WHEAT PRICES SKY ROCKETS

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.

6.0 quake rattles northeastern Nevada FEB 21,08

WELLS, Nev. - A strong earthquake shook rural northeastern Nevada Thursday, damaging a town's historic district but sparing residents from any serious injuries. The magnitude of the quake, initially estimated at 6.3, was later revised to 6.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.The quake, which struck at 6:16 a.m., was centered in a sparsely populated area 11 miles southeast of Wells near the Nevada-Utah line.It was felt across much of the West, from northern Idaho and Utah to Southern California, officials said. At least five less severe aftershocks were reported.Definitely a lot of people felt this, and if they were sleeping, they were awoken, said USGS geophysicist Carrieann Bedwell.The most serious damage was reported in Wells' largely unoccupied historic district, Elko County Undersheriff Rocky Gonzalez said.Brick facades tumbled off several buildings, signs fell and windows broke, and some vehicles parked on the street were damaged by falling debris, KELK Radio in Elko reported.

Dan Burns, spokesman with the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, said transportation and safety personnel were inspecting roads, bridges and dams in the area for structural damage.Burns said at least two buildings in historic area had partially collapsed, and two main water lines had ruptured.A Flying J Truck Stop was evacuated because of a propane leak, Gonzalez said, but no fires broke out. The leak was contained by midmorning.
Union Pacific Rail Road suspended traffic so its tracks could be inspected. Service later resumed, a spokeswoman said.In Wendover, Utah, on the Nevada-Utah line, Tammy Wadsworth was ironing clothes when the quake hit.I kept thinking, When is it going to quit? A couple pictures fell off the walls, she said. One of my grandkids ran outside. They didn't know what else to do. It scared them.

Tony Lowry, an assistant professor of geophysics at Utah State University, said the size of the quake and its location was unusual.In that part of Nevada, I don't think we've seen any like that in the last 150 years or so, Lowry said. It's not one of the places we would've looked or expected.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.( A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD).

WELL IF YOU THINK PROPHECY IS NOT COMING TO PASS JUST READ THIS STORY. THE BIBLE SAYS A LOAF OF BREAD WILL BE THE COST OF A DAYS WAGES WELL WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THAT....GET READY FAMINE BIGTIME. GOD AND HIS WORD DOES NOT LIE.

ALSO THE DOW JONES WAS DOWN 160 POINTS THURSDAY ALSO.

Wheat prices touch all-time high FEB 11,08

Rising demand worldwide, weather damaged crops drive stockpiles to historic lows; price per bushel jumps 20%. Platinum prices also hit record high.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat futures jumped to a new record above $11 a bushel Monday on expectations of tight global supplies that could lead to higher prices for bread, pasta and other food.Other commodities rose broadly, with platinum futures climbing to a new record and crude oil trading higher as well.Wheat prices have surged 20% since the start of year, pushed higher by growing world demand and bad weather that has pummeled crops in Canada, Argentina and India. U.S. exporters are selling wheat at a record-pace to meet demand, rapidly depleting stockpiles. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast that U.S. wheat inventories will total 272 million bushels by the end of May - the lowest level in more than five decades.

Wheat for March delivery jumped the newly imposed 60-cent limit to fetch an all-time high of $11.53 a bushel in electronic trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. The contract later pulled back to $10.92a bushel, down 1 cent.It's an unprecedented move in wheat markets, said Jason Ward, analyst with Northstar Commodity in Minneapolis.
Relentless demand for agricultural products from fast-growing countries including China and India has exacerbated the supply crunch.Though many big food companies protect themselves against volatile prices swings, experts say U.S. consumers should expect higher food prices to eventually work their way into the grocery aisle.It's going to affect everything - pasta, bread, cereal. It's a big deal, Ward said.Other agriculture futures traded lower. March soybeans lost 18 cents to fetch $13.21 a bushel on the CBOT, while March corn fell 7.5 cents to $5.015 a bushel.In precious metals, platinum continued its upward climb, hitting a new record after Anglo Platinum Ltd. (AGPP.Y), the world's biggest platinum producer, warned Monday its production would fall for a second straight year amid power-related mining slowdowns in South Africa. The company saw a 12% drop in platinum production in 2007.

Platinum for April delivery jumped $49 to $1,933 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after earlier soaring to a record $1,949 an ounce.Other metals also rose. Gold for April delivery added $3 to $925.30 an ounce on the Nymex, while March silver rose to a record $17.595 an ounce before pulling back to $17.485, still up 37.5 cents. March copper climbed 14.5 cents to $3.5540 a pound.
PepsiCo profit falls 31%, but sales rise.New highs for precious metals.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

WHY IS THE EARTH BEING DESTROYED BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE, TERROR ATTACKS, MURDERS AND SUCH. LIKE IN NOAHS DAY NOW IN OUR DAY, GOD IS GIVING THE WORLD A WAKE UP CALL LIKE I KEEP SAYING.

Belgrade's US Embassy set on fire By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer FEB 21,08

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serb rioters set fire to an office inside the U.S. Embassy Thursday and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after a large demonstration against Kosovo's declaration of independence. Masked attackers broke into the U.S. compound, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. They set fire to the office and flames shot up the side of the building.It took police about 45 minutes to appear at the scene, and firefighters arrived about the same time and put out the blaze. Police secured the U.S. Embassy and surrounding area, blocking off all access.Serbia's President Boris Tadic, on an official visit to Romania, appealed for calm and urged the protesters to stop the attacks and move away from the streets. Tadic said that violence was damaging Serbia's efforts to defend Kosovo, which declared its independence from Belgrade on Sunday.

More than a dozen nations have recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence, including the United States, Britain, France and Germany. But the declaration by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership has been rejected by Serbia's government and the ethnic Serbians who populate northern Kosovo.For several days, Kosovo's Serbs have shown their anger by destroying U.N. and NATO property, setting off small bombs and staging noisy rallies.On Thursday, the neighboring Croatian Embassy also was targeted by the same group of protesters at the U.S. Embassy, and smaller groups attacked police posts outside the Turkish and British embassies in another part of the city but were beaten back.Elite police paramilitaries drove armored jeeps down the street outside the U.S. Embassy and fired dozens of tear gas canisters to clear crowds. The protesters fled into side streets where they continued clashing with the police.Groups also broke into a McDonald's restaurant and demolished the interior. A number of other shops were also ransacked and people were seen carrying off running shoes, track suits and other sporting goods from a department store.Doctors at Belgrade's emergency clinic reported treating more than 30 injured, half of whom were policemen. All were lightly injured, said Dusan Jovanovic, deputy chief of the clinic, adding that most of the injured protesters were extremely drunk.In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. ambassador to Serbia was at his home and in contact with U.S. officials. Security officials and Marine guards were in a different part of the compound, but nobody was inside the embassy building, he said.

We want to strongly urge them, and we are in contact with them, to make sure that they devote the assets to deal with this situation, McCormack told reporters, referring to the Serbian government.
Serbia has a responsibility now to devote the adequate resources to ensure that that facility is protected, he said.Kosovo, which is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, has not been under Belgrade's control since 1999, when NATO launched airstrikes to halt a Serbian crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. A U.N. mission has governed Kosovo since, with more than 16,000 NATO troops and KFOR, a multiethnic force, policing the province.But Serbia — and Kosovo's Serbs, who make up less than 10 percent of Kosovo's population — refuse to give up Kosovo, a territory considered the ancient cradle of Serbs' state and religion.Earlier Thursday, police estimated that about 150,000 people had attended a rally in the Serbian capital. The crowd waved Serbian flags and carried signs reading Stop USA terror. One group set fire to a red-and-black Albanian flag.

DISEASES

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:(CHLORES GREEN) 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,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

PEOPLE WAKE UP ALL THESE HAPPENINGS ARE NO ACCIDENT.

Bird flu remains dangerous as it continues to mutate By Robert S. Boyd, McClatchy Newspapers Wed Feb 20, 2:22 PM ET

WASHINGTON — Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia , Africa and Europe . Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States , scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. The lethal H5N1 version of the virus is mutating rapidly and rampaging through bird flocks throughout those parts of the world, infecting and often killing people who come in contact with them.The fear is that the virus will change into a form that makes human-to-human transmission quick and easy. At least seven slightly different subtypes already have been identified.New genes are being formed all the time, said Henry Niman , a molecular geneticist who tracks bird flu outbreaks around the world.

Although H5N1 hasn't reached the Western Hemisphere, Joseph Domenech , the chief veterinary officer for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization , warned last month that it could still trigger a human influenza pandemic. A pandemic is a worldwide outbreak such as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed tens of millions of people in the United States and Europe.The virus continues to cause human disease with high mortality and to pose the threat of a pandemic, the latest situation report from the World Health Organization says.As of Wednesday, bird flu had infected 362 people and killed 228 of them in 14 countries in Asia , Africa and Europe.In the last year, the WHO confirmed 98 new human cases, including 69 deaths, an alarming 70 percent death rate. It was the second worst year for bird flu, topped only by 2006, when 115 cases and 79 deaths (69 percent) were reported.Since the major outbreak in China in 2003, the virus has killed millions of chickens, ducks and geese along with pigs, cats and other mammals in some 50 countries.Almost all the people who've been infected caught the disease from close contact with domestic poultry and occasionally from wild ducks, geese or swans. In a handful of cases, scientists think the virus passed from one human to another, usually among relatives or people living close together.So far the spread of H5N1 from person to person has been very rare, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

For example, eight family members in Indonesia caught the disease in 2005, and all but one of them died. A pregnant Chinese woman passed the virus to her 4-month-old fetus last fall. Both died. Four brothers in Pakistan were infected last winter, and two of them died.It's pretty clear that was a case of human-to-human transmission, said Niman, founder of Recombinomics, a genetics research firm in Pittsburgh.Multiple teams of researchers are studying the details of how the virus performs its deadly work. They hope that their findings will lead to better vaccines to limit or prevent infection, but the problem is difficult.The rate of evolution makes it hard to make a vaccine. There are a lot of moving parts, Niman said.Vaccines such as Tamiflu that are used for common seasonal flu offer partial but not complete protection from H5N1. Furthermore, the virus already is developing resistance to these vaccines.Recent research has discovered several reasons that human-to-human transmission of H5N1 has been limited so far.For one thing, bird and human viruses have different shapes, according to Ram Sasisekharan, a biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge . To cause infection, the virus must fit a spike on its surface, known as HA, into a hollow receptor on the surface of a human cell. The virus that attacks birds fits its HA spike into a cone-shaped receptor. To infect humans, however, the spike must fit into a slightly wider receptor shaped like an open umbrella, Sasisekharan said.

For animal influenza viruses to cause pandemics in human population, their HA protein must acquire mutations that allow human-to-human transmission, Carole Bewley , a biochemist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md ., noted in the January issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology. Fortunately, this barrier has so far protected us from rapid spread of H5N1.
For more information: www.flutrackers.com .An animation of H5N1 spreading since 2003: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12375868. Click on PLAY.

AND AS YOU READ IN THE BELOW SCRIPTURES THERE WILL BE WAR IN THE HEAVENS IN THE FUTURE. SATAN AND HIS DEMONS GET BOOTED TO EARTH, KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN FOREVER.

SO SOMEHOW IN THE FUTURE SOMETHING WILL SET OFF A WAR IN HEAVEN AND SOMEHOW THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS FIGHT AGAINST MICHAEL AND THE ISRAELIS ANGELS. ISRAEL PREVAILS AND SATAN AND HIS DEMONS ARE CAST TO EARTH FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.

REVELATION 12:1-13 (SATAN BOOTED TO EARTH - GREATEST PERSECUSSION EVER)
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:(MARY MOTHER OF JESUS AND ISRAEL)
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (THE EU WILL BE GODLESS).
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3rd OF ANGELS REBELLED AGAINST GOD AND WERE KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN ALSO) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(PERSECUSSION OF ISRAEL)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(JESUS) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.(ISRAEL)

SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.

GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

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.

Space Arms Race Heats Up Overnight Jeremy Hsu Jeanna Bryner
SPACE.com FEB 21,08

The U.S. Navy's successful missile hit and apparent destruction of a defunct spy satellite represents a major step forward in the space arms race in the eyes of some analysts. Others are not so sure.One expert said last night's hit was not an example of a real missile-defense system, targeting an unusually low satellite that was essentially a sitting duck with a missile that is not the nation's top-of-the line for such tasks.Some say tensions with Russia and China will increase following the U.S. anti-satellite demonstration, as both nations had stated their opposition to the attempt. Others argue the United States took necessary measures to ensure geopolitical stability and extend its military dominance.

This is obviously being hailed as a victory both politically, because the [U.S.] administration can claim there was no loss of life, and technically because it worked, said Theresa Hitchens, Center for Defense Information director. It helped the [U.S.] Navy demonstrate the capabilities of its missile defense system.Last night at approximately 10:26 p.m. EST, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, the USS Lake Erie, launched a Standard Missile-3, which intercepted the defunct spy satellite USA-193, also known as NROL-21, over the Pacific Ocean. Defense Department officials say they think the missile successfully hit the satellite's hydrazine tank, a potential hazard that was cited as the reason for the shootdown.

Space arms race

The exercise has severe implications, experts say, as it opens up a once-virgin territory — space — for international weaponization. The potential for a space arms race has some worried.It was an unfortunate choice by the United States that seems to have been unnecessary. The fact is that satellites fall from space all the time and the risk of it was fairly minimal, said Stephen Young, the senior analyst in Washington, D.C., for the Union of Concerned Scientist's Global Security Program. But the implications of the satellite shootdown could be very severe. We're talking about a potential arms race in space.It's a step backward in terms of weaponization of space because whatever the U.S. government's official stance is, the world perception is that this was an ASAT test, said Phil Smith, assistant director for Research and Planning for the Secure World Foundation. Perception is everything as they say in politics. It's perceived not only in that way but that the U.S. is being somewhat hypocritical when it condemned the Chinese launch and of course they went ahead and did something that is going to be perceived as being just about the same.China has already demonstrated its anti-satellite capabilities, with Russia indicating ASAT abilities in the 1980s. The U.S. will be in a worse position overall if other countries decide they also need the ability to shoot down satellites, Young said.

The China question

Experts have also suggested the U.S. attempt could legitimize China's anti-satellite demonstration that took place a year ago, and open the doors for other nations such as India or Iran to do their own tests.Since China did their ASAT [anti-satellite] test and got into political hot water, there's been debate in China about whether to go forward, Hitchens said. This would seem to give PLA [People's Liberation Army] hardliners more ammunition for their argument, and also gives other nations the signal that it's okay if you test this technology if it's done safely.Another expert saw China's internal debate differently, even as China asked for more information about the U.S. satellite shootdown.Their concern is not whether they should continue with their military space program, said Everett Dolman, a professor of comparative military studies at Maxwell Air Force Base.Dolman added that much of the international outcry over China's test was over the large debris field left in orbit by the Chinese satellite's destruction, and so the Chinese were likely discussing how to prevent such international condemnation in future tests. He sees the continuing weaponization of space as almost a certainty, particularly as the U.S. and China continue jockeying to maintain and increase their global power.If there is going to be a big conflict between the U.S. and China, it's likely the first salvoes will be in space because the security needs of the U.S. and China are incompatible there, Dolman said.

Regardless of differences in opinion, most agreed that the U.S. anti-satellite demonstration sends a political message for China and Russia.[The U.S.] certainly did a good job in couching it in safety terms, which makes it harder to attack outright, Young said, but it seems fairly clear that the Chinese and the Russians got the message: This is something we can do.

Necessary step?

At least one expert saw the demonstration as a crucial step by the U.S. to ensure its military and political dominance if a space arms race becomes inevitable.This was in my view a very positive move by the U.S. for stability, said Dolman. The fact that you're using a Navy ship and a fairly standard weapon to do this is really ratcheting up the technology curve.The shootdown certainly seems to confirm U.S. technological prowess. The interceptor missile was never designed to engage a satellite, according to Raytheon Missile Systems, adding that its success demonstrates the capability of the SM-3 missile to meet a unique situation and perform beyond its intended purpose.Dolman observed that the U.S., China and Russia will all try to control space in the near-future, but that developing anti-satellite and other weapons won't necessarily lead to a catastrophic war because of the relatively bloodless nature of space conflict.No one's ready for control of space yet, although they'd all like to have that capability, Dolman said.The Secure World Foundation views the shootdown as an opportunity for the U.S. government to spearhead efforts for an international forum dealing with space-traffic management and weaponization issues.

We need to deal with this globally, because that satellite could've been a different satellite, for example, belonging to a different country, Smith said. If it was characterized as a threat and we had the ability to shoot it down and nobody else did then that becomes an international issue that needs to be dealt with as transparently as possible.But so far, the U.S. government has come up a bit short on transparency and international cooperation. One fundamental truth is that this administration has demonstrated clearly a preference for unilateral and military action over international and cooperative actions, Young said. We don't know how the decision was made in the Bush administration but the fact that early on they were talking about fairly modest risk and then suddenly we're going to shoot it down ... there was no indication at all that they were headed that way. It seems to the outside observer, hey this would be fun. Let's go shoot something down.

Old news?

John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs the highly regarded website Global Security.org, believes the shootdown has no implications regarding the space arms race.In my view it means nothing, Pike said. it has no larger implications. Pike's rationale is that the U.S. has demonstrated its anti-satellite capabilities beginning in about 1985 and the missile used in the shot last night doesn't have the ability for a real missile-defense system. The United States has got other better ways of shooting down satellites. This is not a very good ASAT interceptor, Pike told SPACE.com. The missile reached about 150 miles (241 km). No self-respecting satellite is ever going to find itself that low, because you're not going to stay in orbit that long. Typically, satellites reside at an altitude of about 300 - 400 miles (483 644 km) in order to remain in orbit without extra boosts. In addition, officials have said the resulting debris from the obliterated satellite appears to be too small to cause any damage on Earth. The destroyed satellite's debris was spotted in the sky by some West Coast observers.Pike added that the U.S. will continue with missile defense testing. The Americans are going to continue conducting exo-atmospheric ballistic-missile defense tests several times a year, Pike said. The Americans, I believe, have a covert unacknowledged space-based anti-missile system that they may start testing in about five years.