Wednesday, April 06, 2011

1/3RD OF ARABS SUPPORT MASSACRE

WITH SILVER ALMOST $40.00 AN OUNCE.AND THE GOAL OF $50.00 TO BREAK JP MORGAN IS WITHIN VIEW.MAX KEISER IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BANKRUPTING JP MORGAN DUE TO NOT HAVING THE SILVER ON HAND TO PAY FOR THE BILLIONS IN PAPER THEY WILL OWE.THEN THEY GOT TO GO ON THE MARKET AND BUY THE REAL SILVER TO COVER THE PAPER.AND IF SILVER GOES TO $50.00 AN OUNCE,JP MORGAN GOES BANKRUPT.HERES MAXES SILVER LIBERATON CAMPAIGN.
http://silverliberationarmy.com/

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.

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

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.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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.

ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded

DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.


EU Challenges Israel's Claim to Jerusalem
Reported: 13:54 PM - Apr/06/11


European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday that she is disappointed by Israel's plans to build new Jewish homes in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.I am deeply disappointed by the approval of 942 new housing units in the Israeli settlement of Gilo, Ashton said. The EU is also closely following upcoming plans for settlements on the Mount Scopus Slopes, in Har Homa C and in Pisgat Z'ev.Ashton specifically named Jerusalem neighborhoods liberated from Jordan during the 1967 Six Day War that nearly the entire Israeli public views as rightfully Jewish but the international community hopes to tear away from Israel.

Arab turmoil to affect energy markets for years
By CAMILLE RUSTICI, Associated Press - APR 6,11


PARIS – Algeria's former energy minister warned Wednesday the ongoing political and social turmoil in the Arab world will have dramatic implications for energy markets in coming years.While the outcome of the Arab revolutions is by no means certain, it is already evident that important changes are in progress that are likely to impact energy markets in the long term, Nordine Ait-Laoussine said.Ait-Laoussine made the comments as he opened a daylong conference of representatives of oil and gas producing countries, including Iraq and Nigeria, and industry executives to discuss changes in the energy sector.Unrest in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the region has sent shock waves through global oil markets, pushing price of a barrel above $108, the highest price since 2008.Libya's entire capacity of 1.6 million barrels a day has been shut down since February.Western oil company departures, the military intervention and sanctions will severely curtail oil exports from Libya in the months ahead, said Didier Houssin, director of energy markets at the International Energy Agency.Events like the Arab revolutions, Japan's earthquake and tsunami, and other rare, so-called black swan events seem to be on the rise, said Mark Williams, downstream director at Dutch oil giant Shell.The scientist in me says they aren't, but it sure seems like they are, Williams said.Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, highlighted the uncertainty that these events have raised for world oil markets.We don't know yet about the long term consequences of the instability in the Middle East, about the catastrophe in Japan, about the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. That can affect future projections for oil demand, al-Shahristani said.

Finding ways to minimize disruption from rising and volatile oil prices is a priority for France's leadership of this year's G-20 group of industrialized nations, industry minister Eric Besson said.The answers to the quick increase of oil prices will be collective, Besson said.Consumers countries, producers countries and oil companies must work together.Price volatility makes the signals more difficult for consumers and investors to read, Shell's Williams said. He said improved market transparency and an improved balance between supply and demand, partly achievable through greater investment in new energy sources such as biomass, will help stabilize the price trend.Total Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie took a reassuring tone, saying for now there is nothing to be worried about, even if the price is high.His firm is investing $5 billion by 2020 to develop new energy sources, mainly solar power and biomass, De Margerie said.De Margerie also said Total is ready to restart operations in Libya as soon as we can.He said Total was ready to begin buying Libyan crude immediately,if it is respecting laws and respecting the embargo.In a step toward getting more money for weapons and other needs, a tanker arrived Tuesday near the eastern city of Tobruk to load up Libyan rebels' first shipment of oil for export in nearly three weeks. The tanker can carry 1 million barrels of oil, less than the 1.6 million barrels Libya produced every day on average before the crisis. Analysts viewed the delivery as a symbolic step forward for a country that had been 17th among the world's oil producers. Associated Press business writer Greg Keller contributed to this report.

What Is a Pregnant Arab Woman Doing in a Terrorist Tunnel?
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu APR 6,11


The IDF bombed two terrorist tunnels in Gaza overnight, but foreign media rely on Hamas sources that two women, one of them pregnant, were wounded.An army spokeswoman told Israel National News that Israeli aircraft scored direct hits on the tunnels in northern Gaza following another Kassam rocket attack on the western Negev Tuesday night. No one was injured.Terror tunnels in northern Gaza are often built to allow terrorists to enter a Jewish community and either kill or kidnap civilians and soldiers.However, the French news agency AFP, in its lead paragraph, reported on the alleged wounded women, quoting Palestinian medics and witnesses who also said the targets were a group of militants and a plastics factory.Hamas routinely claims that pregnant women, handicapped people, mentally retarded civilians and elderly men are the victims of Israeli counterterrorist operations. Confirmation rarely is provided, but foreign agencies report the claims as fact.On Monday, the same news agency reported that an armed civilian, killed by soldiers after refusing to halt his approach to the security fence, simply was an innocent person collecting gravel.AFP told its readers that locals often risk injury or death to enter the no-go zone in search of gravel which they can sell, but the report did not make any mention of the frequent bombs planted on the patrol road.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

One-Third of PA Arabs Support Massacre of Fogels
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu APR 6,11


One-third of Palestinian Authority Arabs have expressed support for the brutal massacre of the Fogel family in Itamar last month, according to a poll conducted by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah.Arab terrorists slaughtered five members of the family, including the parents and a three-month old baby, while they were in their bedrooms on a Friday night, on the Jewish Sabbath.The results of the survey cast further doubt on the likelihood of the PA being a peace partner for Israel. Evidence continues to pile up that the PA has sanctioned the incitement of the Arab community to carry out violent attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.Concerning the chances of a copy-cat uprising that has spread throughout out Arab countries, there is little chance of it happening here, according to the respondents.Two-thirds of the PA Arabs and almost three-quarters of Israelis said that demonstrations would not be capable of causing the erasure of a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria.However, slightly more than half of the PA Arabs feel a need for Gaza Arabs to organize protests against the de facto Hamas government.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Breaking the Silence: Rights Group Cites PA Attacks on Reporters
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu APR 6,11


The Palestinian Authority is becoming notorious for assaulting and intimidating journalists and causing some self-censorship by local reporters, according to the Human Rights Watch organization.The report may partially explain media bias against Israel.Human Rights Watch, which traditionally has focused on allegation of rights abuses in Israel, stated that Palestinian Authority intimidation has caused many reporters not to write all of what they know.Hamas has frequently been cited for violence against reporters, most notably the kidnapping of BBC journalist Alan Johnston three years ago. He was released after more than three months in captivity.

The report on abuses in the Palestinian Authority, heavily backed financially and diplomatically by the United States and European Union, includes seven cases. Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, urged Western countries to condition aid to the PA on the halt to interference with press freedom.Hamas also was cited for two cases of abuse, but an official of the terrorist organization said the incidents were mistakes, according to the Associated Press. The number of physical attacks and confiscation of journalists’ equipment soared by 45 percent in 2010 compared with the previous year and abuse of journalists rose by 79 percent, the rights group said.One of the cases that was cited involved filmmaker Mohammed Salahat, arrested by Palestinian Authority security services and kept in custody for more than three weeks.The PA also repeatedly detained freelance journalist Khalid Amayreh after he began reporting about torture in Palestinian Authority prison. He was placed in solitary confinement part of the time and was forced to sleep next to a toilet.Human Rights Watch said that although PA leaders may not have specifically ordered the violence against journalists, The utter failure of the PA leadership to address the prevailing culture of impunity for such abuses suggests that they reflect government policy.Last year, reporters covering protests in Gaza complained they were harassed and physically assaulted by Hamas.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/
CNBC VIDEOS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=15839796&tabheader=false

HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS WED APR 06,2011

09:30 AM +2.43
10:00 AM +35.16
10:30 AM +35.72
11:00 AM +54.45
11:30 AM +27.32
12:00 PM +14.42
12:30 PM +19.83
01:00 PM +20.93
01:30 PM +21.43
02:00 PM +23.77
02:30 PM +25.02
03:00 PM +33.11
03:30 PM +35.61
04:00 PM +32.85 12,476.25

S&P 500 1335.54 +2.91

NASDAQ 2799.82 +8.63

GOLD 1,461.00 +8.50

OIL 108.60 +0.26

TSE 300 14,202.70 -67.90

CDNX 2363.43 +9.09

S&P/TSX/60 812.90 -4.75

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +43 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +64 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,460.10.OIL opens at $108.50 today.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today so far.
Dow +64 points at high today so far.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +64 points at high today.

GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,462.00 (NOT AT CLOSE)

CRUDE OIL +2 MILLION BARRELS
GASOLINE -357,000 BARRELS
DISTILLATE INVENTORIES +195,000 BARRELS
REFINERY UTILIZATION

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).

PESTILENCES (CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS)

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

POISONED WATERS

REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

NUCLEAR LEVEL METER
7-MAJOR ACCIDENT
6-SERIOUS ACCIDENT - JAPAN AT THIS LEVEL CURRENTLY
5-ACCIDENT WITH WIDER CONSEQUENCES
4-ACCIDENT WITH LOCAL CONSEQUENCES
3-SERIOUS INCEDENT
2-INCIDENT
1-ANOMALY

RADIATION NETWORK
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/
LOW LEVEL RADIATION CAMPAIGN-Christopher Busby
http://llrc.org/
WEATHER MODEL-WINDSTREAM
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=npac_250

Japan's Radiation Leak Plugged But Problems Persist
by Chana Ya'ar APR 6,11


At least one leak into the Pacific Ocean of radioactive water from Japan's stricken nuclear complex has been plugged, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). But the good news is being overshadowed by the fact that nearby coastal waters have already been contaminated.A sample of seawater near the facility was found to contain iodine 131 at 7.5 million times the legal limit. Other samples contained radioactive cesium at 1.1 million times the legal limit. A fish caught Tuesday about 43 miles from the plant was discovered to contain high levels of radioactive iodine 131, according to Japanese government officials. Prior to that, fish caught Friday before the company began flushing thousands of tons of low-level radioactive water into the Pacific was found to contain 4,080 becquerels of iodine 131 per kilogram. The flushed water contains about 100 times the legal radiation limit.Fishing has been banned near the nuclear plant and in fact, most fishing in the region has ended due to earthquake and tsunami damage to the boats and ports. Company financial compensation could run into the billions of dollars, as the market for fish consumption drops dramatically with fears of radioactive contamination.

The flushing makes room for engineers to flood storage containers with more highly contaminated runoff water used to cool off overheated reactors and spent fuel rod pools. This more contaminated water contains approximately 10,000 times the legal radiation limit, government officials told reporters.A confidential assessment by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission obtained by The New York Times has also given a grim warning that some threats from the plant could persist, possibly indefinitely. The report, dated March 26, was prepared for the commission's Reactor Safety Team and was based on the most recent available data from TEPCO, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, the U.S. Dept. of Energy, General Electric (the type of reactor used in Japan) and the Electric Power Research Institute.It noted there is increased stress being placed on the containment structures around the reactors as they fill with cooling water. This makes them even more vulnerable to rupture in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent aftershocks. Moreover, the release of hydrogen and oxygen inside the containment structures from seawater that was used to cool the reactors could also lead to explosions. In addition, the salt buildup from the seawater, and partially melted fuel rods, are blocking the flow of freshwater intended to cool the reactor cores.

Israelis Bringing Relief
Meanwhile, an Israeli delegation is bringing relief in a number of ways. Aid includes humanitarian supplies, medical expertise and food shipments – but IDF personnel are also working with the children as well.The IDF aid delegation to Japan took a quick break over the weekend to entertain local children from Minamisanriku who have experienced deep losses from the disaster.Delegation members used the international language of soccer to play a game with the children that cheered up both teams. Other IDF aid team members colored drawings with younger Japanese youth.
Prior to and following the games, the IDF officers helped transfer the area's residents from residential population aid centers to temporary housing. The residents will stay in the temporary units until their homes, which were destroyed by the tsunami, are completely rebuilt.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Sea radiation is another blow to Japan's fishermen By MALCOLM FOSTER and RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press – Tue Apr 5, 7:47 pm ET

TOKYO – Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan's tsunami now fear radioactive water that had been gushing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled nuclear plant could cost them their livelihoods.The contaminated water raised concerns about the safety of seafood in the country that gave the world sushi, prompting the government to set limits for the first time on the amount of radiation permitted in fish.Authorities insisted the radioactive water would dissipate and posed no immediate threat to sea creatures or people who might eat them. Most experts agreed.Still, Japanese officials adopted the new standards as a precaution. And the mere suggestion that seafood from Japan could be at any risk stirred worries throughout the fishing industry.Even if the government says the fish is safe, people won't want to buy seafood from Fukushima, says Ichiro Yamagata, a fisherman who lived in the shadow of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.We probably can't fish there for several years.Fukushima is not a major fishing region, and no fishing is allowed in the direct vicinity of the plant. But experts estimate the coastal areas hit by the massive wave account for about a fifth of Japan's annual catch.In a rare bit of good news, the utility that owns the crippled nuclear plant about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo said highly radioactive water that had been leaking into the ocean from a crack discovered over the weekend had stopped early Wednesday.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesperson Naoki Tsunoda said the company's attempt to stem the leak by injecting 1,500 liters (400 gallons) of water glass, or sodium silicate, and another agent near a seaside pit where the water had been leaking appeared to have been successful.The new limits on radioactivity in fish were imposed after TEPCO announced water tested near the plant Saturday contained levels of radioactive iodine 7.5 million times the legal limit. That level had dropped to 5 million two days later.Japan said some fish caught last week about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the plant would have exceeded the new safety limits, which may change as circumstances do.Fears of radiation contamination prompted India to announce Tuesday that it was halting food imports from Japan. Few countries have gone so far, but India's three-month ban reflected the unease created by the nuclear crisis among consumers. India said the ban would last three months or until the risk subsides. It planned to review the situation weekly.Yamagata, whose home is within the 12-mile (20-kilometer) evacuation zone around the plant, is staying in a Tokyo soccer stadium with his wife and about 140 other refugees. He expects his fishing days are over.After the magnitude-9.0 earthquake on March 11, he ran outside and watched the second floor of his house collapse, then fled with his family when tsunami warnings sounded.Since then, he hasn't been allowed to return to check on the 5-ton boat he used to troll for flounder. He assumes it's gone, too. The tsunami killed up to 25,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless as it swamped about 250 miles (400 kilometers) of the northeastern coast and knocked out power to the plant.

Workers there have been desperately trying to cool down overheated reactors, but the effort has required spraying large amounts of water and allowing it to gush out wherever it can escape, sometimes into the sea.Radioactivity will continue spewing into the air and water until cooling systems are restored.The radiation standards for fish will be the same as for vegetables. After spinach and milk exceeded safety limits following the quake, health experts said people would still have to eat enormous quantities of tainted produce or dairy before getting even the amount of radiation contained in a CT scan.Japan imports far more fish than it exports, but it sent the world $2.3 billion worth of seafood last year. Some people were undaunted. At Sushizanmai, a sushi bar just outside Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market, customers were still eating Japan's famed raw fish delicacies Tuesday night.But chef Seiichiro Ogawa said the fuss over radiation could hurt business. His restaurant is trying to get more fish from the western part of Japan, which has not been affected by the nuclear crisis.Japanese customers are especially sensitive to this kind of thing, so I'm worried they'll stop eating sushi, said Ogawa, who has already seen his business drop 50 percent after foreigners stopped visiting the city after the quake. We need this nuclear problem to be resolved.TEPCO also said this week it is purposely dumping more than 3 million gallons of low-level radioactive water into the sea to make room in a storage tank for more highly contaminated water that it needs to remove before workers can restore important cooling systems.That announcement angered Fukushima's federation of fisheries groups, which sent the company a letter of protest.Our prefecture's fisherman have lost their lives, fishing boats, piers and buildings due to the Great Eastern Japan Disaster, federation chairman Tetsu Nozaki said in the letter. This low-level contaminated water has raised fears among fishermen that they will never be able to fish in our prefecture's waters again, and we absolutely want you to stop.TEPCO's reputation has taken a serious hit in the crisis. On Tuesday, its stock dropped 80 yen — the maximum daily limit, or 18 percent — to just 362 yen ($4.30), falling below its previous all-time closing low of 393 yen from December 1951. Since the quake, the share price has plunged 80 percent.

In what could be an effort to counter the bad publicity, Takashi Fujimoto, TEPCO's vice president, said it was offering 20 million yen ($240,000) in apology money to each town or city affected by the mandatory evacuation zone around the plant.That's likely to be little comfort to fisherman Yamagata and his wife, Chiharu, who are angry with TEPCO over the situation.All we heard was that the plants were safe, safe, safe, she said.I feel like they were hiding things from us. Now that radiation is seeping out, it's too late.Ichiro Yamagata, who is 50, said he would like to return to his home and his job, but he sees no way that could happen. Nearly 17,000 boats have already been reported damaged in three hardest-hit prefectures, and that's just a partial tally.Some fishing boats that left the harbor immediately after the quake got far enough out to sea that they were safe from the tsunami, Yamagata said, but others were swept away.For now, the Yamagatas are passing their days at the soccer stadium, sleeping on mats in large rooms sectioned off with blue, knee-high dividers. They have no possessions — Ichiro Yamagata doesn't even have his driver's license — and only enough cash in the bank to last six months.After that, I'm going to have to find some kind of work, he said.But fishermen can't be salarymen. I can only do simple jobs.Associated Press writers Yuri Kageyama and Noriko Kitano contributed to this report.

EU plans tougher radiation limits for Japanese food
ANDREW WILLIS Today APR 6,11

@ 09:29 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Union is preparing to tighten radiation limits on Japanese food and animal feed imports, as low-level radioactive seawater used for cooling reactors at the crisis-stricken Fukushima plant is returned to the sea. The lower permissible thresholds will bring the EU into line with tougher domestic limits in Japan, and are likely to be agreed by member states this Friday (8 April). Speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg on Tuesday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso described the measures as purely precautionary. The commission believes it would be correct to amend the present levels in force since March 25 as an additional safeguard measure, Barroso told the euro-deputies. He noted that Europe's current thresholds were agreed following Ukraine's 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl.We have decided that on a transitional basis we are going to implement the standards of Japan (where) the levels permitted are lower, he explained. The tougher limits would see caesium-134 and caesium-137 thresholds reduced from 1,250 becquerels per kilogramme at present to 500 becquerels per kilogramme.The new limit for iodine-131 would be 2,000 becquerels per kilogramme and for strontium-90 it would be 750 becquerels per kilogramme, a spokesman for European consumer affairs commissioner John Dalli told AFP.I should like to underline here that all the checks carried out up to now by member states... demonstrate negligible levels of radioactivity which are significantly below current Japanese and European standards, underlined Barroso.Seafood products make up a significant portion of the EU's relatively small level of imports from Japan, although the EU-27 sources over 99 percent of its seafood imports from other countries.

We are very concerned about the spread of radioactivity in the sea waters, EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki told members of parliament's fisheries committee on Monday, amid reports of contaminated water entering the sea near the Fukushima plant.Tokyo Electric Power which runs the plant announced this week that it still needs to pump some 11,500 tonnes of low-level radioactive seawater into the sea because of a lack of storage space.In a sign of the long-lasting contamination effects, environmental group Greenpeace on Sunday said milk and other staples such as mushrooms and berries are still contaminated in parts of Ukraine, 25 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.Roughly a week ago, air monitoring stations in several EU member states announced that the minutest levels of radioactive iodine had been detected in the air. Health experts have stressed however that both air and sea pollution levels are too weak to pose a threat to human health.As well as discussing the ongoing Japanese crisis, MEPs sitting in plenary on Tuesday were also critical of plant decommissioning efforts in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia. Delays, lack of coordination and too much money going to unrelated energy projects, were among the criticisms highlighted by MEPs in a resolution.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) 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.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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.

BIBLES WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS

CHINA MILITARY PARADE(KING OF THE EAST)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9164005727480680563#docid=-8916004936135366443
RUSSIA ARMY PARADE(KING OF THE NORTH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReGqS3TDYRM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWn3T5XIbNk&feature=related
EGYPT ARMY PARADE(KING OF THE SOUTH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt_KT4irRTM&feature=related
EUROPEAN UNION MILITARY PARADE(KING OF THE WEST)(NOT THE USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3NEyheTDyo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzLjhsRrZYw&feature=fvw
ISRAEL MILITARY-GUARENTEED BY EU TO SECURE THEM THE BIBLE SAYS(2 MAIN ENDTIME PLAYERS)(NEXT TO GOD HIMSELF FUULFILLING THE PROPHECIES ON EARTH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04TDlvIRIMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhdalQdtzfY&feature=related
ANGEL 2 TO DR DOCTORIAN
The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

Gaddafi using human shields to curb air strikes: NATO
By Alexander Dziadosz - APR 6,11


AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi is using human shields to foil air strikes on his forces, NATO officials said on Wednesday as rebels angry at alleged Western inaction battled anew to advance on the key coast road.In their eastern heartland, the ragged, ill-trained rebels set out again to recapture terrain lost in a headlong retreat from Gaddafi's superior firepower, reporting heavy fighting west of their frontline town of Ajdabiyah as both sides sought to end a seesaw stalemate in the oil-producing state's civil war.Mohamed el-Masrafy, a member of a rebel special forces unit, said clashes broke out at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) after government forces were resupplied with ammunition and rumbled eastwards out of the oil port of Brega, 80 km (50 miles) from Ajdabiyah.NATO dismissed rebel complaints that its air strike campaign was slackening off, saying relieving the siege of Misrata, a rebel enclave in the west, remained the priority but conceding that Gaddafi's army was proving a resourceful, elusive target.The situation on the ground is constantly evolving. Gaddafi's forces are changing tactics, using civilian vehicles, hiding tanks in cities such as Misrata and using human shields to hide behind, spokeswoman Carmen Romero said in Brussels.Western air power has fashioned a rough military balance in Libya, preventing Gaddafi troops from overrunning the motley rebel force dominating the east -- but not forceful enough for the insurgents to advance solidly hundreds of kilometers along the Mediterranean coast to the capital Tripoli in the west.Masrafy told Reuters that the front line was about 20 km (12 miles) east of Brega, the focus of a weeklong to-and-fro battle. A sustained government assault on Tuesday drove rebels about halfway back to Ajdabiyah, gateway to their Benghazi powerbase.

Tuesday's pullback wasn't a full withdrawal, it's back and forth, said Hossam Ahmed, a defector from Gaddafi's army as pick-ups loaded with machineguns and rocket launchers rolled westwards while several families fleeing the fighting in cars packed with their belongings passed in the opposite direction.Journalists were banned on Wednesday from heading west from Ajdabiyah, making it difficult to assess the fighting.Like other rebels, Ahmed expressed frustration at what he called NATO's hesitant approach.There have been no air strikes. We hear the sound, but they don't bomb anything.

WHAT IS NATO WAITING FOR?

Said Emburak, an Ajdabiyah resident, chimed in: What is NATO waiting for? We have cities that are being destroyed. Ras Lanuf, Bin Jawad, Brega, and Gaddafi is destroying Misrata completely.French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said NATO operations were at risk of getting bogged down due to the fact that Gaddafi's forces were frequently deploying close to civilians as tactical protection against air strikes.He told France Info radio that he would address the issue shortly with the head of NATO, adding that Misrata's ordeal cannot go on but that the situation is unclear.Admiral Edouard Guillaud, France's armed forces chief, told Europe 1 radio: I would like things to go faster but ... protecting civilians means not firing anywhere near them. That is precisely the difficulty.He said NATO's six-day-old air campaign was concentrating on Misrata, where rebels were holding the port zone.Misrata, under daily shelling, tank and sniper fire, is the only big population center in western Libya -- about 200 km (120 miles) east of Tripoli -- where a two-month-old popular revolt against Gaddafi has not been stamped out.The inconclusive battlefield situation, defections from Gaddafi's coterie and the plight of civilians ensnared in fighting or running out of food and fuel has spurred a flurry of diplomacy in pursuit of a peaceful solution. But such efforts have made little headway, with the rebels adamant that Gaddafi step down while the government, aware of the limitations of Western intervention, has offered concessions hinting at democratization but insists he stay in power.

LIMITED MISSION

NATO's air strikes are targeting Gaddafi's military infrastructure but only to protect civilians, not to provide close air support for rebels, while enforcing a no-fly zone and an arms embargo under a U.N. Security Council mandate.Abdel Fattah Younes, head of Libya's rebel army accused NATO of being too slow to order air strikes to shield civilians, allowing Gaddafi's forces to slaughter the people of Misrata.NATO blesses us every now and then with a bombardment here and there, and is letting the people of Misrata die every day. NATO has disappointed us, he told reporters in the insurgents eastern stronghold city of Benghazi on Tuesday.The conflict in the oil-producing North African state ignited in February when Gaddafi tried to crush pro-democracy rallies against his 41-year rule inspired by uprisings that have toppled or endangered other autocrats across the Arab world.NATO has denied rebel assertions hat the pace of air strikes has abated since it took over the task from a smaller big power coalition of the United States, Britain and France on March 31.The assessment is that we have taken out 30 percent of the military capacity of Gaddafi, Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, a senior NATO staff officer, said in Brussels on Tuesday.Younes said rebels were considering referring what he said was slow decision-making by NATO to the U.N. Security Council. NATO has become our problem,he said, and in the meantime Misrata is being subjected to a full extermination.A U.S. envoy has arrived in Benghazi to get to know the opposition and discuss possible financial and humanitarian assistance, a U.S. official said. The visit by Chris Stevens, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, reflects a U.S. effort to deepen contacts with the insurgents.Turkey, whose status as a secular Muslim state positioned between Europe and the Middle East gives it unusual mediating potential, also sent a special envoy to Benghazi for talks with the opposition, its foreign minister said.(Additional reporting by Brian Love and Nick Vinocur in Paris, Daren Butler in Istanbul, Angus Macswan in Benghazi, Arshad Mohammed and Mark Hosenball in Washington; writing by Mark Heinrich; editing by Giles Elgood)

Standing Up to Iran: Gulf Alliance Flexes Its Muscles
By CHARLES MCDERMID / ABU DHABI TIME -APR 6,11


Pilots winging over raging Libyan battlefields in Mirage and F-16 fighter jets. A convoy of troops and tanks rumbling to the aid of an embattled partner. Defiant words for a regional bully bent on meddling in domestic affairs.These are just some of the hallmarks of the new-look Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - the bloc of six Arab nations that is shedding its image as a somnolent, oil-rich cartel and propelling itself forward in the role of hands-on military campaigner in the uprisings that are reshaping the region. It has already intervened - mainly with member Saudi Arabia's troops - in the rebellion in GCC compatriot Bahrain. This is the GCC 2.0 and the world, and most especially Iran, is watching. (See the latest scenes from the unrest in Libya.)The unprecedented show of force has so far boosted pan-Arab pride, brought accolades from Western allies and reinforced a bulwark against ever expanding Iranian influence. This level of involvement just sets an incredible precedent, says John L. Esposito, professor of religion and Islamic studies at Georgetown University and author of The Future of Islam. These governments usually use diplomacy or write a check. Now, [the GCC member states] have taken the opportunity to step out front in other countries on issues that are domestically driven.

It began with the GCC's deployment in March of some 1,500 Saudi-led security forces and armored vehicles - part of the Peninsula Shield force. The move helped put down a mostly Shi'ite revolt on the streets of Manama. It was a controversial gambit by a group mainly composed of Sunni monarchies, one that was denounced by Shi'ite-ruled Iran and Iraq (Baghdad is the current head of the Arab League). On BBC Arabic on March 26, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that the GCC intervention risked setting off a regionwide sectarian war.It's potentially very important. It's certainly a crossroads, a potential flash point between Sunni and Shia. This engages a lot of people's interests - Saudi, Iraq and Iran. The demonstrations and the ferocity of the response caught everyone by surprise - and so has the GCC reaction, says Kenneth Pollack, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and former staff member of the U.S. National Security Council.

The GCC power play continued with Qatar and the U.A.E. committing military muscle - including Qatari pilots and a dozen combat planes - to the punishing air strikes that the Western-led coalition hopes will protect Libyan rebels and civilians from the army of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. General Jean-Paul Palomeros, commander of the French air force, described the GCC states' involvement as a turning point in history. It really shows the courage [of Qatar] to enlist at our sides.But in terms of what the experts consider the greatest potential conflict in the region - the rivalry between the Gulf states and Tehran - the GCC's gloves really came off on Sunday. Following a late-night meeting of foreign ministers in Riyadh, the GCC blasted Iran's flagrant interference in the region and blamed Iran for actively destabilizing and violating the sovereignty of their countries. The meeting came after the Iranian government's foreign-affairs and security committee said Thursday that Saudi Arabia, the GCC's most populous member, should know it's better not to play with fire in the sensitive region of the Persian Gulf. That only slightly veiled threat was not taken lightly by the GCC, now fresh off two recent military maneuvers and possibly banking on long-standing military ties with the U.S.What has ensued from these back-and-forth barbs has been a full-on verbal battle that has brought in the ongoing conflicts in Bahrain, Yemen and Kuwait as well as threats of diplomatic action and fears of sectarian war. In its statement, the GCC severely condemned Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain, which is in violation of international pacts. The bloc also criticized the blatant Iranian interference in [GCC member] Kuwait through planting spy cells on its territory, in reference to a Kuwaiti court case last week in which two Iranians and a Kuwaiti were sentenced to death for their roles in an alleged Iranian spy network. The two countries recalled their ambassadors and expelled diplomats.

The GCC said Iran's playing with fire salvo had the potential to fuel sectarianism between the region's Shi'ite and Sunni, and the meeting condemned the baseless accusations by the Iranian parliament regarding Saudi Arabia and considers it a hostile stand and provocative interference. The statement concluded with a call for Tehran to stop these hostile policies and respect the rules of good neighborliness ... so as to preserve the security and stability in this region, which is key for the entire world.It took only hours for Iran to respond; its Foreign Ministry said Sunday that the tension between Tehran and the GCC was the result of Western and Zionist conspiracy aimed at sowing discord between Islamic countries.We advise regional governments to heed the demands of their people in order to stop such conspiracies,Ramin Mehmanparast, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, told reporters, while insisting unity among Muslims was the key issue for Iran.The vitriol remains at the diplomatic level. Even so, the tone of the GCC's rebuttal to Iran has raised the standard for defiance. The verbal standoff between a reinvigorated GCC and a typically bellicose Tehran is best described as a regional war of words - at least for now.

EU presidents: We're not dismantling the welfare state
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today APR 6,11 @ 09:34 CET


EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU chiefs Herman van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso defended their austerity-focussed response to the bloc's economic crisis against criticisms of MEPs who accused the leaders of taking an unbalanced approach.Some people fear this work is about dismantling the welfare states and social protection, European Council President Van Rompuy told deputies in Strasbourg. Not at all ... It is to save these fundamental aspects of the European model.We want to make sure that our economies are competitive enough to create jobs and to sustain the welfare of all our citizens and that's what our work is about.European Commission President Barroso, who was delivering a report back from an EU summit at the end of March dedicated to delivering a comprehensive response to the crisis, also said that his institution had tried to push for a more social response but laid the blame at the the foot of the member states for blocking proposals from the EU executive.The commission did fight hard to have more emphasis on social aspects and education [in the Europe 2020 strategy, its ten-year plan for growth], he said, adding that a Europeanisation of public debt has long been a goal, saying eurobonds were proposed 30 years ago.On making banks pay their share of the burden, he said: I defended the financial transaction tax in the G20 ... [but] this was rejected by a huge number of our G20 partners. Now we are discussing it at the European level.Let's be honest once again. Several member states are fundamentally opposed to it. They will not agree.He also said that it was the commission that has pushed for lower interest rates to be paid on the Greek and Irish bail-outs.I am proud of the fact that the commission and myself have supported the idea to reduce the interest rate which is being paid by Greece and we are now doing the same for Ireland because this is fair.

We cannot impose costs which are very difficult for Greek or Irish citizens to pay.He did however concede that he is worried that Europe is splitting between the haves and have-not states.He said he wants to avoid a Europe divided on north-south or centre-periphery lines.He was responding in particular to criticisms from the centre and left of the house.During the debate, Socialist leader Martin Schulz attacked Barroso for the bloc's failure to make public investments at the same time as pushing for cuts to public spending.He also accused Barroso's political party, the centre-right Portuguese Social Democrats, of bringing down the government for implementing the policies that you and the Commission demanded.On Tuesday, credit rating agency Moody's downgraded Portugal's debt while Portuguese bankers are also demanding the country's caretaker government request an interim loan from the EU until after the general election.Political analysts have said that the caretaker government does not have the mandate to request a bail-out and negotiate the attendant package of austerity measures that come tied to such a lifeline.

EU in race to digitise economy
HONOR MAHONY 05.04.2011 @ 16:46 CET


EUOBSERVER / DIGITAL AGENDA - The EU is trying to drag all of its member states into the digital age. In the not-too-distant future, all EU citizens should have internet access, most should routinely shop online, their medical records will be stored in a data cloud, they will plan trips using smart technology, access art and culture electronically and pay bills, return tax forms and interact with government all online.The bid to see virtually all facets of life conducted electronically by the end of this decade is part of the EU's much-vaunted Digital Agenda. The ultimate economic aim is to make sure that the 27-nation bloc is still among those that count - along with China and the US - by 2020.Digital technology ... will provide Europeans with a better quality of life through better health care, safer and more efficient transport solution, cleaner environment, new media opportunities and easier access to public services and cultural commitment, says the European Commission.Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes says that broadband internet access is a type of digital oxygen essential for our prosperity and our wellbeing.

By 2013, all EU citizens should have broadband internet coverage. Two years later, half of them should be buying online (and 20 percent buying cross border online) while 50 percent should be partaking in e-government. Meanwhile, a series of public services such as 'e-justice' should be available across borders by 2015 and a single telecoms market should mean that there is almost no difference in price between making a mobile phone call at home and calling while in another EU country.But while the targets are relatively straightforward on paper, the regulatory, societal, security and privacy implications are staggeringly complex.

Access

The most basic issue is internet access. Some 25 percent of Europeans - mostly poorer and elderly - have never even used the internet. There are vast differences among member states. While Denmark has at 37.3 percent a broadband penetration rate that is amongst the highest in the world, according to 2008 figures, Bulgaria comes in bottom of the EU league table with 11 percent. And Europe is a long way off in place ultra-fast fibre-based networks - 100 times faster than regular broadband - already at 15 percent penetration in world leader South Korea but languishing at just one percent in the EU.On top of this, there is little interoperability in the digital market – common standards need to be set if all EU citizens are to equally benefit from such things as e-health, e-transport and e-government. The telecoms market is fragmented. Too few Europeans are skilled in ICT and member states are reluctant to raise R&D spending. This last fault is compounded by the sharp economic downturn across the bloc.For consumers, a number of practical problems remain. They do not know what their rights are if they buy abroad and something goes amiss – that is if they are allowed to use their credit card at all. Electronic payments and e-invoicing still tends to stop at the physical border. A single European number for a company to deal with customer queries is a good idea, but a long way from reality.

In terms of online content, copyright remains as contentious an issue as ever. An online pan-European music store would have to deal with rights issues in 27 member states, for example, while it is not clear where the law stands on orphan works, whose copyright has expired. The borderless nature of the internet has raised profound questions for musicians and rights management agencies that collect royalties.When people start to treat the internet as something that is no longer limited by borders, this makes life difficult both for consumers and for companies, says Fabian Zuleeg, chief economist at the European Policy Centre.

A slew of proposals

The European Commission is due to publish a slew of proposals to tackle just this issue later this year. They include a review of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, legislation on orphan works and on collective rights management (the agencies that collect royalties for musicians). It is also evaluating the 2000 e-commerce law because of the slow-take up in shopping online among European consumers. Meanwhile the European Parliament recently agreed a new law that improve the rights of online buyers including setting down rules governing returns and digital downloads.EU internal market Michel Barnier's diary is a good indication of the range of the scope of the issue. On a single day in March, he met the CEO of the online trading giant ebay, the presidents of the independent music association Impala and Naive, as well as the head of Kiala, a parcel business.Aside from regulatory and spending issues, fundamental to the success of the EU's digital agenda is making citizens believe that carrying out more and more aspects of their daily lives online is safe.Trust comes by foot and leaves on horseback, remarked EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy explaining the difficulties of building up online confidence.Fears about security issues already prevents many people from shopping online. According to EU statistics, over a third of people say they do not buy online because of payment security concerns. This fear is closely followed by privacy and trust concerns.As activities such as e-voting or e-petitions or e-governance become more prevalent, the potential for abuse by authorities grows with it, while companies are keen to closely track consumers online moves so they can better target advertising.A broader underlying issue for the Digital Agenda is funding. Mr Zuleeg notes that next-generation broadband and smart grids mean huge investments.Public finances are very constrained. It is very difficult to see that this major push is going to come from the member states especially when we're talking about cross-border projects. The majority has to be done through private funding, suggests Mr Zuleeg.The European Commission is already talking up public-private partnerships as a way to get around empty public coffers. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso emphasised the importance of the idea in his State of the Union speech last year.It is also pushing the idea of EU 'project bonds' to help pull billions in investment needed for smart grids and other infrastructure.Mr Zuleeg suggests that the Digitial Agenda programme is realistic but to succeed it will need cross-sectoral from all the relevant departments in the commission.The key issue is to have a coherent list of recommendation – a programme that cuts across a number of DGs jointly but at a very high level.Read more in the EUobserver April FOCUS on Digital Agenda.

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.

Storms fell trees, crush homes in South, killing 9 By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press – Tue Apr 5, 8:21 pm ET

JACKSON, Ga. – An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family's bedroom killed a father and the young son he was holding in his arms Tuesday as a fast-moving storm system pounded the South with tornadoes, hail and spectacular lightning. At least nine people were killed around the region, including several who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines.Paramedics found the 4-year-old boy, Alix Bonhomme III, wrapped in the arms of his father, Alix Bonhomme Jr., in a sight so wrenching that even grizzled rescuers wept. Miraculously, a younger son in the bedroom wasn't hurt, nor was Bonhomme's fiancee, Marcie Moorer, who was sleeping in another room.Moorer, who was still in pajamas hours later, said she still couldn't fathom what happened when the storm rumbled through Jackson, a town about 45 miles south of Atlanta. Her 3-year-old son Iysic rode his tricycle around a relative's front yard as she looked on.I'm still in shock. It hasn't hit me yet, said a bleary-eyed Moorer, who was planning to marry Bonhomme in July.Later in the day, she added: I'm just happy I have Iysic. That's all I can think about.The storms were part of a system that cut a wide swath from the Mississippi River across the Southeast to Georgia and the Carolinas on Monday and early Tuesday. Drivers dodged debris during the morning commute in Atlanta, where one person was killed when a tree fell on his car. Georgia officials estimated the damage at $32 million but that it would likely climb.

The National Weather Service had confirmed at least eight of the nearly two-dozen possible tornadoes it was investigating in several states, though the damage in Jackson was blamed on 60 mph winds that weren't part of a twister. The system that also knocked out power to hundreds of thousands had moved over the Atlantic Ocean by late morning. Crews were restoring power to many.In Augusta, Ga., a practice round for the Masters golf tournament was delayed by 45 minutes while workers cleaned up debris. One of Augusta National Golf Club's famed magnolia trees was destroyed by the storm.In rural south Georgia, authorities said 45-year-old Christopher McNair was found dead under debris after a mobile home in Dodge County was ripped from its foundation by a tornado. Authorities say his body was thrown about 100 yards from the trailer, and three other people in the structure were injured.A relative, Ricky McNair, described a desperate search for the man in an interview with WMAZ-TV.Oh my God, I was hollering at the top of my voice, hoping that he could hear me and hoping that I could hear him answer me, McNair said, choking back tears.And when I found him, I just, I just broke down.An unidentified Irwin County man was killed when a tree struck his home, according to emergency officials. And 56-year-old Ronnie Taylor, a Colquitt County road worker, was killed when he struck a large oak tree in the middle of the road as he was driving to work early Tuesday.Memphis fire officials said an 87-year-old man found dead in his home Monday was electrocuted by a downed power line. In southern Mississippi, a 21-year-old man was killed when his car struck a tree that had fallen across a road, Copiah County coroner Ellis Stuart said.The Georgia Department of Corrections said Robert Kincaid Jr., a state inmate being housed in the Colquitt County Prison, was killed Tuesday morning during storm cleanup when a tree fell on him.Elsewhere, emergency officials were thankful the storm didn't do greater damage. And it wasn't limited to the South. In Ohio at least three tornadoes were confirmed.

Strong winds ripped off part of the roof of an Ashland City, Tenn., elementary school gymnasium, but officials said no children were injured. Seven people working at a plant in western Kentucky were injured Monday when a possible tornado hit, but dozens others were spared because they were on break at the time.We're fortunate not to have any serious injuries or death, Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham said.In Jackson, the mayor estimated it would take weeks — or longer — to clean the wreckage.Some residents say they saw the sky turn an eerie green hue as the storm struck. Bennie Battle, Moorer's stepfather, said he remembers the sky lighting up as the worst of the weather hit.It was just a lot of wind and lightning, said Battle, who lives down the street from Moorer.It was like being in the middle of a laser show.Bonhomme Jr., a New York native whose accent made him stand out, worked two jobs to support his family at the Family Dollar and Little Caesars, both a short walk from their modest duplex. Friends and neighbors said he was a devoted father who was always quick to strike up a conversation.He was a hard-working kid and a family man, said Tray Head, a neighbor. He was always in his yard playing with the kids. He was just about the nicest guy I ever met.Firefighters swarmed Bonhomme's house after the storm passed, trying to save the father and son. Head saw some rescuers cry after they uncovered the bodies.You never see them cry because they're used to seeing everything, he said.But when they saw that, they started bawling.By Tuesday morning, the skies had cleared and the winds had died down. And temperatures throughout the South were expected to dip in the 30s overnight though they're expected to quickly rebound.Tae Brannon, a relative of Moorer, surveyed the damage as tears welled in her eyes. A toy truck her nephew once played with was crushed under one of the limbs. A tie-dyed soccer ball, a stuffed animal and a car seat base were strewn throughout the yard.

She and her son were saved by the grace of God, she said, shaking her head.I guess you never know, but the lord knows best. He didn't put us here forever, and there's going to be a time when you have to leave.Marcie's brother Jonathan Moorer, who rushed to the house clutching a picture of her family, burst into tears when he saw what remained. When he was asked how the community could help, he could only muster two words.Just pray.Associated Press writers Lenny Pallats and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.

Severe storms in Southeast states cause deaths, damage
By David Beasley – Tue Apr 5, 11:25 am ET


ATLANTA (Reuters) – Severe storms blowing across the Southeast killed at least five people in Georgia early on Tuesday, and also were to blame for deaths in two other states, authorities said.In Jackson, Georgia, about 40 miles south of Atlanta, a tree fell on a duplex apartment killing a father and his 3-year-old son, said David Dunn, a fire captain.They were in bed together and a tree fell, said Dunn.There was another child in bed with them who escaped unharmed.The mother, who was in another bedroom, also was uninjured, Dunn said.In Dodge County, about 140 miles south of Atlanta, winds lifted a doublewide home off its foundation, killing one man inside, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Captain Tony Winborn.The mobile home was ripped apart by the strong winds and scattered throughout a field, said Winborn.Christopher McNair, 45, was found dead beneath the debris, said Winborn, who said it was not yet known whether the damage was caused by a tornado or high winds.There were also storm-related deaths in Atlanta and in Colquitt County, according to media reports.Early Tuesday, 132,000 Georgia Power Co. customers were without power, including 48,000 in metro Atlanta, said utility spokeswoman Carol Boatwright.Winds, hail and tornadoes were reported across the Southeast, toppling trees, downing power lines and damaging buildings.A driver was killed Monday evening in southern Mississippi after running into a tree that had fallen across a road during the storms, said Rick Stevens, emergency operator for Copiah County.

In Memphis, Tennessee, an 87-year-old man died after being electrocuted by a downed power line that he picked up while clearing debris around his home, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials said.Officials said 75,000 customers in Nashville and 60,000 customers in Memphis were without power during the peak of the storm Monday night, and many still didn't have power on Tuesday.Some schools in counties around Nashville were closed on Tuesday. One high school west of Nashville sustained damage from winds that reportedly reached 80 to 85 miles per hour.(Additional reporting by Colleen Jenkins and Timothy Ghianni; Editing by Jerry Norton)

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Ozone layer faces record 40 pct loss over Arctic
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press – Tue Apr 5, 7:01 pm ET


GENEVA – The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays — ultraviolet radiation — has thinned about 40 percent this winter, a record drop, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday.The Arctic's damaged stratospheric ozone layer isn't the best known ozone hole — that would be Antarctica's, which forms when sunlight returns in spring there each year. But the Arctic's situation is due to similar causes: ozone-munching compounds in air pollutants that are chemically triggered by a combination of extremely cold temperatures and sunlight.

The losses this winter in the Arctic's fragile ozone atmospheric layer strongly exceeded the previous seasonal loss of about 30 percent, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization in Geneva said.It blamed the combination of very cold temperatures in the stratosphere, the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and ozone-eating CFCs from aerosol sprays and refrigeration.This is pretty sudden and unusual, said Bryan Johnson, an atmospheric chemist who works in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.Atmospheric scientists concerned about global warming focus on the Arctic because that is a region where the effects are expected to be felt first.The Arctic stratosphere continues to be vulnerable to ozone destruction caused by ozone-depleting substances linked to human activities, the U.N. weather agency's secretary-general Michel Jarraud said.Although the thinner ozone means more radiation can hit Earth's surface, the ozone levels in the Arctic remain higher than in other regions such as in the equatorial regions, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, whose recent Arctic findings mirror those of the U.N. agency.Ozone losses occur over the polar regions when temperatures drop below -78 degrees Celsius (-108 Fahrenheit) and iridescent ice clouds form. Sunlight on icy surfaces triggers the ozone-eating reactions in chlorine and bromine that comes from air pollutants such as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once widely used as refrigerants and flame retardants in household appliances.

As sunlight returns, it all comes together to trigger significant thinning of the ozone, Johnson explained.Mostly the concern, for the Arctic ozone depletion, is for people that live in northern regions, more towards Iceland, northern Norway, the northern coast of Russia, he added, saying they should be more careful outside, wearing sunscreen and sunglasses.As of late March, the U.N. said, the thinning ozone was shifting away from the pole and was covering Greenland and Scandinavia.For the planet, Johnson said, there's the concern that if this were to happen every year — even though the ozone naturally regenerates itself — you might see a trending downward of the atmospheric ozone layer.After scientists raised warnings in the early 1970s — later earning a Nobel Prize — virtually all the world's nations agreed to the 1987 treaty called the Montreal Protocol to cut back on CFCs used in air conditioning, aerosol sprays, foam packaging and other products.But the compounds have long atmospheric lifetimes, so it takes decades for their concentrations to subside to the pre-1980 levels agreed to in the Montreal Protocol. The ozone layer outside the polar regions isn't expected to recover to pre-1980 levels until sometime between 2030 and 2040.The ozone treaty also encourages industries to use replacement chemicals less damaging to ozone.Some scientists say if that treaty hadn't been adopted, two-thirds of the world's protective ozone layer would be gone about a half-century from now and the CFCs, which also are long-lived potent greenhouse gases, would have pushed the world's temperature up an extra few degrees.

Arctic ozone conditions vary more than the seasonal ozone hole that forms high in the stratosphere near the South Pole each winter and spring, and the temperatures are always warmer in the Arctic than over Antarctica. Because of the changing weather and temperatures that some Arctic winters experience, there have been times where there is almost no ozone loss, and others when the exceptionally cold stratospheric conditions has led to substantial ozone depletion, U.N. scientists say.This year, the Arctic winter was warmer than average at ground level but colder in the stratosphere than normal. Average Arctic temperatures in January range from about -40 to 0 C (-40 to 32 F) and in July from about -10 to 10 C (14 to 50 F). U.N. officials say the latest losses — unprecedented, but not entirely unexpected — were detected in satellite observations and weather balloons that show at what altitudes the ozone loss is occurring.Online:
WMO: http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html
UN ozone: http://ozone.unep.org/

Deutsche Boerse can bide its time with NYSE bid: analysts
by Etienne Balmer – Tue Apr 5, 1:21 pm ET


FRANKFURT (AFP) – German market operator Deutsche Boerse could stand by its offer for the New York Stock Exchange and hope a rival bid by Nasdaq OMX falls apart owing to heavy debt and other risks, analysts say.The cash-and-share offer by Nasdaq OMX announced on Friday for NYSE Euronext represents a premium of about 19 percent over one from Deutsche Boerse, at $11.3 billion.But the head of the German operator, Reto Francioni has not indicated that he will up the ante.We will not get involved in a bidding war, a source close to the Deutsche Boerse boss told the German daily Die Welt.Christian Muschick at the German investment bank Silvia Quandt said: We expect Deutsche Boerse to stick to a take it or leave it approach.That could be a winning strategy if faults in the all-American Nasdaq/NYSE plan widen under the pressure of Nasdaq OMX's heavy debt.The second biggest US market operator already has debt of $2.3 billion, almost three times its 2010 core operating profit.And since one third of its offer is in cash, Nasdaq would have to borrow more, not to mention the fact it would have to take on debt held by NYSE Euronext, which would bring the total to $6.5 billion.

That has prompted international ratings agencies Standard and Poor's and Moody's to voice doubt about Nasdaq OMX's solvency in the event it manages to snag NYSE Euronext.The amount of expected savings is also open to question, analysts said.
Nasdaq and its ally ICE have estimated annual savings of $740 million after three years, far more than the 300 million euros ($425 million) mooted by Deutsche Boerse from its own offer.These cost synergies are incredibly high, and are very provisional figures, almost shots in the dark, LBBW analyst Martin Peter told AFP.
Meeting such cost savings would imply losts of unemployment on Wall Street, which could hamper a deal, he added.A massive US stock market entity could also be nipped in the bud by competition watchdogs owing to a quasi monopoly on US stock transactions.If such concerns caused the value of Nasdaq's own shares to fall,its offer would lose some of its lustre for NYSE Euronext shareholders, since most of the offer is based on equity, said Andreas Plaesier at the M.M. Warburg bank.The cash component is certainly very interesting on the other hand but shareholders should consider the long-term aspects, he added.Deutsche Boerse insists meanwhile that its plan represents the best possible combination for investors on both sides of a deal.But that project is subject to scrutiny by competition authorities as well because it would combine dominant positions from both sides, especially in derivatives trading. And success is not only a question of size,noted Martin Peter at LBBW.He suggested that Deutsche Boerse would do better to create alliances with alternative trading platforms that offer lower transaction charges and have been nibbling away at the big guy's market shares.

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