Britain and their criminal records expunged. Werner von Braun, known as the Father of Rocket Science in America, was one of those given asylum on the US, along with Joseph Mengele who fathered the Monarch mind control project in the US. He was known as Dr. Black to his victims.  Adolfo Eichmann, one of Hitler's primary henchmen who was responsible for the deaths of the Jews in the German death camps also was later employed by the CIA.[15]

In the book of Revelation (2:12,13) Pergamum is mentioned as the city where Satan dwells. The seat of worship in Pergamum was the alter of Zeus. In 1930 the alter of Zeus was excavated by a German Engineer, Carl Hunman and dismantled and transported to Berlin Germany where it was reassembled and placed in its own museum, the Pergamum museum. Albert Speer was the man commissioned by Adolph Hitler to design the parade grounds for NAZI party rallies in Nuremberg. Speer got his inspiration for his design from the Alter of Zeus in the Pergamum museum.

 

If you look at the kinds of ceremonies that were on display at Zeppelin field with the reconstructed temple there patterned on the Pergamum Altar, you'll see photographs of Hitler, descending down the steps, like a tribune of the people from old Roman times,” says Santoro. . . . In the middle of the grandstand, where the bronze Altar of Zeus stood in ancient Pergamum, Albert Speer built Hitler’s podium.[16]

 

It is interesting to note that in Greek mythology, Apollyon/Abaddon is the son of Zeus.

As believers in Jesus Christ we have to open our eyes and respond to this with both mercy and urgency. Members of the occult are conditioned not to love, and even to hate their own children. They have made inroads in our culture to condition the general population not to love because love stands in the way of accomplishing their agenda. Though they do not walk around with a name tag that identifies them as members of the occult, and they are good actors, be aware that they are all around you. They aim for the power center of any organization. Asking God to help you to be sensitive, you may have an opportunity to demonstrate kindness to one or two or more of them making it possible for the Holy Spirit to reach them. Remember Mordecai the Jew in exile who warned the King that his life was in danger. When King King Ahasuerus discovered that one of his officials was deliberately plotting the destruction of the Jews and putting his wife, Esther, in danger as well as Mordecai, he reacted to save them. The book of Esther tells the story. The King was pagan, but he still defended his friend. Daniel also was a witness to the pagan King, Nebuchadnezzar. 

People of the occult often betray each other. A cult defector, Svali Walthrop, stated in her interview with Greg Szymanski that the cult is a dog eat dog world. She stated also that there would be a mass exodus from the cult if their members ever believed that they could leave the cult and survive. As believers we are called to be a light in the darkness. To simply say that something is wrong is not to judge the wrongdoer, but it is necessary to confront the wrongdoer with grace. They may take delight in catching one of us doing something wrong or even shameful. We know what to do when we err, and we do. We go to the cross and we are forgiven. We confess and our sins are washed away. They know no grace nor mercy. We cannot judge them or shame them, but we can embrace them with kindness and take a firm stand against wickedness at the same time. They will lie to us, pretend to befriend us and may even betray us. Been there! Nonetheless we are called to bear witness to them of the truth of the gospel. What is more, if we are wise as serpents and as harmless as doves we may win some of them. We certainly have more to offer them then Satan or their cult ever could.

 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matthew 10:16, ASV).

 

1.(University of Michigan,'Violent Media Numb Viewers to Pain of Others'(Science Daily,20 Feb. 2009) Accessed 7June, 2014). 

2.John Henry-Westen,'German Government Publication Promotes Incestuous Pedophilia as Healthy Sex Ed.'(LifeSiteNews,30 July, 2007) Accessed 07 June 2014.

3.Hunter Stewart,'Not All Pedophiles Have Mental Disorder American Psychiatric Association Says in New DSM'(Huff Post Healthy Living,1Nov. 2013) Accessed 07 June 2014).

4.Paul Joseph Watson,'Gonzales Implicated in Cover-Up of New Pedophile Scandal'(Prison Planet,26 March 2007) Accessed 7 June 2014.

5.No Author,'The Washington Child Sex Ring Cover-Up, The Franklin Child Sex Ring Implicating the Bush White House, '(Vox News,No Date) Accessed 7 June 2014.

6.Paul M. Rodriquez and George Archibald, ,'Homosexual Prostitution Inquiry Ensnares VIPs, Reagan and Bush; Call Boys Take Midnight Tour of White House’Washington Times (Washington, DC,29 June 1989)A1.

7.No Author,'Bullying at the Workplace: Statistics on Bullying'(HR.BLR.COM,16 August 2012) Accessed 7 June 2014.

8.No Author,'Workplace Bullying - Gang-Stalking - Neil Diaz at NPC'(YouTube,15 Oct 2012) Accessed 11June 2014.

9. Philip Shenon,'CIA Near Settlement of Lawsuit by Subjects of Mind-ControlTests'(New York Times,6 Oct. 1988) Accessed 9 June 2014.

10.Alex Constantine ,'Bleak House: A Case of Nazi Style Experimental Psychiatry in Canada'(Alex Constantine's Blacklist,12 May 2008) Accessed 9 June 2014.

11.Ibid

12. David Auerbach,'Freud and Nude Psychotherapy for Criminal Psychopaths'(Waggish,6 Oct 2011) Accessed 9 June 2014.

13.Greg Szymanski,'Ex Illuminati Member Speaks Out; Svali Full Interview'(YouTube,10 May 2013) Accessed 10 June 2014.

14. Jim Keith,Mind Control World Control(1,Adventures Unlimited Press,Kempton, ILL 1977)68-69.

15. Timothy M Silver,'Lifting the Veil; An Investigative History if the Unite States Pathocracy'(The People's Net,12 March 2014) Accessed 10 June 2014.

16. Gordon Robinson,'The Seat of Satan:Nazi Germany'(The 700 Club,No Date) Accessed 11 June 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


PLEASE ENCOURAGE AUTHOR BELOW LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE AS A MEMBER OR VISITOR

Reader Count & Comments
Date

The opinions expressed by authors do not necessarily reflect the opinion of FaithWriters.com. This is especially true with articles that deal with personal healthcare and prophecy. We encourage the reader to make their own decision in consultation with God, His Word, and others as needed.

This article has been read 1464 times    < Previous | Next >
Read more articles by Bridget Howe or search for other articles by topic below.
Search for articles on: (e.g. creation; holiness etc.)
Read more by clicking on a link:
Free Reprints
Main Site Articles
Most Read Articles
Highly Acclaimed Challenge Articles.
New Release Christian Books for Free for a Simple Review.

God is Not Against You - He Came on an All Out Rescue Mission to Save You


...in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them... 2 Cor 5:19

Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Acts 13:38

LEARN & TRUST JESUS HERE

FaithWriters offers Christian reading material for Christian readers. We offer Christian articles, Christian fiction, Christian non-fiction, Christian Bible studies, Christian poems, Christian articles for sale, free use Christian articles, Christian living articles, New Covenant Christian Bible Studies, Christian magazine articles and new Christian articles. We write for Jesus about God, the Bible, salvation, prayer and the word of God.




Home  |   My Account  |   What's New  |   Site Map  |   Contact Us  |   Help  |   Blog
Monthly Newsletter  |   SITE INFO  |   Link To Us  |   Become A Member  |   Sponsors  |   ADVERTISING