CLIMATE LINKED TO PLAGUE INCREASE

1-Infineon to supply ID chips for U.S. e-passports. 2-Turkey suffers nearly 1,500 forest fires this year. 3-EU to discuss contributions to UN force in Lebanon. 4-Climate linked to plague increase.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(CHIP IMPLANT)
or the name of the beast,(DICTATORS NAME) or the number of his name.(LETTERS OF DICTATORS NAME IN NUMBERS).18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;(6-GOD CREATED MAN ON DAY 6 OF CREATION) and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(666)(OR 600+20+20+20+6).

MAYBE IT WILL BE A 10 LETTER NAME (THE DICTATORS) AND THE CHIP NUMBER MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE 6002020206. IM JUST THROWING AROUND SUGGESTIONS HERE.

Infineon to supply ID chips for U.S. e-passports
John Walko,EE Times Europe (08/21/2006 7:21 AM EDT)

LONDON — Infineon Technologies AG is to supply security chips for the electronic passports being issued by the U.S. government. The value of the deal was not revealed, but the company quoted U.S. government estimates that up to 15 million of the new passports would be issued in the first full year of the program, and that over the past ten years, the government issued 67 million passports. Each e-passport contains a chip, protected by shielding material, which contains an encrypted copy of the printed information on the passport including the bearers name, date of birth, validity period and a digital photo of the individual. The digital photo allows the use of facial recognition technology at border crossings to authenticate the passport holders identity.

Infineon is just one of the companies that will provide the technology to the U.S. government for the project. The German company is already supplying secure ID chips to about 20 countries that have started to use electronic passports or have started testing the technology, including Germany, Hong Kong, Norway and Sweden. One of the major competitors for the devices is Philips Semiconductors. Data transmission occurs over a distance of about 10 centimeters. In addition to shielding and Basis Access Control (BAC), which lets immigration controllers pass the passport over a scanner, there are more than 50 individual security mechanisms inside the Infineon chip, including sophisticated computing methods for encrypting data, to help ensure that personal data remains private.Security mechanisms on the ID chips also include active protective shields on the surface of the chip and sensors that help prevent unauthorized people from being able to read the contents of the chip.

The US began issuing electronic passports to diplomats and other government workers in late 2005, and is now expanding the program to include the widely issued tourist passport used by private citizens. By the end of this year, the government expects that all new US passports will be issued as electronic passports.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

UPDATED: 07:55, August 23, 2006
Turkey suffers nearly 1,500 forest fires this year

Turkey has suffered 1,448 forest fires that destroyed 2,533 hectares of forest throughout the country so far this year, Turkish officials said on Tuesday.The number of forest fires this year has registered an increase as statistics by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry show that an average of 1,143 forest fires take place in Turkey every year. Currently, a number of forest fires are
burning in different locations along Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, said the officials. About 300 firefighters are now trying to contain a big forest fire near the Aegean resort town of Bodrum in Mugla province in western Turkey, but have not yet managed to bring it under control, said the officials. The fire has destroyed 600 hectares of forest near Bodrum so far, prompting local authorities to evacuate hundreds of summer and village houses as a precaution. Source: Xinhua

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

EU to discuss contributions to UN force in Lebanon
www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-22 04:03:30
Special reports: Israel-Lebanon Conflicts

HELSINKI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- European Union members will meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss their contributions to a UN force in Lebanon, the EU's Finnish presidency announced here Tuesday. Finland, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, will convene an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss issues relating to UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will attend the meeting, which will be chaired by Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. Earlier in the day, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema asked Finland to convene a special meeting to discuss EU participation in the UN peacekeeping force to Lebanon. Italy has offered to lead the peacekeeping force. Enditem

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 11:43 GMT 12:43 UK
Climate linked to plague increase

Up to 3,000 cases of plague are reported each year (Image: Barry Dowsett/Science Photo Library) Climatic changes could lead to more outbreaks of bubonic plague among human populations, a study suggests. Researchers found that the bacterium that caused the deadly disease became more widespread following warmer springs and wetter summers. The disease occurs naturally in many parts of the world, and the team hopes their findings will help officials limit the risk of future outbreaks. The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The bacterium Yersinia pestis is believed to have triggered the Black Death that killed more than 20 million people in the Middle Ages.

Rodent hosts

The international team of scientists, who focused their research on Kazakhstan, said the disease was widespread among rodent populations. Writing in the paper, co-author Nils Stenseth from the University of Oslo said: The desert regions of Central Asia are known to contain natural foci of plague where the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is the primary host. Plague spread requires both a high abundance of hosts and a sufficient number of active fleas as vectors transmitting plague bacteria between hosts,the Norwegian scientist added.Fleas became active when the temperature exceeded 10C (50F), so a warm, frost-free spring led to an early start to breeding.

Plague is passed to humans through flea bites

The flea population continued to grow when the spring was followed by a wet, humid summer, the researcher wrote. The combination of the two seasons' climatic conditions lead to an increase in the number of the insects feeding off the great gerbils, resulting in a greater transmission of plague. The study showed that just a 1C (1.8F) rise in the springtime temperature led to a 59% increase in the prevalence of the disease.The greater prevalence of plague in the region's wildlife increased the risk of local people becoming infected.Each year, up to 3,000 cases of humans contracting bubonic plague are reported in Asia, parts of Africa, the US and South America.The researchers studied data on infected gerbils, flea counts and climate patterns from 1949 to 1995.

Professor Stenseth added that their findings also helped shed light on two of the world's worst plague outbreaks; the medieval Black Death and the Asian pandemic in the 19th Century, which claimed the lives of tens of millions of people. Analyses of tree-ring proxy climate data shows that conditions during the period of the Black Death (1280-1350) were both warmer and increasingly wet. The same was true during the origin of the Third Pandemic (1855-1870) when the climate was wetter and underwent an increasingly warm trend,he added. The researchers hope their findings will help health officials put measures in place to limit the impact of future
outbreaks.But Professor Stenseth warned that recent changes to the region's climate suggested that warmer springs were becoming more frequent, increasing the risk of human infections.