OPPOSING - NORTH AMERICAN UNION

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-New type of slow earthquake detected. 3-Series of quakes in southeast California. 4-Missouri misery. 5-Super typhoon Durian hits eastern Philippines. 6-20,000 still in the dark after latest B.C. storm. 7-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 8-Benedict honours murdered priest on Turkish pilgrimage. 9-Nato took small steps on troops. 10-Power failure caused train delays. 11-Southern Africa: Accords Between SADC and European Union On Debate. 12-EU mission of 130 delegates to observe presidential election. 13-Abbas calls for convening of int l conference on Mideast. 14-Peace process done for now, Israeli analyst says. 15-UN starts mapping disputed Shaba Farms on Lebanon border. 16-Screening offered to students for Jewish genetic diseases. 17-Chief Rabbi Seeks to Ban Converts from Law of Return. 18-IAEA chief urges ban on nuclear tests. 19-Probe's close-up of Sun eruption. 20-Scientists unlock mystery of 2,000-year-old computer. 21-Opposing the North American Union as a Threat to the Sovereignty of the United States.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Fri Dec 1 12:00 AM EDT

DEC 01,06 NO QUAKES YET.

NOV 30,2006
MAP 5.1 EASTER ISLAND REGION
MAP 6.3 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
MAP 3.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.2 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.8 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
MAP 3.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.8 TONGA
MAP 3.8 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.8 FIJI REGION
MAP 3.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.6 PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.6 PUERTO RICO
MAP 3.0 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 2.8 UTAH
MAP 3.1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 5.1 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

New type of slow earthquake detected By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer Thu Nov 30, 2:02 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Japanese researchers have discovered a new and sluggish kind of seismic activity that helps reveal the inner workings of faults capable of producing massive earthquakes like the one that generated the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The so-called very low frequency earthquakes join two other types of slow quakes previously detected in the deep portion of subduction zones, where one section of the Earth's crust dives under another. The new kind of seismic activity can itself produce earthquakes of magnitudes 3 to 3.5, but the temblors are too slow to produce shaking felt by humans.Researcher Yoshihiro Ito said the newfound activity, along with the two other phenomena non-volcanic deep tremors and slow slip may contribute to the build up of stress in what are known as megathrust quake rupture zones.

We are considering the monitoring of these activities to have an accurate grasp of the stress condition for the megathrust rupture zone, Ito said in an e-mail interview. Ito and colleagues from Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention describe their work this week in Science Express, the online edition of the journal Science.

The snap release of slowly accumulated stresses in megathrust zones, like the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, can produce massive earthquakes. The last such quake, a magnitude 9, struck that area in 1700.The study details seismic activity measured along the Nankai subduction zone in southwest Japan, using a network set up after the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Similar activity likely also occurs in the Cascadia subduction zone.

The new kind of seismic activity coincides in time and location with the two previously described kinds of slow quakes. Taken together, they should allow researchers to better track the increase of stress that can make big quakes more likely.We can put a picture together to track where stress is changing, said John Vidale, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, who was not connected with the research.Earthquakes still can't be predicted. But Ito said the new work helps to unravel how subduction works.We must know the behavior of the subducting plate to predict earthquakes, Ito said.On the Net:Science Express:
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciencexpress/recent.dtl

Series of quakes in southeast California Wed Nov 29, 11:08 PM ET

EL CENTRO, Calif. /A magnitude-4.0 earthquake and numerous smaller temblors shook part of southeastern California on Wednesday.

The 4.0 tremor occurred at 1:10 p.m. PST and was centered 24 miles west of El Centro, which is near the border with Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.It was preceded by several smaller quakes including a 3.8 at 4:17 a.m. Smaller quakes also followed, including a 3.5 at 1:12 p.m., a 3.1 at 1:26 p.m. and a 3.8 at 2:15 p.m.There were no reports of damages or injuries, an Imperial County Sheriff's dispatcher said.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Missouri misery Kevin Roth, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Thu Nov 30, 2:09 PM ET

An early season winter storm has taken shape over the southern and eastern Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley. Missouri has been in the crosshairs of this system much of Thursday morning. Heavy icing has already occurred over southwestern Missouri with up to 1 of ice accumulation and 3 of sleet reported. Additional heavy icing is possible from Springfield to St. Louis through tonight. A pocket of colder air in the mid-layers of the atmosphere will change the freezing rain and sleet to snow before the system exits Friday. Snow accumulations of 2-4 in southwest Missouri and 6-10 near St. Louis are possible on top of the icing. Heavy snow could paralize traffic from north-central Oklahoma northeast to northern Illinois by Friday morning. The heaviest snow accumulations are expected to be 10-15 from southeastern Kansas through west-central Illinois. Kansas City may pick up 8-12 by Friday morning.

Wintry precipitaion has also visited central Texas. Lightning and thunder accompanied snow and sleet in the hill country to the west of Dallas Thursday morning. The snow moved into Dallas by late Thursday morning and should end by Thursday evening. A few inches of snow are possible in the Big D before it ends. On the warm side of this storm severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible in southern Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi later this afternoon. This evening the threat lifts northeast to include western Tennessee, western Kentucky and the southeast tip of Missouri. Overnight the severe threat may get into Cincinnati,
Louisville, Nashville and western Alabama. The whole system moves rapidly northeast Friday with heavy snow likely in Chicago and central Michigan during the morning. Chicago could pick up 8-12 inches of snow before the system exits. The morning commute looks to be a very nasty one in the Windy City with heavy snow and wind gusts around 30 mph. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes are forecast from southwestern Maine south to North Carolina Friday as the cold front pushes through.

Super typhoon Durian hits eastern Philippines by Mynardo Macaraig Thu Nov 30, 12:04 PM ET

MANILA (AFP) Super typhoon Durian slammed into the eastern Philippines, spawning torrential rains and powerful winds that blew away tin roofs and uprooted trees as it swept closer to Manila.Packing winds of 190 kilometers (118 miles) an hour Durian tore through the eastern island of Catanduanes, about 410 kilometers (254 miles) east of Manila, before dawn destroying property and tearing down powerlines.Durian's eye is expected to hit the provinces of Batangas and Quezon and the island of Mindoro just south of Manila early Friday.We should not be complacent in Metro Manila. The eye of the storm will not hit Manila, but definitely, we will feel the effects of he typhoon, weather bureau chief Nathaniel Cruz said.There is a big possibility it may maintain its strength or intensify as it moves westward, before deteriorating as it blows out into the South China Sea, he said.Power lines were brought down causing widespread blackouts throughout the eastern Bicol region including the provincial capital Legaspi City, the civil defense office said.The strong winds and rains toppled trees and electrical posts and blew tin sheets off roofs, sending debris flying and forcing people off the streets.

Ferry services were cancelled in Catanduanes and other provinces and small vessels were barred from sailing, stranding about 3,000 passengers, the coast guard warned.Local airline flights to the affected region were also cancelled.There were no immediate reports of casualties, the civil defense office said.President Gloria Arroyo assured the public that the authorities were prepared to ensure timely and well-coordinated response in areas that could be affected, by the storm.Arroyo also ordered military and police officials along with the secretaries of social welfare and health to make sure personnel would be in place in vulnerable communities for possible evacuation and relief operations.In Manila, all schools were closed and emergency services put on alert.The typhoon is moving west at 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) per hour, packing gusts of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour, the government weather station said.The highest level of a four-step alert was raised over Catanduanes and other provinces in the eastern Bicol region while the third-level alert was raised in the nearby provinces of Sorsogon, Quezon and surrounding islands.

The second level storm alert is in force over the capital of Metropolitan Manila and surrounding provinces.In the Bicol region, where strong rains and winds were causing floods, schools have been readied to serve as evacuation centers while heavy equipment is in place to clear up roads in the event of landslides, officials said.Residents of low-lying areas were warned to be on alert for flash floods while those living on mountainsides were told to be on the lookout for landslides, the weather station said. The Philippines is still recovering from typhoon Cimaron, the strongest cyclone to hit the country in more than 10 years, which left 38 people dead or missing late last month. Manila was directly hit by typhoon Xangsane in September, the first in more than a decade, causing widespread damage and leaving wide parts of the city without electricity for days. By the time Xangsane left the Philippines it left more than 200 people dead and a damages bill running into the millions of dollars.

20,000 still in the dark after latest B.C. storm
Last Updated: Thursday, November 30, 2006 :04 PM PT ,CBC News

The snowstorm that hit B.C.'s South Coast Wednesday night knocked out power to another 25,000 B.C. Hydro customers on the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands overnight.

The worst hit areas on the Mainland are Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and North Vancouver where there were 15,000 homes in the dark on Thursday morning.The once-in-a-decade snowstorm is demanding a massive cleanup.(CBC) On Vancouver Island, the storm knocked out the lights to another 10,000 homes, most of them in Comox, Duncan and the Gulf Islands. There were also more outages Thursday in Vancouver and North Vancouver.Hydro spokeswoman Elisha Moreno said residents of the Gulf Islands are having a particularly rough time. There were also another 7,000 Vancouver Island residents still in the dark from Sunday's storm that cut service to about 90,000 British Columbians.Some of those who have been without power since Sunday have been told it could be Saturday before they get power again.The hardest hit areas include parts of the Highlands, Metchosin and Shawnigan Lake.

Hydro defends maintenance program

The delay in getting service restored has prompted complaints from affected customers that Hydro has cut back on maintenance and prevention.But Hydro vice-president Gary Rodford said the problem is that Vancouver Island has the highest number of trees per kilometre of transmission line of any area in North America.He said Hydro spends more than $6 million a year on tree and vegetation clearing. He says heavy rains, heavy winds and lots of snow have resulted in a once-in-a-decade event.We don't staff for one-in-10-year events. And when I look at these type of weather events, you couldn't do enough maintenance to be ready.Rodford said many delays in repairs have been caused by unplowed roads, which aren't Hydro's responsibility. Hydro has moved extra repair crews and its own snowplows to the Island to help clear up the mess in more remote areas that are still without power.

More snow slows commuters

The Wednesday-night storm also dumped up to eight centimetres of snow on the Lower Mainland, and even more further inland and at higher elevations.

Warnings were issued about slippery sections on Highway 99 from the Canada-U.S. border to the Oak Street bridge.There was also a travel advisory for anyone daring to drive Highway 1 between Langley and McCallum Road, and there are extremely slippery sections on Mount Lehman Hill.On Vancouver Island, the Victoria area got less than five centimetres of snow, but farther up the Island, some areas got 20 to 30 centimetres of snow, making driving extremely treacherous.The weather is also warming up on the South Coast, bringing with it the threat of freezing rain, which would mean big pools of water and slush.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 30, 2006

Dear Friend of Israel,

Statements in the media by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicate that Israel is once again considering making significant concessions for the sake of peace. On Monday, Mr. Olmert said that Israel will agree to withdraw from a large amount of territory…in exchange for real peace.The Prime Minister also stated what he expected of the Palestinians as conditions for this offer: You must end the violence and terrorism, and the desire to harm Israeli citizens in the south, north and center, recognize our right to live in peace alongside you, and give up your demand for the right of refugee return.Israel has always wanted peace, not war and the fact that she has again expressed a willingness to give more to achieve peace shows how sincere is her desire. But unfortunately, history does not encourage us to believe that Israel’s enemies share a similar goal.

Time and again, Israel has offered an olive branch to her Arab neighbors by proposing to make real sacrifices in exchange for peace. All she has asked for in return is that her neighbors recognize her right to exist and cease attacks on her people. Yet, even though Palestinian and other Arab leaders have agreed to peace terms many times in the past, these commitments have not been honored by them which shows why we must be completely realistic and deeply cautious any time we hear reports of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Yet, we also must guard against becoming too cynical, keeping alive our hope of a day when Israel’s dreams of peace and security will be realized. I believe the best way to do this is to obey the biblical mandate to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). By doing so, we remind ourselves that God is in charge, and that He has not abandoned, nor will He abandon, His chosen people.With this in mind, please join me today in prayer for wisdom for Prime Minister Olmert and the Israeli government leaders who face huge challenges as they work to ensure that Israel is treated justly not only in the Middle East, but in the entire community of nations. Pray that attacks from all of her enemies will cease for the sake of the men, women, and children who have come to Israel seeking the promise of new life.

With prayers for shalom, peace,

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

REVELATION 17:2-5
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(The VATICAN IN POLITICS AND TALKS)
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.(7 HEADS VATIAN) (10 HORNS THE EU)
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Benedict honours murdered priest on Turkish pilgrimage
By Peter Popham in Ephesus ,Published: 30 November 2006

On the second day of his visit to Turkey, Pope Benedict turned parish priest, celebrating Mass with 250 people beside a house where the Virgin Mary is reputed to have spent her last years. He also honoured the name of an Italian Catholic priest shot dead in February by a Turkish teenager, apparently in an act of revenge during the row over blasphemous Danish cartoons. Let us sing joyfully, the Pope told the congregation, one of the smallest in memory for a papal mass, even when we are tested by difficulties and dangers as we have learnt from the fine witness given by the Reverend Andrea Santoro. Fr Santoro was shot while praying in his church in Trabzon, a former Greek enclave on the Black Sea coast. His murderer, Oguzhan Aydin, 16, was sentenced to 19 years in prison.The sense of a church embattled and besieged was strongly present during the ceremony. On Tuesday, the Pope was a head of state and the head of a world religion, chauffered from one stiff state engagement in Ankara, the Turkish capital, to another. Yesterday, he celebrated mass before parishioners who crowded in among the olive trees next to Mary's House. He did not say whether Mary moved here from Jerusalem some time after her son Jesus was crucified AD30 but simply called Ephesus - the ancient Greek name for the area a city blessed by the presence of Mary Most Holy. He focused on theological questions rather than scant historical facts.

This was extraordinary. The Pope never appears before a crowd less than thousands, often tens of thousands, strong. For most pilgrims he is never more than a distant white shape, framed in a Vatican window. But here at the Mary House in Ephesus he was practically within arm's reach.It was claimed the worshippers were carefully selected, a privileged slice of Catholic life on Turkey's Aegean coast, whose Christian history goes back to the Apostles. Certainly, some in the gathering were Turkish Catholics, as Turkish responses were clearly called and psalms and chants in Turkish vigorously sung.But dozens were journalists and many more were plainclothes Turkish security; there were US servicemen and their chaplain from a nearby air force base, retired English and Irish expatriates from nearby towns and a French couple with roots in Izmir.They gave a snapshot of how reduced the Christian
community has become in the area where it enjoyed its first major spurt of growth. There are fewer than 90,000 Christians in Turkey, with its population of 70 million.

At least a dozen people at the mass were recent settlers and most said they very happy about their move. Jane Moulding, originally from Scarborough, said: We live alongside Muslims and they treat us very well.But another Briton said: There is no freedom of religion in Turkey.

We live in Bodrum, more than 200km away, and this is our nearest church. Though a beautiful pilgrimage site, the restored building barely qualifies as a church: a small, squat, solid stone house, it has no regular services. Masses are only held on special occasions.We would like to have a church of our own in the town but the authorities make it impossible, said an Anglican woman, who asked for her name to be witheld. It's against the law to have any Christian service in a public building. We can only have communion in private homes.The site of the house was identified in a vision by a nun called Anna Emmerich in 1812, but it has only become a popular pilgrimage site since a road was built up the mountain in 1950. Two of Benedict's predecessors, Paul VI and John Paul II, also came this way.

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)

Thursday, 30 November 2006, 15:49 GMT
Nato took small steps on troops

The UK, US, the Netherlands and Canada are fighting in the south The Nato summit in Riga took only small steps towards achieving the troop numbers needed in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said. He said there had been a welcome signal that some countries would relax curbs on where troops operated, but said ideally there would be no curbs.

The US, UK, Canada and the Netherlands have borne the brunt of fierce fighting with Taleban militants in the south. France, Germany, Spain and Italy have been reluctant to send troops there.Others have agreed to ease restrictions on when and where their troops can operate, including the Dutch, Romanians and smaller nations such as Slovenia and Luxembourg. France, Germany, Spain and Italy have said they will now send help to trouble zones outside their areas, but only in emergencies. Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the real progress on caveats meant about 20,000 of the 32,000-strong Nato force could now be used more. We should acknowledge that even if these are short steps they are steps in the right direction

Des Browne

But, updating MPs after the two-day summit, Mr Browne said while some nations had signalled they would lift restrictions or pledged more troops, we must wait for national governments to confirm these commitments in due course.

Mr Browne added he was proud the 6,000 British troops in Afghanistan were not operating under caveats and said that the Riga pledges were a small step in the context of a 32,000-strong mission. Nevertheless, we should acknowledge that even if these are short steps they are steps in the right direction, he said.

Profoundly disappointing

But shadow defence minister Gerald Howarth said the summit had been very disappointing and suggested this was why Mr Blair had broken with previous practice by not updating the Commons himself. He asked: Is it not profoundly disappointing that France, Germany and Italy, which together have over 5,500 troops in Afghanistan, have all flatly refused to commit them to Helmand where they are most needed, save... in emergencies?

Surely the continuing loss of British, American, Dutch and Canadian soldiers constitutes such an emergency? Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey also questioned the stance, saying: Surely they would have come in any case to help in an emergency, would they not, or what sort of alliance is it? Meanwhile Labour's David Crausby said it was completely unacceptable for British troops to be more in harm's way than other Nato allies. Mr Browne replied: I agree with you and I have said... consistently that the alliance should share the burden and share the risk.

MAIN FLASHPOINTS IN AFGHANISTAN

There are 32,500 Nato-led troops in Afghanistan:Main troop contributors: US, (11,800), UK (6,000), Germany (2,700) Canada,(2,500) Netherlands (2,000), Italy, (1,800) and France (975)

POWER OUTAGE

REVELATION 16:10-11
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Power failure caused train delays
Reko Rennie,November 30, 2006

The failure of an external power source from United Energy was the cause of an early morning signalling fault that caused massive rail and traffic delays in Melbourne's south-east this morning.Rail services were held up by up to 40 minutes and thousands of frustrated motorists were stranded at level crossings when level-crossing boom gates stuck shut on three of the rail network's busiest lines.A United Energy spokeswoman told theage.com.au the power supply issue was sorted out after Connex notified United Energy.From our perspective Connex notified us at 7.12am this morning of the problem and we liaised with them and arranged supply to resolve the problem at 7.15am this morning so it was from our perspective resolved in three minutes.We basically organised an alternative power supply and then our guys went out to do the repair so in terms of resolving the problem, it was resolved in three minutes, Ms Thorpe said.Connex spokesman, Andrew Cassidy denied the issue was resolved in three minutes.It's not as straightforward as throwing a switch and putting a plug in a wall socket it's a lot more complex than that.

Our technicians were working and believed they rectified the issue twice that was what they were doing before they had isolated the power supply was faulty or there was an issue with the power supply.Our technicians didn't rectify it within three minutes because the power supply wasn't restored it was re-routed, Mr Cassidy said.Mr Cassidy said the fault was fixed at 7.10am but occurred again and was rectified finally at 7.30am, but not before causing major delays.

We needed to re-route an alternative power supply with (United Energy) but it might not have been immediately apparent to our technicians that there was a power supply issue, power supply may have been fluctuating, it may have been coming on and off due to a fault in the cable.The fact is they don't run a cable into our signal network, they (United Energy) organise power to a point where we then need to work out how to re-route that power through the effected area of signal, Mr Cassidy said.Connex said services are now back to normal.theage.com.au

Southern Africa: Accords Between SADC and European Union On Debate
Angola Press Agency (Luanda),Posted to the web November 29, 2006

(Luanda)-A seminar on the trade protocol of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the negotiations of the agreements of economic partnerships between this regional organisation and the European Union (EU) will be held this Friday, in Luanda.The one-day event will analyse Angola's Implementation of the SADC Trade Protocol, Angolan Strategy on the Regional Economic Integration in the ambit of the Protocol, European Union/SADC Economic Partnership Accords, among other topics.

According to the director of the communication and marketing department of CCIA, Avelino Miguel, the seminar aims at equipping participants with knowledge on matters relating to the partnership accords between these two organisations.The meeting, promoted by the Angolan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIA) and sponsored by the German Frederich Herbert Foundation, will gather Government officials, the business community and the civil society.

EU mission of 130 delegates to observe presidential election NOV 29,06

A total of 79 short-term observers from 22 countries of the European Union (EU), in addition to Switzerland and Norway, arrived last weekend in Caracas to join the EU electoral observation mission ahead of the election for president next December 3rd.
After completing training in Caracas, the observers will be deployed Wednesday in 17 states and the Capital District.They will join the EU 37 long-term observers who are already in their appointed sites since November 21st.The group is headed by Deputy Monica Frassoni of the European Parliament and a central team of ten European experts based in Caracas. All the observers have been elected by the EU member countries and the European Commission based on their skills and experience in observation of previous ballots, the EU reported in a press release.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

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 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) 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 A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) 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 (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, 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.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Abbas calls for convening of int'l conference on Mideast NOV 30,06

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (KUNA) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on the international community to convene an international conference to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict at all tracks and on the members of the Quarter to be honest brokers.Abbas message was read in the General Assembly by Palestinian envoy Riyadh Mansour on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.Now the time has come for the convening in of an international conference to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict at all tracks, and for the members of the Quartet to play the role of an honest intermediary and guarantor of the implementation of the agreements based on (UN) resolutions, the principle of land for Peace, and to establish the appropriate mechanism to achieve this goal, Abbas said in his message to the event.

He said that if Israel continues to refuse the idea of the international conference as well as its refusal of any role by the UN, and with the obstruction of the work of the Security Council, then the idea for the General Assembly to adopt a resolution in accordance with the Uniting for Peace formula remains to be the right choice.Under the Uniting for Peace formula, the Assembly can immediately consider and make appropriate recommendations to Members after the Security Council fails to take action because of a veto by a permanent member.Abbas said that despite the oppression, killings and destruction the Palestinian people is subjected to, our hands are still outstretched for peace which our Palestinian people have chosen with full awareness and conviction as a strategic choice.He added that Israel's continued policies to keep its control over Arab land will lead to the undermining of the two-state solution and will force the whole region into further violence and chaos, the consequences of which will not be limited to the Middle East region.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed the gathering saying that the parties themselves continue to bear the primary responsibility for finding their way out of their predicament, by engaging in a viable political process that can lead to the peace their peoples yearn for.No one can make peace for them, impose peace on them, or want peace more than they do, he said.But at the same time, he added, the international community has also played an important part in this conflict from its very beginnings, and cannot escape its own responsibility to contribute to a solution.On this International Day, let us commit ourselves to breathing new life into the peace process so that the goals of statehood for Palestinians, and security for the State of Israel, can be realized before this tragedy takes too many more lives, he said.Annan told reporters on Tuesday that he has some ideas which I will be working on. I am not ready yet to discuss them (publicly). (end) sj.bs,KUNA 300116 Nov 06NNNN

Peace process done for now, Israeli analyst says
By SHELDON KIRSHNER Staff Reporter NOV 29,06

TORONTO /Israel’s peace process with the Palestinians is dead and may not be revived for many years to come, according to an Israeli strategist. It has run its course, says Chuck Freilich, who was Israel’s deputy national security advisor from 2000 until last year. Advising Israel to focus its attention on conflict management rather than on conflict resolution, he said, We have to live with the status quo.Freilich, here last week under the auspices of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, noted in an interview that Israel has four alternatives in dealing with the Palestinians.It can try to topple the current Hamas government, which refuses to renounce terrorism, recognize Israel or accept previous agreements signed by the Palestinian Authority.But this is not a viable option, because the ouster of the Hamas regime could usher in a period of total chaos, which would not be in Israel’s interests, said Freilich, now a senior fellow at Harvard University, where he is writing a book on Israeli national security decision-making.

Alternatively, Israel could attempt to bypass Hamas and work exclusively with the moderate president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.But Abbas lacks the capability to deliver a ceasefire, much less a peace agreement, said Freilich, who was once a senior analyst at Israel’s ministry of defence. At best, Abbas might be able to reduce the level of friction, Freilich said.Israel could also opt for more unilateral withdrawals from the West Bank, but this method has been discredited.We withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 and from the Gaza Strip in 2005, but all we got in return were Katyushas and Qassams, he said in a reference to Israel’s month-long war with Hezbollah last summer and current Palestinian cross-border attacks against Israeli kibbutzim and towns.That leaves Israel with no choice but to resign itself to the present situation, Freilich said.

Asked whether Israel should consider Hamas offer for a long-term truce, Freilich replied, If they want a ceasefire, they can have it, but they would have to stop firing Qassams.Hamas has offered Israel a lengthy truce if it pulls back to the pre-1967 border and helps resolve the Palestinian refugee problem.Freilich rejected these conditions and, focusing on the territorial issue, said, No one seriously thinks that Israel should withdraw to the old lines.He added that the Palestinians could have won back 90 per cent of the West Bank had their late leader, Yasser Arafat, accepted Israel’s offer at the Camp David summit in July 2000. Arafat rejected an incredible deal.Turning to Israel’s recent war in Lebanon, he predicted that a second round is inevitable because Hezbollah is a jihadist organization hell-bent on wiping out Israel. Sooner or later, it will happen, said Freilich, who was in Toronto in support of Project Northern Recovery, a campaign to rebuild the Galilee in the wake of that conflict.

He cast aspersions on the international force that patrols Israel’s border with Lebanon, saying it’s simply not capable of preventing another war.In his view, both the Israeli government and the army performed poorly during the war. We blew it on all levels. It was just a very bad show. The cabinet neither set clear objectives nor conveyed clear-cut commands to the army, he said. Although Israel was not surprised by Hezbollah’s massive missile arsenal, it seemed to have been caught off guard by the ferocity of its attacks.We were too focused on the West Bank and Iran, he said, referring to the ongoing violence in the territories and Iran’s quest to attain an atomic bomb.Freilich said that while it failed to crush Hezbollah, Israel did not lose the war and, in fact, succeeded in degrading Hezbollah’s stock of long-range missiles.In a critique of Gen. Dan Halutz, the chief of staff and former commander of the air force, Freilich said that he relied too heavily on air power. Israel should gone all-out in its offensive against Hezbollah, said Freilich, who served in the Israel Defence Forces for five years and is now a major in the reserves.

He said that Hezbollah may yet end up stronger than it was before the war if it manages to become a primary force in Lebanese politics. But at present, Hezbollah is weaker, he claimed. They took a significant hit in the war.Freilich cast doubt on the theory that Israel can stabilize its relations with Lebanon if it agrees to relinquish the disputed Shebaa Farms area, which Hezbollah claims is Lebanese rather than Syrian territory. It’s a canard, an excuse for Hezbollah to attack Israel. Hezbollah has a long list of many more demands.Freilich said that a resumption of bilateral negotiations with Syria over the fate of the Golan Heights may be a worthwhile exercise, but only if the Syrians are ready for a warm relationship and not a cold peace with Israel.Iran should be offered a broad range of inducements to give up its militarized nuclear program. But Freilich doesn’t think diplomacy will ultimately work.Military force may be the only language Iran understands, he said. Asked if Israel should launch an aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear installations, Freilich hesitated, then said, Israel will do what it has to do.If Iran becomes a nuclear power, the balance of power in the Middle East will change to Israel’s detriment, he commented.In his opinion, Iran is now the greatest strategic threat Israel faces.

But the issue goes beyond Israel, he argued, saying that a nuclear-armed Iran poses a danger to each and every nation in the Middle East.

UN starts mapping disputed Shaba Farms on Lebanon border
By Avi Issacharoff and Akiva Eldar (Haaretz) NOV 30,06

The United Nations has started work on mapping the Shaba Farms area on the northern border, using available maps and satellite photographs. The disputed territory, or parts of it, is claimed by Syria, Lebanon and Israel.The main problem facing the experts at UN Headquarters in New York in their efforts to map the area, is that in talks on the Shaba Farms in recent years, a fundamental element has been missing: The overall territory and borders of the disputed area are unclear. Western diplomats say the interpretations each side offers on the size of the territory and its ownership are completely different from those offered by the others.Another issue delaying a solution to the problem of Shaba Farms stems from the disagreement between Lebanon and Syria on ownership. The Syrians refuse to define the borders in the Shaba Farms area, and claim the dispute will be resolved only when a diplomatic solution between Syria and Israel is achieved and the Golan Heights are returned to Syria.

Recently, European diplomats proposed to Israel that it transfer control over the Shaba Farms to the government of Lebanon without waiting for the completion of the UN mapping, as a gesture that would bolster the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. In the proposals, received at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, it was said that such a move would strip Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, of his main argument for retaining an armed force, and would undermine popular support to his claims that Hezbollah is resisting Israeli occupation of Lebanese soil.The Europeans, concerned with the recent turmoil in Lebanon and the murders of anti-Syrian public figures, believe that with the right timing, such a move by Israel will serve as a great boost for the teetering Siniora government.Political sources in Jerusalem said no discussion on the European proposal had been held to date.

The mapping of the area comes as part of the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 of 11 August 2006, which brought about an end to the second Lebanon war through a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. In Article 10 of the resolution, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls for defining the borders in contested areas, including the Shaba Farms. Diplomats do not consider the mapping process to be a preliminary stage leading to an Israeli withdrawal from Shaba Farms, but as an interim pinpointing of the border.Another problem facing the mapping experts is the fact that much of the ownership evidence comprises deeds from the Ottoman era, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which is causing delays in effective translation.According to diplomats, the work of the mapping experts is not expected to be completed before Annan retires from the post of secretary-general at the end of December. Israeli sources maintain that the mapping efforts will take many months to complete.

A western diplomat stationed in Israel told Haaretz yesterday that Annan had asked Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN official assigned to implement Security Council Resolution 1559 on Lebanon, to dispatch experts to map the Shaba Farms area, but this had not
happened.

The head of the Planning Directorate at the Israel Defense Forces, Major General Ido Nehushtan, was in Paris recently for talks with senior French military officials on the continued overflights of Lebanese airspace by Israel Air Force jets. The flights have caused tension with France, which deployed troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL. France claimed that the air force overflights pose a threat to its troops. The chief of the Air Force General Staff, Major General Amir Eshel, met with senior UNIFIL officers in Israel to discuss the same issue.Nehushtan and Eshel explained that Israel continues the overflights in order to gather essential intelligence on the smuggling of arms to Hezbollah from Iran and Syria. Israel says the arms shipments to Hezbollah are meant to replenish its arsenal of rockets.

KNOWLEDGE INCREASE (COMPUTERS) AND TRAVEL.

DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Screening offered to students for Jewish genetic diseases
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Jewish college students of Eastern European descent can receive a free screening for certain genetic conditions Monday at the Hillel Jewish University Center, 4607 Forbes Ave., Oakland.Jews from Eastern Europe, known as Ashkenazi Jews, are more likely to be carriers of inherited conditions such as Tay-Sachs disease or Gaucher disease. Children of parents who are carriers of the same disease are at risk of having the condition or of being carriers themselves.The screening will be held from noon to 7 p.m. and participants are advised to come early. They will be asked to present identification that they are college students and age 18 or older.

Participants will meet with a genetic counselor before a blood sample is drawn. They will receive test results in four to six weeks.The screening is sponsored by the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases at Albert Einstein Medical Center in
Philadelphia.

Dr. Adele Schneider, the Victor Center's director of clinical genetics, will provide an introduction to Jewish genetic diseases Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. The forum, which includes a light breakfast, is free and open to the public. For information on the breakfast forum, contact Jay or Barbara Rogal at jay_rogal@yahoo.com or bfrogal@yahoo.com, or 412-681-1537. For information on the screening, contact Sahar Oz at saharo@hilleljuc.org or 412-621-8875 or Shoshana Rosen at shoshanarosen@gmail.com.

Chief Rabbi Seeks to Ban Converts from Law of Return
By Hillel Fendel (INN)

Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has come up with a revolutionary method of preventing non-Jews from flooding the Jewish people: removing the converts clause from the Law of Return. In the face of the Supreme Court's gradual willingness to recognize Reform
conversions which are not performed in accordance with traditional Jewish Law the Rishon Letzion, Chief Rabbi Amar, has proposed that the Law of Return recognize no conversions at all.The Law of Return is a fundamental tenet of the State of Israel, granting automatic citizenship to any Jew and his family members who asks for it. In its current format, it recognizes as a Jew anyone whose mother was Jewish or who converted to Judaism. For decades, Orthodox groups have lobbied for a change in the wording, such that only Halakhically-acceptable conversions would be recognized, but to no avail. Trying a new tactic, Rabbi Amar now seeks to remove the convert clause altogether.

The legislation that Rabbi Amar is proposing would not preclude non-Jews from converting to Judaism, his spokesman emphasizes. We are talking only about the Law of Return, spokesman Shani Parver told Arutz-7, by which foreign workers, Arabs and others who wish to enjoy the benefits of Israeli citizenship grab a quick conversion and become Jewish. This is something that must stop. But if someone truly wants to become Jewish, the way will still be open to him or her, via the Chief Rabbinate and its courts, or other Orthodox institutions around the world, to become a full-fledged Jew.As expected, Reform and Conservative groups in Israel and abroad, as well as left-wing politicians in Israel, object to the new proposal. MK Yossi Beilin (Meretz) termed the idea anti-Jewish.

Rabbi Amar has submitted his idea to Prime Minister Olmert for his approval. We are awaiting his reply, Parver said.No timetable has been set - though the matter is crucial.MK Zevulun Orlev (National Religious Party) supports the proposed law. It maintains the unity of the Jewish People, and will prevent the split that will be caused by the recognition of Reform conversions. Orthodox Jews do not recognize the validity of the latter conversions.It blocks the way for people who are merely seeking warm refuge in Israel.Orlev said the proposal is a political test for the religious Shas Party, which is a member of the present government coalition. We will see if Shas truly has an influence on the Jewish character of the State of Israel, if this proposal is approved, opposition MK Orlev said.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

IAEA chief urges ban on nuclear tests By JOSEPH COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer Thu Nov 30, 9:25 AM ET

TOKYO -North Korea's testing of a nuclear device last month illustrates the need for a world ban on such tests, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday.Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also called on established nuclear weapon states such as the U.S. to move toward nuclear disarmament. ElBaradei, in Tokyo for talks with Japanese officials, said at a lecture that Pyongyang's test showed the need to put tight controls on the spread of uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel reprocessing technology.This event also re-emphasized in my view the urgent need to establish a universal ban on nuclear testing, ElBaradei said.

North Korea carried out the test Oct. 9, triggering international anger and U.N. Security Council sanctions.The agency chief also said a world nonproliferation system would not endure without serious steps by weapons states toward disarmament.There is still ... a sense of cynicism that nuclear weapons, despite what we say, are still important for deterrence, are still important for power, are
still important for influence, he said.To change that environment, in my view, the weapon states need to lead by example, added ElBaradei, the winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.Later Thursday, ElBaradei met with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who explained Tokyo's stance on resuming stalled six-party talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program, ministry official Kaoru Magosaki said.ElBaradei and Aso also discussed Iran's uranium enrichment activities and international moves aimed at pressuring Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, Magosaki said. The pair agreed it would be best if both North Korea and Iran accepted inspections by the IAEA, he said.Iran has repeatedly refused to suspend uranium enrichment a process that could lead to building nuclear weapons in defiance of an Aug. 31 deadline set by the U.N. Security Council. In response, the U.S. and its European allies have been pushing for the Security Council to pass a resolution that would penalize Tehran.

FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

LUKE 21:25
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION)

Probe's close-up of Sun eruption (NOV 30,06)

Hinode captured an eruption around a sunspot near the Sun's limb Japanese scientists have expressed their delight at the performance of the Hinode spacecraft which was sent into orbit in September to study the Sun.The probe has returned remarkable close-up images of solar features that researchers hope will yield valuable new insights into the star's activity.Hinode's primary goal is to investigate solar flares, colossal explosions that occur in the Sun's atmosphere.The platform was built with the assistance of UK/US research teams.The new pictures, which have been coloured and turned into movies, show the behaviour of sunspots, which are slightly cooler areas on the star's surface and marked by intense magnetic activity.Hinode's orbit gives it a near-continuous view of the SunEnlarge Image

In one shot a huge eruption is seen over a sunspot. We knew [Hinode could] observe the Sun clearer than any other scopes, however I never thought that we could see such high-resolution images, said Dr Yoshinori Suematsu, from the Hinode project office at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. So I am very amazed; I am very much looking forward to analysing individual magnetic fields on the Sun's surface which had never been available to see. The spacecraft was launched from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) Uchinoura Space Centre at Uchinoura Kagoshima in southern Japan on 22 September. It makes continuous, simultaneous observations in the extreme-ultraviolet, X-ray and optical portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Scientists want to see precisely how changes in the magnetic field at the Sun's surface can spread through the layers of the solar atmosphere to produce, ultimately, a flare.

Sunspots just appear dark next to their even brighter surroundings

Flares are more than just spectacular - they can hurl particles and radiation at the Earth, disrupting communications and posing a hazard to astronauts.Researchers want to understand, in particular, the key trigger mechanisms involved. We could successfully collect data about individual magnetic fields which could provide a clue to solve the mystery of eruption and temperature gaps,said Dr Suematsu.Hinode is part of a fleet of spacecraft now dedicated to understanding the relationship between the Sun and the Earth.

Its launch was followed last month by that of Stereo, a US space agency (Nasa) mission that will make 3D observations of our star. Its focus will be coronal mass ejections, a related phenomenon to solar flares that also influence the space weather around the Earth.

KNOWLEDGE INCREASE (COMPUTERS) AND TRAVEL.

DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Scientists unlock mystery of 2,000-year-old computer
November 30, 2006 | 12:55 PM ET ,CBC News

Scientists have unlocked the secret of an ancient device recovered from a Roman shipwreck, saying the complex mechanism was used to track the movements of the stars and moon.The machine, believed to be about 2,000 years old, was discovered in 1901 on a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera and embedded in rock. The strange wheel-like device with complex gears had baffled researchers attempting to determine its purpose.A fragment of the 2,100-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the earliest surviving mechanical computing device, is seen at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens on Thursday. (Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press) But a recent study in the journal Nature has revealed the device, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, was actually a complex means of tracking the movements of astronomical bodies for use in navigation.

A team of researchers led by Mike Edmunds and Tony Freeth at Cardiff University in Wales used X-rays to peer through the deposits covering the mechanism, to uncover ancient script and clues on how the mechanism worked.This device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind, said Edmunds in announcing the results. The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right. The way the mechanics are designed just makes your jaw drop. Whoever has done this has done it extremely well.The researchers will be releasing their full findings of what they are regarding as a 2,000-year-old computer at a two-day international conference in Athens on Thursday and Friday.Created between 150 BC and 100 BC, the mechanism contained 37 gear wheels in a case of wood and bronze in a contraption that resembled a clock. The gear wheels were designed to track the movements of the sun and moon, and even track eclipses and the irregular orbit of the moon. It may also have been able to follow some of the planets.

Also astonishing is the machine's use of a differential gear, a device known to have been used in the 17th century but often speculated to have been invented years earlier.The device is an arrangement of gears that permits the rotation of two shafts at different speeds. It is most commonly associated in modern usage with automobiles, which use a differential gear on their rear axle to allow different rates of wheel rotation on curves. The intricacy of the device is also comparable to that of 18th-century clocks.

State of the art in astronomy

I'm very surprised to find a mechanical representation of this, Alexander Jones, an astronomy historian who works at the University of Toronto, told Nature.

Jones predicts the mechanism will have a profound impact on our view of the history of science.This was absolutely state of the art in astronomy at the time.The greater question puzzling scientists is how such a useful device could have disappeared entirely from the archeological record, so much so that no record of anything as complex appears for another 1,000 years. One explanation is that the recycling of bronze in ancient times melted down older versions and caused any archeological record to disappear.But as London Science Museum's curator, Michael Wright, told Nature in a subsequent article, a more likely possibility is that the device or plans of the device migrated in some form to the Muslim world after the fall of Rome, and reappeared years later in Europe.I find it as easy to believe that this technology survived unrecorded, as to believe that it was reinvented in so similar a form, said Wright.Edmunds and Freeth worked alongside researchers from universities of Athens and Thessaloniki and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, where the more than 80 pieces of the mechanism are being held in precisely controlled conditions.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) 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 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Opposing the North American Union as a Threat to the Sovereignty of the United States,Jay NOV 30,06

Let us not deal with today’s reality or things as they are or as they seem to be, but look at things the way they may become.

An article appearing in the San Antonio Express in April 2006 asked the question, A North America modeled on the EU? Jorge Gonzalez is such a dreamer.The Trinity University economics dean might have left his senses altogether. Gonzalez suggests that it was time to stop talking about the North American Free Trade Agreement and to start talking about a European Union-style North America.A unified North America could strengthen Mexico and thus the United States and Canada, too, Gonzalez says. A North American union would entail many aspects, but the one Gonzalez likes to discuss is the idea of the United States and Canada each setting aside 2 or 3 percent of their gross domestic product for investments in Mexico.The good professor was not only a dreamer, but he was not being honest since the idea was not his, but had been posed nearly a year before by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Eighteen months ago, a large port ion of the American public missed or overlooked a report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations.

It was then that the Independent Task Force on the Future of North America developed a roadmap to promote North American security and advance the well-being of citizens of all three countries.In many ways, this report, Building a North American Community brought concepts of unity between the United States, Canada and Mexico that had broad reaching implications.The overriding question: In light of a united Europe, the European Union, despite some of the very real problems the EU has faced during its infancy that could quite well become, not only an economic, but a political unit of great power and force, should North America blend itself into a North American Union.Of course it is interesting, looking back now, as the federal government wrestles with the issues of enhancing border security (shorthand for the wall) and immigration reform (shorthand for guest worker or amnesty), some of the recommendations and suggestions presented seem rather inane, if not only naïve.

Pointing to increased competition from the European Union and rising economic powers such as India and China in the eleven years since NAFTA took effect, co-chair Pedro C. Aspe, former Finance Minister of Mexico, said, We need a vision for North America to address the new challenges.The Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North American trading area that allows for the seamless movement of goods, increased labor mobility, and energy security. We are asking the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada to be bold and adopt a vision of the future that is bigger than, and beyond, the immediate problems of the present, said co-chair John P. Manley, Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. They could be the architects of a new community of North America, not mere custodians of the status quo.At a time of political transition in Canada and Mexico, the Task Force proposes new ideas to cope with continental challenges that should be the focus of debate in those two countries as well as the United States. To ensure a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America, the Task Force proposes a number of specific measures:The Task Force’s central recommendation is establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff, and an outer security perimeter.

Make North America safer Establish a common security perimeter by 2010

A common security perimeter? Run by who, supervised by who? Was it any less clear 18 months ago that the Mexican government had no interest in controlling illegal immigration to the United Stated? And yet, the longer-term implication of such a security perimeter would be a unification of security efforts.

Additionally, the Task Force recommended that a common North American Border Biometric Pass be created. Of course, if there was a common security perimeter, it would make sense that there would be a common ID. However, that would also raise another issue. Would a common ID card for Canadians, Mexicans and Americans also mean unfettered cross-border access for all? Actually, yes, that is what they meant, along with these provisions:

· Harmonize visa and asylum regulations, including convergence of the list of visa waiver countries;
· Harmonize entry screening and tracking procedures for people, goods, and vessels (including integration of name-based and biometric watch lists);
· Harmonize exit and export tracking procedures;
· Fully share data about the exit and entry of foreign nationals; and
· Jointly inspect container traffic entering North American ports, building on the Container Security Initiative.

Certainly this could not have been taken seriously? Could it possibly benefit the United States, despite the fact that the three countries of North America are each other’s largest trading partners. More than 80 percent of Canadian and Mexican trade is with its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners. Almost one-third of U.S. trade is with Canada and Mexico.While the report stopped short of a recommendation to adoption of one currency for the three countries, one thing does usually lead to another. In thinking further about this topic, remember that more than $20 billion is now being sent back to Mexico by illegal aliens.

Without illegal immigration or the possible guest worker program, some families will have no sustaining income.Well, someone must have still be serious about the recommendation of the Task Force because three U.S. Representatives (U.S. Reps. Virgil Goode, Walter Jones, and Ron Paul) introduced legislation to stop it. H. CON. RES. 487, Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway

System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.

We have entered a new period in World geo-politics. The creation of the European Union, despite its shortcomings was the first step toward geo-political consolidation. It is not out of the question that others will follow. Imagine the implications of a unified Asia with China, Japan and perhaps India as the triumvirate of power within it. Does that mean that of necessity, there must be a North American Union? Considering the internal turmoil being experienced daily in Mexico, it would seem that today, our best posture is to build the wall and tighten immigration rules, not relax them.Let us not deal with today’s reality or things as they are or as they seem to be, but look at things the way they may become.