The return of the Mahdi (MICHAEL EVANS)
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Posted: May 5, 2006, 1:00 a.m. Eastern, © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at the United Nations in October 2005. At the conclusion of his discourse, he called upon Allah to quickly usher in the re emergence of the "Twelfth" or "Hidden Imam," sometimes referred to as the "Mahdi. The fanatical leader later claimed that while he spoke to that august body, he was surrounded by a halo of light.
Mr. Ahmadinejad regaled a local ayatollah with the story of how The leaders of the world" stared at him during the time he spoke. He further claimed that they were unable to blink or turn away, as though some unseen force held them in a trance-like state. When I say they didn't bat an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating, because I was looking at them," intoned Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad is a Shia Muslim. Many of them believe that the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, the last in a line of saints descended from Ali, the founder of their sect, vanished down a well near Jamkaran, Iran, in A.D. 941. According to their beliefs, he went into a state of "occultation," like the sun being hidden behind the clouds; and, after a stormy period of apocalyptic wars, the
clouds will part, and the "sun" (the Mahdi) will be revealed. They believe that when he is released from his imprisonment, the entire world will submit to Islam.
The world may smirk as they hear the president of Iran talking of the return of the Mahdi and
think it is just a bunch of religious foolishness. But, he is dead serious. Not only does he believe it, but the tens of thousands of mullahs controlling ancient Persia believe it also. It is their mission from God. But just who is this "Mahdi," this Hidden Imam? Some thought it was the Ayatollah Khomeini. In fact, when he returned to Iran in February 1979 following the overthrow of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the roads leading into Tehran were lined with nearly 2 million Shia Muslims screaming "al-Muntazar.
The grand ayatollah was quick to deny that he was "al-Muntazar, one of the names given to the Hidden Imam. In other words, many thought Khomeini was the awakened Mahdi. Khomeini did, however, explain to his followers that he was the forerunner, the one who had come to open the way for the Hidden Imam to make his reappearance.
The Hidden Imam, upon his unveiling, will, according Iran's constitution, assume leadership in the Islamic republic. All will acquiesce to his authority in what is essentially an end-time paradigm based on what some call the Muslim messiah. Ahmadinejad's belief in this Hidden Imam is so compelling that he may well be persuaded to go to any lengths, including a nuclear attack on Israel and/or the United States, to precipitate an apocalyptic event, a means to an end.
Initially, Ahmadinejad's threats seemed but the idle ranting of a megalomaniac. But now, armed with the capability to produce nuclear weapons, Iran will be a menace with which to be reckoned. The spirit of the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini lives on in Iran. This is the same Khomeini who said in 1981, "I say let Iran go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
The ummah or Muslims worldwide are comprised of Sunni and Shia Muslims. The two different sects evolved following the death of Muhammad. The Sunnis readily accepted his successor, while the Shia Muslims demanded their leader be a direct descendant of Muhammad. This personage is known to the Shia as "Ali." Hence the designation, "The Party of Ali. Through
the ages, additional subdivisions in the Shia sect have pitted one group against another, all led by recognized descendants of Muhammad. Their individual designations are derived from the number of the imam which they follow.
Thus, Iran is comprised mainly of followers of the "Twelfth," or the Hidden Imam. He succeeded Al-Hassan al-Askari who died in A.D. 874. Shiite Muslims believe that the Twelfth Imam disappeared down a well near Jamkaran in A.D. 941, and will emerge from this location at his Second Coming. But first, they believe, the world will go through great calamities and upheavals. This "apocalypse" will set the conditions for the Mahdi's return. The Hidden Imam is known by several monikers, which translate to "expected one," the "hidden one" and, of course, Mahdi (promised one).
His mystique is enhanced by the legend that the young successor in the lineage of Muhammad was secreted because he was unaccepted by the majority of Muslims. He will apparently be kept in seclusion until the day he emerges to reunite Muslims, conquer the world and establish an Islamic caliphate. Ahmadinejad has taken up the banner of the Hidden Imam. His hate-filled rhetoric aimed at the Jews and America is stirring fanatical Muslims the world over. On April 20, a group calling itself the Islamic Thinkers Society rallied near the Israeli Embassy in Queens, N.Y. Carrying placards and banners picturing an Islamic flag flying over the White House, they shouted such vile pronouncements as:
Zionists, Zionists You will pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
Israeli Zionists You shall pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
The mushroom cloud is on its way!
The real Holocaust is on its way!
We will not accept the United Nations, they are the criminals themselvesThey get paid by the Israeli and the U.S. government to do their job.We don't recognize United Nations as a body; We only recognize Allah.Israel won't last long ... Indeed, Allah will repeat the Holocaust right on the soil of Israel.
Islam will dominate the world, Islam is the only solution.Another mushroom cloud, right in the midst of Israel! As days pass, Ahmadinejad becomes more defiant. It is as if he is daring the nations of the world to try to stop him. How far will he go? Will he, indeed, launch a murderous attack against Israel or the United States in a misguided attempt to see his dream of the return of the Hidden Imam come to fruition? It becomes more obvious that he is willing to stop at nothing to reach his goal.
http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2006/01/iranian-leader-thinks-hes-messiah.html
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Michael D. Evans is the author of "The American Prophecies," an Amazon and Barnes and Noble No.1 best seller, and a New York Times best seller. He is also the founder of America’s largest Christian coalition, the Jerusalem Prayer Team.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
SOLAR STORM
Story 1 a Solar Storm Threat. And Story 2 Israel to Bomb IRAN in the next 3 MONTHS.
In the Book of Revelation we see the Sky become Blood red this could be the future cause. A SOLAR STORM. First there will be an Earthquake, then the Moon Turns Red, then the Meteorites hit he Earth. I have a feeling this Solar storm will cause the Meteors to fall to Earth as well as from the Quake.
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Scientists warn of solar storm threatUpdated Thu. May. 4 2006 10:19 AM ET (Valerie Iancovich , DiscoveryChannel.ca)
The heavens assumed an almost blood red appearance, while here and there long streaks of light shot up from the horizon to the zenith," The New York Herald reported after the solar storm of 1859. Scientists say in less than a decade, it will likely happen again on a more devastating scale. As the world scrambles to prepare for hurricanes and earthquakes of
unprecedented strength, some scientists say the sun poses an equal threat, with predictions calling for a 2012 sun storm of immense proportions.
If the idea of a solar storm sounds too much like the stuff of sci-fi, consider this: a single large solar flare has a million times more energy than the largest earthquake, according to Space.com. The vast space between the Earth and the Sun is filled with electrically-charged particles, radiation, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic energy that could play havoc with Earth in
the event of elevated solar output. The last great solar super storm was 145 years ago. But, this event provides little context given our very recently-adopted dependence on satellite-based technologies.
Last month, experts convened in Colorado during Space Weather Week (April 25-28) to discuss the issues surrounding the approaching 2012 event. If the storm turns out to be at the same scale as the one in 1859, economic disaster would ensue, with immediate costs around the $20 billion mark. Sten Odenwald of the QSS Corp., based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt predicts that in the 2012 storm will kill only the oldest of the 300 geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites. However the storm would likely reduce the life of all the other satellites by five to 10 years.
These longer-term problems would add tens of billions of dollars more over the years, Odenwald says. The GEO satellites alone generate about $97 billion US in revenue each year.
A solar superstorm could also:
· force about 100 low Earth-orbiting spacecraft to undergo earlier-than-normal reentry
· disrupt Global Positioning Systems the world over
· force the International Space Station to lose altitude.
And in this Story the Bible says that Nuclear weapons will be used in WW3. Here are the effects of A Nuclear Bomb going off right from the Bible.
ZECHARIAH 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 Israel will hit Iran in the next few months: Israeli official
(By Khalid Hasan)
WASHINGTON: Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next “month or two or three,” an Israeli official has been quoted here as saying. The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of the United Press International (UPI), at the recently held national day reception at the Israeli Embassy that he believed Israel would strike Iran first in the next two or three months and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they had been to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel had used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it would be missiles.
Asked if Israel would employ Cruise missiles, he replied, “with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again”, which meant that it would be the weapon of choice. Asked if tunnel entrances to widely scattered Iranian nuclear facilities would be targeted, he responded that Israel had its own geo-stationary spy-in-the-sky satellite taking constant pictures of Iran with a resolution down to 70 centimetres. “We know far more than anyone realises,” he added.
De Borchgrave’s report quoted a poll of conservative Republicans by a conservative web-based news service, which showed overwhelmingly strong support for bombing Iran. Almost 60,000 people took part in the poll and 88 percent agreed that Iran poses a greater threat than Saddam Hussein did before the Iraq War. To the question, “Should the US undertake military action against Iran to stop their (nuclear) programme?” 77 percent replied yes, 23 percent said no.
Forty-five percent said that military action should be taken by the United States, while 35 percent wanted Israel to do that. Twenty percent said neither. As for whether US efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear weapons are working, 93 percent said they were not, while 89 percent said the US should not rely solely on the UN.
According to de Borchgrave, “Israel has developed some 100 Jericho-II medium-range ballistic missiles (which entered service in 1989). Jericho II’s range varies from 1,500 to 3,500 kilometres, depending on payload weight. They are deployed in underground caves and silos. Israel has several satellites in orbit - Ofeq-1 through Ofeq-5 - that were launched by Shavit space launch vehicles (SLV). The first two stages of the Shavit were Jericho II missiles. There are unconfirmed reports of an upgraded Jericho-3 missile with a range of over 3,000 kilometres.
In the Book of Revelation we see the Sky become Blood red this could be the future cause. A SOLAR STORM. First there will be an Earthquake, then the Moon Turns Red, then the Meteorites hit he Earth. I have a feeling this Solar storm will cause the Meteors to fall to Earth as well as from the Quake.
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Scientists warn of solar storm threatUpdated Thu. May. 4 2006 10:19 AM ET (Valerie Iancovich , DiscoveryChannel.ca)
The heavens assumed an almost blood red appearance, while here and there long streaks of light shot up from the horizon to the zenith," The New York Herald reported after the solar storm of 1859. Scientists say in less than a decade, it will likely happen again on a more devastating scale. As the world scrambles to prepare for hurricanes and earthquakes of
unprecedented strength, some scientists say the sun poses an equal threat, with predictions calling for a 2012 sun storm of immense proportions.
If the idea of a solar storm sounds too much like the stuff of sci-fi, consider this: a single large solar flare has a million times more energy than the largest earthquake, according to Space.com. The vast space between the Earth and the Sun is filled with electrically-charged particles, radiation, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic energy that could play havoc with Earth in
the event of elevated solar output. The last great solar super storm was 145 years ago. But, this event provides little context given our very recently-adopted dependence on satellite-based technologies.
Last month, experts convened in Colorado during Space Weather Week (April 25-28) to discuss the issues surrounding the approaching 2012 event. If the storm turns out to be at the same scale as the one in 1859, economic disaster would ensue, with immediate costs around the $20 billion mark. Sten Odenwald of the QSS Corp., based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt predicts that in the 2012 storm will kill only the oldest of the 300 geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites. However the storm would likely reduce the life of all the other satellites by five to 10 years.
These longer-term problems would add tens of billions of dollars more over the years, Odenwald says. The GEO satellites alone generate about $97 billion US in revenue each year.
A solar superstorm could also:
· force about 100 low Earth-orbiting spacecraft to undergo earlier-than-normal reentry
· disrupt Global Positioning Systems the world over
· force the International Space Station to lose altitude.
And in this Story the Bible says that Nuclear weapons will be used in WW3. Here are the effects of A Nuclear Bomb going off right from the Bible.
ZECHARIAH 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 Israel will hit Iran in the next few months: Israeli official
(By Khalid Hasan)
WASHINGTON: Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next “month or two or three,” an Israeli official has been quoted here as saying. The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of the United Press International (UPI), at the recently held national day reception at the Israeli Embassy that he believed Israel would strike Iran first in the next two or three months and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they had been to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel had used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it would be missiles.
Asked if Israel would employ Cruise missiles, he replied, “with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again”, which meant that it would be the weapon of choice. Asked if tunnel entrances to widely scattered Iranian nuclear facilities would be targeted, he responded that Israel had its own geo-stationary spy-in-the-sky satellite taking constant pictures of Iran with a resolution down to 70 centimetres. “We know far more than anyone realises,” he added.
De Borchgrave’s report quoted a poll of conservative Republicans by a conservative web-based news service, which showed overwhelmingly strong support for bombing Iran. Almost 60,000 people took part in the poll and 88 percent agreed that Iran poses a greater threat than Saddam Hussein did before the Iraq War. To the question, “Should the US undertake military action against Iran to stop their (nuclear) programme?” 77 percent replied yes, 23 percent said no.
Forty-five percent said that military action should be taken by the United States, while 35 percent wanted Israel to do that. Twenty percent said neither. As for whether US efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear weapons are working, 93 percent said they were not, while 89 percent said the US should not rely solely on the UN.
According to de Borchgrave, “Israel has developed some 100 Jericho-II medium-range ballistic missiles (which entered service in 1989). Jericho II’s range varies from 1,500 to 3,500 kilometres, depending on payload weight. They are deployed in underground caves and silos. Israel has several satellites in orbit - Ofeq-1 through Ofeq-5 - that were launched by Shavit space launch vehicles (SLV). The first two stages of the Shavit were Jericho II missiles. There are unconfirmed reports of an upgraded Jericho-3 missile with a range of over 3,000 kilometres.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
TERRORISM WILL COME TO CANADA
Story 1 A Russian Volcano Eruption and Story 2 Canada will get Al Quidad.
Mark 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
'Powerful' volcano eruption in Russia's far east Tue May 9, 6:52 AM ET MOSCOW
(AFP) - A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia has erupted in a powerful explosion that spewed smoke and ash up to 15 kilometres (nine miles) into the air and sent red-hot lava flowing down the volcano's slopes, news agencies reported. The eruption on Tuesday posed no immediate danger to populated areas on the remote peninsula but aircraft were advised to skirt far around the vicinity while authorities said tourists and hunters should not approach any closer than 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the volcano, ITAR-TASS said.
A massive cloud from the eruption was blowing east over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of around eight kilometers (five miles) and had already spread over a distance of up to 700 kilometers (435 miles), the agency said, quoting experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The volcano, known by the name of No Name, sits amid a group of 28 volcanos in the central portion of the Kamchatka peninsula and is the most active among them, erupting once or twice a year on average, RIA Novosti said. Ash from an eruption from the No Name volcano in 2004 was detected in the US Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
And in this story Yes Canada will get bombed by Osama at some point because the Bible says there will be World Violence (TERRORISM).
GENESIS 6:11:1211 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (TERRORISM).
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;
REVELATION 3:10
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7,13
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Al Qaeda attack on Canada 'probable': CSIS Updated Tue. May. 9 2006 11:32 PM ET Canadian Press.
OTTAWA -- While the threat from al Qaeda remains strongest overseas, a terrorist attack on Canadian soil is "now probable," the head of Canada's spy agency has quietly advised the government. In his annual report to the public safety minister, Jim Judd says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's highest priority involved trying to prevent assaults occurring in, or originating from, Canada. The threat of further attacks by Sunni Islamic extremists and other like-minded groups continues, bringing with it elevated demands on the service's resources," says the report, which covers the year 2004-05.
A focus of the intelligence service's counter-terrorism program "was therefore the interdiction and removal" of such radicals. During the past year, Canada and Canadian interests abroad continued to be under threat from al Qaeda and its affiliated groups," Judd says. While the threat remains concentrated overseas, an attack on Canadian soil is now probable. Judd's comments represent some of the strongest language used by a senior Canadian official to date in characterizing the threat from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A declassified copy of the top secret report was obtained Tuesday by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. It was delivered by hand in late November to then-public safety minister Anne McLellan, later defeated in the January election. Al Qaeda, which perpetrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, included Canada on a list of target countries in both November 2002 and March 2004. Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have come under repeated attack from al Qaeda and Taliban elements opposed to the new western-supported government in Kabul.
Stephen Rigby, acting national security adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said Tuesday the government ismaintaining "a very high degree of vigilance" with respect to al Qaeda. We're just trying to increase the level of sophistication as to how we refine that consideration of the threat, where it might come, how it might come," Rigby said after speaking to a conference on national security. For instance, federal officials pay "a lot more" attention to the possibility of a strike on transit systems following the deadly terrorist assaults on commuters in Madrid and London, he said.
That extends to closely examining the explosive devices used by extremists in these attacks. We study those, and we sort of consider various scenarios in which they might be used in Canada," Rigby said. "We try to develop the most refined threat scenarios that we can. Rigby said, however, that Canadian officials have "no specific evidence" of a plot at this time. Transport Canada's John Forster told the meeting, sponsored by the Conference Board of Canada, that transportation systems have figured in one way or another in almost every major terrorist attack during the last 30 years. So, unfortunately, there's no reason to believe that this troubling reality will change," said Forster.
One concern is that terrorists might set off a "dirty bomb" - a conventional explosive laced with radiological material that could contaminate several city blocks. Judd's report says the spy service's counter-proliferation branch, which tries to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, "continued to investigate Shiite and state-sponsored terrorism," as well as the activities of certain unnamed foreign governments. The report also stresses the service's involvement in security screening, namely the vetting of visitors to Canada, refugee claimants, immigrants, prospective citizens and employees who work at sensitive government jobs and installations such as nuclear plants and airports.
Mark 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
'Powerful' volcano eruption in Russia's far east Tue May 9, 6:52 AM ET MOSCOW
(AFP) - A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia has erupted in a powerful explosion that spewed smoke and ash up to 15 kilometres (nine miles) into the air and sent red-hot lava flowing down the volcano's slopes, news agencies reported. The eruption on Tuesday posed no immediate danger to populated areas on the remote peninsula but aircraft were advised to skirt far around the vicinity while authorities said tourists and hunters should not approach any closer than 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the volcano, ITAR-TASS said.
A massive cloud from the eruption was blowing east over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of around eight kilometers (five miles) and had already spread over a distance of up to 700 kilometers (435 miles), the agency said, quoting experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The volcano, known by the name of No Name, sits amid a group of 28 volcanos in the central portion of the Kamchatka peninsula and is the most active among them, erupting once or twice a year on average, RIA Novosti said. Ash from an eruption from the No Name volcano in 2004 was detected in the US Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
And in this story Yes Canada will get bombed by Osama at some point because the Bible says there will be World Violence (TERRORISM).
GENESIS 6:11:1211 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (TERRORISM).
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;
REVELATION 3:10
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7,13
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Al Qaeda attack on Canada 'probable': CSIS Updated Tue. May. 9 2006 11:32 PM ET Canadian Press.
OTTAWA -- While the threat from al Qaeda remains strongest overseas, a terrorist attack on Canadian soil is "now probable," the head of Canada's spy agency has quietly advised the government. In his annual report to the public safety minister, Jim Judd says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's highest priority involved trying to prevent assaults occurring in, or originating from, Canada. The threat of further attacks by Sunni Islamic extremists and other like-minded groups continues, bringing with it elevated demands on the service's resources," says the report, which covers the year 2004-05.
A focus of the intelligence service's counter-terrorism program "was therefore the interdiction and removal" of such radicals. During the past year, Canada and Canadian interests abroad continued to be under threat from al Qaeda and its affiliated groups," Judd says. While the threat remains concentrated overseas, an attack on Canadian soil is now probable. Judd's comments represent some of the strongest language used by a senior Canadian official to date in characterizing the threat from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A declassified copy of the top secret report was obtained Tuesday by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. It was delivered by hand in late November to then-public safety minister Anne McLellan, later defeated in the January election. Al Qaeda, which perpetrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, included Canada on a list of target countries in both November 2002 and March 2004. Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have come under repeated attack from al Qaeda and Taliban elements opposed to the new western-supported government in Kabul.
Stephen Rigby, acting national security adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said Tuesday the government ismaintaining "a very high degree of vigilance" with respect to al Qaeda. We're just trying to increase the level of sophistication as to how we refine that consideration of the threat, where it might come, how it might come," Rigby said after speaking to a conference on national security. For instance, federal officials pay "a lot more" attention to the possibility of a strike on transit systems following the deadly terrorist assaults on commuters in Madrid and London, he said.
That extends to closely examining the explosive devices used by extremists in these attacks. We study those, and we sort of consider various scenarios in which they might be used in Canada," Rigby said. "We try to develop the most refined threat scenarios that we can. Rigby said, however, that Canadian officials have "no specific evidence" of a plot at this time. Transport Canada's John Forster told the meeting, sponsored by the Conference Board of Canada, that transportation systems have figured in one way or another in almost every major terrorist attack during the last 30 years. So, unfortunately, there's no reason to believe that this troubling reality will change," said Forster.
One concern is that terrorists might set off a "dirty bomb" - a conventional explosive laced with radiological material that could contaminate several city blocks. Judd's report says the spy service's counter-proliferation branch, which tries to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, "continued to investigate Shiite and state-sponsored terrorism," as well as the activities of certain unnamed foreign governments. The report also stresses the service's involvement in security screening, namely the vetting of visitors to Canada, refugee claimants, immigrants, prospective citizens and employees who work at sensitive government jobs and installations such as nuclear plants and airports.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
FLORIDA FIRES
In Story 1 WE see Fires destroying Florida, like the Bible says 1/3 of all trees and green grass will be burned. And in Story 2 we see Iran getting flooded (The sea and waves Raging). MENS HEARTS FRIGHTENED OF THE STORMS COMING ON THE EARTH.
Crews Continue To Battle Florida Fires A forecaster says a bit of rain falling in Florida "may temporarily improve the situation" for firefighters.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- But the National Weather Service forecaster says the rain likely won't bring long-term help in stamping out dozens of brush fires that have burned more than eight-thousand acres. A spokeswoman for New Smyrna Beach says the region needs "a tremendous amount of rain to get back to normal. Despite the work of more than a hundred
firefighters, at least one house is gone and a thousand people have been chased out.
Rita McSweeney says she could see a black, black sky lit by "fire engine red" flames before she fled her Florida home. Another evacuee, Edward Beazley, tells the Daytona Beach News-Dispatch that many New Smyrna Beach neighbors left lawn sprinklers running before getting away from the brush fires. Parts of I-95 have been closed off-and-on because of thick
smoke. The highway reopened early Tuesday in Brevard and Volusia Counties. Authorities blame the smoke for a five-vehicle crash Sunday that killed two people.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) At least 14 dead in Iranian
floods Tue May 9, 1:25 PM ET TEHRAN
(AFP) - At least 14 people have reportedly drowned in flooding following torrential rains in northwestern Iran's Ardebil province. So far 14 people have been killed in the floods, three bodies have been retrieved, but the search is going on for the rest," a local official, Malek Jafarzadeh, was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying.
State television had reported that some 700 homes were seriously damaged or destroyed and some 9,000 livestock perished as a result of heavy rains which began Monday. With around 8,000 hectares of farmland also washed away, the cost of the damage has been put at around 150 billion rials (16 million dollars).
Crews Continue To Battle Florida Fires A forecaster says a bit of rain falling in Florida "may temporarily improve the situation" for firefighters.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- But the National Weather Service forecaster says the rain likely won't bring long-term help in stamping out dozens of brush fires that have burned more than eight-thousand acres. A spokeswoman for New Smyrna Beach says the region needs "a tremendous amount of rain to get back to normal. Despite the work of more than a hundred
firefighters, at least one house is gone and a thousand people have been chased out.
Rita McSweeney says she could see a black, black sky lit by "fire engine red" flames before she fled her Florida home. Another evacuee, Edward Beazley, tells the Daytona Beach News-Dispatch that many New Smyrna Beach neighbors left lawn sprinklers running before getting away from the brush fires. Parts of I-95 have been closed off-and-on because of thick
smoke. The highway reopened early Tuesday in Brevard and Volusia Counties. Authorities blame the smoke for a five-vehicle crash Sunday that killed two people.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) At least 14 dead in Iranian
floods Tue May 9, 1:25 PM ET TEHRAN
(AFP) - At least 14 people have reportedly drowned in flooding following torrential rains in northwestern Iran's Ardebil province. So far 14 people have been killed in the floods, three bodies have been retrieved, but the search is going on for the rest," a local official, Malek Jafarzadeh, was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying.
State television had reported that some 700 homes were seriously damaged or destroyed and some 9,000 livestock perished as a result of heavy rains which began Monday. With around 8,000 hectares of farmland also washed away, the cost of the damage has been put at around 150 billion rials (16 million dollars).
PA CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS SATAN WORSHIPPERS
Well the Bible does say beheading will be an everyday thing, and who does beheadings MUSLIMS. Israelis and Christians will be hated in these last days oviously because we go by what the Bible says that God gave Israel the land not the Arabs. This hatred will intensify from here on in till the culmination during the 7 yr treaty were saved Christians and Jews will be beheaded for the WORD OF GOD (BIBLE) and their testamonies.
And in Story 2 a Minor Quake in California.
Introduction:
The following article, written by a senior Palestinian Authority religious figure and placed on the website of the PA Supreme [Islamic] Judicial Council, attacks Christian Zionists for adopting "Satan as God" and deviating "from the true Christian faith.
Christian Zionists are presented as a danger to Muslims and the world, and the PA Religious leader calls for their expulsion by the "World Church." Zionist-Christian motivation is said to be "Crusader motivation" and was behind not only the "cursed Balfour Declaration" but is today "behind the British and American policy in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Arab and
Muslim countries.
It should be noted that the writer Hamed Al-Tamimi, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, was appointed to his position of religious leadership before the Hamas came to power in the PA. The following is the text as it appears today on the website of the Supreme [Islamic] Judicial Council:Christian Zionism /by Hamed Al-Tamimi - Director Inter Religion Dialogue Department, member of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Very few people know the truth about this [Christian Zionist] movement, which unconditionally supports the Zionist enemy,(ISRAEL) and unconditionally opposes Islam and the Muslims… Their association and their organizations, headed by The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem," carry out their criminal activities against the Palestinian issue and the Palestinian people, as Walter Riggans, the Secretary-General of the International Christian Embassy, proudly and defiantly announced:
We are more Zionist than the Israelis" … And even if the sides of this hated- malicious alliance [of Israelis and Christian Zionists] have different goals, they both agree on hatred of Islam and the Muslims and on [the goal] to destroy them…The Zionist-Christian motivation, in addition to imperialist motivation, was behind the cursed Balfour Declaration -Balfour and Prime Minister Lloyd George were Christian Zionists -…and the truth is we should not deny [that] these Crusader motivations stand [today] behind the British and American policy in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Arab and Muslim countries.
We choose [to quote from] the following lecture, by the Doctor Priest Riad Jarjour, the Secretary-General of the Middle-Eastern Churches Committee… to shed light on this destructive [Christian Zionist] movement that together with her Zionist Jewish ally comprise the greatest danger to world truth, justice, and peace.
Hence there is no place in the Middle East for Christian Zionism, it must be expelled by the World Church, since it is a dangerous distortion and a big deviation from the true Christian faith, which concentrates on Jesus, and it [Christian Zionism] defends a national political program which considers the Jewish race supreme…They [Christian Zionists] are a group who
adopted Satan as God who drives their crazy nature.
They have praised depravity and cursed virtue, they have turned the moral scale upside down and have reached [a point] in which forgery, deception, and lying, have turned into descriptions of world policy, which is led by the Zionism on both its branches - the Jewish and the Christian.
Minor Earthquake Shakes Southern Calif. Mon May 8, 9:38 PM ET
SAN DIEGO - A minor earthquake rattled parts of southern California on Monday but there were no reports of injury or damage. The magnitude-3.6 quake struck shortly after 5 p.m. and was centered in the Pacific Ocean, about 13 miles off the coast of suburban San Diego, according a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. I just kind of felt my chair wobble," said sheriff's Lt. Jim Bolwerk, who was at a dispatch center in north San Diego. A magnitude-3.1 quake followed at 5:30 p.m., 12 miles off the coast.
And in Story 2 a Minor Quake in California.
Introduction:
The following article, written by a senior Palestinian Authority religious figure and placed on the website of the PA Supreme [Islamic] Judicial Council, attacks Christian Zionists for adopting "Satan as God" and deviating "from the true Christian faith.
Christian Zionists are presented as a danger to Muslims and the world, and the PA Religious leader calls for their expulsion by the "World Church." Zionist-Christian motivation is said to be "Crusader motivation" and was behind not only the "cursed Balfour Declaration" but is today "behind the British and American policy in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Arab and
Muslim countries.
It should be noted that the writer Hamed Al-Tamimi, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, was appointed to his position of religious leadership before the Hamas came to power in the PA. The following is the text as it appears today on the website of the Supreme [Islamic] Judicial Council:Christian Zionism /by Hamed Al-Tamimi - Director Inter Religion Dialogue Department, member of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Very few people know the truth about this [Christian Zionist] movement, which unconditionally supports the Zionist enemy,(ISRAEL) and unconditionally opposes Islam and the Muslims… Their association and their organizations, headed by The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem," carry out their criminal activities against the Palestinian issue and the Palestinian people, as Walter Riggans, the Secretary-General of the International Christian Embassy, proudly and defiantly announced:
We are more Zionist than the Israelis" … And even if the sides of this hated- malicious alliance [of Israelis and Christian Zionists] have different goals, they both agree on hatred of Islam and the Muslims and on [the goal] to destroy them…The Zionist-Christian motivation, in addition to imperialist motivation, was behind the cursed Balfour Declaration -Balfour and Prime Minister Lloyd George were Christian Zionists -…and the truth is we should not deny [that] these Crusader motivations stand [today] behind the British and American policy in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Arab and Muslim countries.
We choose [to quote from] the following lecture, by the Doctor Priest Riad Jarjour, the Secretary-General of the Middle-Eastern Churches Committee… to shed light on this destructive [Christian Zionist] movement that together with her Zionist Jewish ally comprise the greatest danger to world truth, justice, and peace.
Hence there is no place in the Middle East for Christian Zionism, it must be expelled by the World Church, since it is a dangerous distortion and a big deviation from the true Christian faith, which concentrates on Jesus, and it [Christian Zionism] defends a national political program which considers the Jewish race supreme…They [Christian Zionists] are a group who
adopted Satan as God who drives their crazy nature.
They have praised depravity and cursed virtue, they have turned the moral scale upside down and have reached [a point] in which forgery, deception, and lying, have turned into descriptions of world policy, which is led by the Zionism on both its branches - the Jewish and the Christian.
Minor Earthquake Shakes Southern Calif. Mon May 8, 9:38 PM ET
SAN DIEGO - A minor earthquake rattled parts of southern California on Monday but there were no reports of injury or damage. The magnitude-3.6 quake struck shortly after 5 p.m. and was centered in the Pacific Ocean, about 13 miles off the coast of suburban San Diego, according a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. I just kind of felt my chair wobble," said sheriff's Lt. Jim Bolwerk, who was at a dispatch center in north San Diego. A magnitude-3.1 quake followed at 5:30 p.m., 12 miles off the coast.
Monday, May 08, 2006
JULY IRAN SWITCHES TO EUROS IN OIL
I guess IRAN just delayed the switch over from oil dollars to EUROS, now in JULY they start their new oil market in EUROS.
Already the Gas prices are affecting the World economy just wait till Iran switches in July, it should start the inflation the Bible says will occur in the last days and then the EU will take control of the World eonomy when the crash comes in the future.
Iran seeks euro-denominated oil market. Saturday, May 06, 2006 - ©2005
IranMania.com LONDON, May 6 (IranMania) - Iran's Oil Ministry took a step toward establishing an oil trading market denominated in euros, rather than the US dollar, by granting a license for the bourse, Iranian state-run television reported. Just who would trade on the market wasn't immediately apparent. Iranian television did not mention traders or governments willing to market or purchase products on the exchange, nor did it say when it would open for business, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Iran has registered an oil bourse on the Persian Gulf island of Kish in which oil would be sold in euros," the broadcast said. Kish, located off the coast of southern Iran, houses the offices of some 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies. Oil trading is currently only conducted in dollars on markets in New York and London.
According to AP, Iranian legislators earlier this year urged the government to set up the market to reduce the United States' influence over the Islamic republic's economy. They also criticized Oil Minister Sayed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh, saying he had delayed setting up the bourse. If the market succeeds, observers say euro-denominated oil sales could eventually convince
central bankers to convert some US dollar reserves into euros, possibly causing a decline in the dollar's value.
First floated in 2004 when reformist president Mohammad Khatami was in power, the idea of a euros-traded oil bourse gained new life after the stridently nationalist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president last summer, AP pointed out. As the fourth-largest oil producing country in the world, the second in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries and controlling about 5 percent of the global oil supply, Iran has a measure of influence over international oil markets. Tehran also partially controls the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz through which much of the world's oil supply must pass, AP added.
Iran has sought to wield its oil resources as a bargaining tool in Tehran's ongoing standoff with the West over its nuclear program. Iran's deputy oil minister, M.H. Nejad Hosseinian, said Thursday he doubted the UN Security Council would impose sanctions on Iran's oil sector because such a move would drive oil prices higher, AP stated. Council members are considering
imposing sanctions on Iran for defying their request to halt all uranium enrichment-related activities by late last month.
Already the Gas prices are affecting the World economy just wait till Iran switches in July, it should start the inflation the Bible says will occur in the last days and then the EU will take control of the World eonomy when the crash comes in the future.
Iran seeks euro-denominated oil market. Saturday, May 06, 2006 - ©2005
IranMania.com LONDON, May 6 (IranMania) - Iran's Oil Ministry took a step toward establishing an oil trading market denominated in euros, rather than the US dollar, by granting a license for the bourse, Iranian state-run television reported. Just who would trade on the market wasn't immediately apparent. Iranian television did not mention traders or governments willing to market or purchase products on the exchange, nor did it say when it would open for business, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Iran has registered an oil bourse on the Persian Gulf island of Kish in which oil would be sold in euros," the broadcast said. Kish, located off the coast of southern Iran, houses the offices of some 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies. Oil trading is currently only conducted in dollars on markets in New York and London.
According to AP, Iranian legislators earlier this year urged the government to set up the market to reduce the United States' influence over the Islamic republic's economy. They also criticized Oil Minister Sayed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh, saying he had delayed setting up the bourse. If the market succeeds, observers say euro-denominated oil sales could eventually convince
central bankers to convert some US dollar reserves into euros, possibly causing a decline in the dollar's value.
First floated in 2004 when reformist president Mohammad Khatami was in power, the idea of a euros-traded oil bourse gained new life after the stridently nationalist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president last summer, AP pointed out. As the fourth-largest oil producing country in the world, the second in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries and controlling about 5 percent of the global oil supply, Iran has a measure of influence over international oil markets. Tehran also partially controls the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz through which much of the world's oil supply must pass, AP added.
Iran has sought to wield its oil resources as a bargaining tool in Tehran's ongoing standoff with the West over its nuclear program. Iran's deputy oil minister, M.H. Nejad Hosseinian, said Thursday he doubted the UN Security Council would impose sanctions on Iran's oil sector because such a move would drive oil prices higher, AP stated. Council members are considering
imposing sanctions on Iran for defying their request to halt all uranium enrichment-related activities by late last month.
CHENEY EU NATO EXPAND
In Story 1-Vice President Cheney encourages the EU and Nato to Expand. In Story 2-Columbia Floods, And Story-3 2 undersea quakes in Indonesia Sunday.
Cheney backs Balkan Nato-EU bids
US support is seen as crucial for Nato membership US Vice-President Dick Cheney has supported the attempts of three Balkan countries - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia - to
join Nato and the EU. He told the leaders of the three countries that their membership would help rejuvenate the two blocs. Nato and the EU are seen as stabilising factors in the region, especially after the devastating wars of the 1990s. Mr Cheney is on the final leg of a European tour that also took him to Lithuania and Kazakhstan. In a speech in Vilnius, he accused Russia
of backsliding on democracy.
Praise
Croatia began accession talks with the EU in October and hopes to join by 2009. Croatia, Macedonia and Albania signed an agreement with the US in May 2003, called the Adriatic Charter, which is designed to facilitate their integration into the Nato alliance. The US vice-president attended a conference of the Atlantic Charter in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. You who aspire to join these organisations help rejuvenate them Dick Cheney US Vice-President.
He praised the former Communist countries for their willingness to introduce democratic reforms - as well as for their involvement in US-led military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. You who aspire to join these organisations [Nato and the EU] help rejuvenate them and help us re-dedicate ourselves to the basic and fundamental values of freedom and democracy," Mr Cheney told Ivo Sanader of Croatia, Sali Berisha of Albania and Vlado Buckovski of Macedonia.
We also believe that it's very important for both Nato and the EU to take in the new members. Membership of Nato and the EU have been key targets for many Balkan countries. Such high profile support from the US vice-president is very welcome, especially from governments which have sometimes been criticised domestically for their support of US foreign policy, says the BBC's Nick Hawton in Belgrade. On the first leg of his trip, Mr Cheney delivered one of the sharpest US rebukes to Russia in years during a speech at an eastern European regional summit in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. He accused Russia of using its vast energy resources to blackmail its neighbours, and said Moscow had a choice to make between pursuing democratic reforms and reversing the gains of the past decade. Russia rejected Mr Cheney's remarks as "completely incomprehensible.
102 dead after four months of heavy rains in Colombia 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
BOGOTA (AFP) - Heavy rains and flooding since the beginning of the year have killed 102 people and damaged thousand of homes across much of Colombia, according to state rescue agency Socorro Nacional. On Sunday, four more people died in a landslide in a poor Bogota neighborhood, and much of the capital remains under emergency warning due to elevated river
levels. Socorro Nacional deputy director Carlos Ivan Marquez said that in addition to the dead, the heavy rains since January have completely destroyed 943 homes and damaged more than 7,100 in the country, affecting about 82,400 people.
The rains have affected thousands of farms and infrastructure and families in remote and high-risk areas, hitting them hard economically," Marquez said. Max Henriquez, deputy director of the state hydrology and meteorology agency, said the rains will continue to batter much of Colombia, with the agency predicting another five weeks. There is an alert for all of the
departments in the center of the country for sudden rises in upland rivers and landslides," he said.
2 Undersea Earthquakes Rock Indonesia Mon May 8, 8:43 AM ET JAKARTA, Indonesia
Two undersea earthquakes rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday, but caused no casualties or damage, an official said. A 5.6-magnitude tremor 20 miles undersea in the Indian Ocean struck at 8:43 a.m. (9:43 p.m. Sunday) about 25 miles south of Tapaktuan town in Aceh province, said Sahnan Sobri of the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency in Banda Aceh.
He said the second earthquake, of 5.4 magnitude, struck at 5:16 a.m. It was centered about 21 miles below the sea and 80 miles southwest of Bengkulu city on the southern Sumatra Island. Both tremors caused people run in panic but there were no reports of damage, casualties or tsunami, Sobri said. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Dec. 26,
2004, triggering a massive tsunami that left 216,000 people dead or missing in 12 countries around the Indian Ocean — three-quarters of them in nearby Aceh province.
Cheney backs Balkan Nato-EU bids
US support is seen as crucial for Nato membership US Vice-President Dick Cheney has supported the attempts of three Balkan countries - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia - to
join Nato and the EU. He told the leaders of the three countries that their membership would help rejuvenate the two blocs. Nato and the EU are seen as stabilising factors in the region, especially after the devastating wars of the 1990s. Mr Cheney is on the final leg of a European tour that also took him to Lithuania and Kazakhstan. In a speech in Vilnius, he accused Russia
of backsliding on democracy.
Praise
Croatia began accession talks with the EU in October and hopes to join by 2009. Croatia, Macedonia and Albania signed an agreement with the US in May 2003, called the Adriatic Charter, which is designed to facilitate their integration into the Nato alliance. The US vice-president attended a conference of the Atlantic Charter in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. You who aspire to join these organisations help rejuvenate them Dick Cheney US Vice-President.
He praised the former Communist countries for their willingness to introduce democratic reforms - as well as for their involvement in US-led military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. You who aspire to join these organisations [Nato and the EU] help rejuvenate them and help us re-dedicate ourselves to the basic and fundamental values of freedom and democracy," Mr Cheney told Ivo Sanader of Croatia, Sali Berisha of Albania and Vlado Buckovski of Macedonia.
We also believe that it's very important for both Nato and the EU to take in the new members. Membership of Nato and the EU have been key targets for many Balkan countries. Such high profile support from the US vice-president is very welcome, especially from governments which have sometimes been criticised domestically for their support of US foreign policy, says the BBC's Nick Hawton in Belgrade. On the first leg of his trip, Mr Cheney delivered one of the sharpest US rebukes to Russia in years during a speech at an eastern European regional summit in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. He accused Russia of using its vast energy resources to blackmail its neighbours, and said Moscow had a choice to make between pursuing democratic reforms and reversing the gains of the past decade. Russia rejected Mr Cheney's remarks as "completely incomprehensible.
102 dead after four months of heavy rains in Colombia 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
BOGOTA (AFP) - Heavy rains and flooding since the beginning of the year have killed 102 people and damaged thousand of homes across much of Colombia, according to state rescue agency Socorro Nacional. On Sunday, four more people died in a landslide in a poor Bogota neighborhood, and much of the capital remains under emergency warning due to elevated river
levels. Socorro Nacional deputy director Carlos Ivan Marquez said that in addition to the dead, the heavy rains since January have completely destroyed 943 homes and damaged more than 7,100 in the country, affecting about 82,400 people.
The rains have affected thousands of farms and infrastructure and families in remote and high-risk areas, hitting them hard economically," Marquez said. Max Henriquez, deputy director of the state hydrology and meteorology agency, said the rains will continue to batter much of Colombia, with the agency predicting another five weeks. There is an alert for all of the
departments in the center of the country for sudden rises in upland rivers and landslides," he said.
2 Undersea Earthquakes Rock Indonesia Mon May 8, 8:43 AM ET JAKARTA, Indonesia
Two undersea earthquakes rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday, but caused no casualties or damage, an official said. A 5.6-magnitude tremor 20 miles undersea in the Indian Ocean struck at 8:43 a.m. (9:43 p.m. Sunday) about 25 miles south of Tapaktuan town in Aceh province, said Sahnan Sobri of the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency in Banda Aceh.
He said the second earthquake, of 5.4 magnitude, struck at 5:16 a.m. It was centered about 21 miles below the sea and 80 miles southwest of Bengkulu city on the southern Sumatra Island. Both tremors caused people run in panic but there were no reports of damage, casualties or tsunami, Sobri said. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Dec. 26,
2004, triggering a massive tsunami that left 216,000 people dead or missing in 12 countries around the Indian Ocean — three-quarters of them in nearby Aceh province.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
UFOS GOOD BAD ANGELS
I really think UFOS are good and demonic Angels coming to earth to see how close we are to the upcoming tribulation period. Satan and his demonic angels can read scripture just like us, so him and his Angels are trying to Destroy Israel as a nation so Jesus can not rule from the throne in Jerusalem. Fortunately God created Satan, and his fate is settled in the lake of fire in the future as well as his Angels. But for Now Satan has rule over the earth and the atmosphere above the earth.
In the Future, at the midpoint of the tribulation period theres a war in the heavenlies, were Michael and the good angels fight Satan and his Angels. Satan and his Angels lose, and get cast to the earth. This ends Satans rule of the heavenlies and he only has rule on earth for 3 1/2 years before he gets locked in the pit for 1000 years.
At the end of the 1000 yr Reign of Christ, Satan is loosed to test all the children born during this time, to see if they will rebel against JESUS. The bible says many, many will still rebel even though JESUS has been ruling from Jerusalem for a thousand years. But fire comes from heaven and kills these rebelers. Then the Great whit throne Judgement of sinners from the beggining of Adam till the end of the 1000 year rule of Christ. These Sinners will be cast in to the Lake of fire as well as Satan, Death and Hell. And True believers of Christ, and True believers of Israel rule forever on Earth with JESUS (GOD), no end.
REVELATION 12:7-17
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael (Israels Angel protector of war) and his angels(good Angels) fought against the dragon; and the dragon(Satan) fought and his angels,(bad demonic Angels).
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.(satan loses the heavenlies to Michael)
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.( 3 1/2 yrs only left)
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.(satan makes one final anti-semetic purge against Israel and saved Christians)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,(airplane) that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(Israelis protected for this 3 1/2 yr period,some of them not all)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood(Tsunami) after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon(Satan) was wroth(mad) with the woman,(Israelis) and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
REVELATION 19:20
20 And the beast(World dictator with Satan in his body) was taken, and with him the false prophet(from the Vatican) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
REVELATION 20:1-6
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
REVELATION 20:7-15
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
UFO study finds no sign of aliens Mark Simpson BBC News.
The 400-page report was kept secret for six years. Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about. The report, which was completed in 2000 and stamped "Secret: UK Eyes Only", has been made public for the first time. Only a small number of copies were produced and the identity of the man who wrote it has been protected. His findings were only made public thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, after a request by Sheffield Hallam University academic Dr David Clarke.
The four-year study - entitled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK - tackles the long-running question by UFO-spotters: Is anyone out there? The answer, it seems, is "no". Meteors may have been responsible for some UFO sightings. The 400-page report puts it like this: "No evidence exists to suggest that the phenomena seen are hostile or under any type of control, other than that of natural physical forces. It adds: "There is no evidence that 'solid' objects exist which could cause a collision hazard.
So if there are no such things as little green men in spaceships or flying saucers, why have so many people reported seeing them? Well, here is the science bit. Evidence suggests that meteors and their well-known effects and, possibly some other less-known effects are responsible for some unidentified aerial phenomena," concludes the report. Considerable evidence exists to support the thesis that the events are almost certainly attributable to physical, electrical and magnetic phenomena in the atmosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere. They appear to originate due to more than one set of weather and electrically-charged conditions and are observed so infrequently as to make them unique to the majority of observers.
People who claim to have had a "close encounter" are often difficult to persuade that they did not really see what they thought they saw. The report offers a possible medical explanation. The close proximity of plasma related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person," states the report. Local fields of this type have been medically proven to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the human brain. These result in the observer sustaining (and later describing and retaining) his or her own vivid, but mainly incorrect, description of what is experienced. There are, of course, other causes of UFOs - aeroplanes with particularly bright lights, stray odd-shaped balloons and strange flocks of birds, to name but a few.
Future studies into this subject are unlikely
Yet, it will be difficult to convince everyone that there is a rational explanation for all mysterious movements in the sky. Some UFO-spotters believe governments will always cover up the truth about UFOs, because they are afraid of admitting that there is something beyond their control. It is not clear how much time and effort the MoD has spent looking at the skies in recent years, but it appears there are no plans for an in-depth UFO report like the one written in 2000.
A MoD spokesperson said: "Both this study and the original "Flying Saucer Working Party" [already in public domain in the national Archives] concluded that there is insufficient evidence to indicate the presence of any genuine unidentified aerial phenomena. It is unlikely that we would carry out any future studies unless such evidence were to emerge."
In the Future, at the midpoint of the tribulation period theres a war in the heavenlies, were Michael and the good angels fight Satan and his Angels. Satan and his Angels lose, and get cast to the earth. This ends Satans rule of the heavenlies and he only has rule on earth for 3 1/2 years before he gets locked in the pit for 1000 years.
At the end of the 1000 yr Reign of Christ, Satan is loosed to test all the children born during this time, to see if they will rebel against JESUS. The bible says many, many will still rebel even though JESUS has been ruling from Jerusalem for a thousand years. But fire comes from heaven and kills these rebelers. Then the Great whit throne Judgement of sinners from the beggining of Adam till the end of the 1000 year rule of Christ. These Sinners will be cast in to the Lake of fire as well as Satan, Death and Hell. And True believers of Christ, and True believers of Israel rule forever on Earth with JESUS (GOD), no end.
REVELATION 12:7-17
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael (Israels Angel protector of war) and his angels(good Angels) fought against the dragon; and the dragon(Satan) fought and his angels,(bad demonic Angels).
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.(satan loses the heavenlies to Michael)
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.( 3 1/2 yrs only left)
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.(satan makes one final anti-semetic purge against Israel and saved Christians)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,(airplane) that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(Israelis protected for this 3 1/2 yr period,some of them not all)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood(Tsunami) after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon(Satan) was wroth(mad) with the woman,(Israelis) and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
REVELATION 19:20
20 And the beast(World dictator with Satan in his body) was taken, and with him the false prophet(from the Vatican) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
REVELATION 20:1-6
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
REVELATION 20:7-15
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
UFO study finds no sign of aliens Mark Simpson BBC News.
The 400-page report was kept secret for six years. Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about. The report, which was completed in 2000 and stamped "Secret: UK Eyes Only", has been made public for the first time. Only a small number of copies were produced and the identity of the man who wrote it has been protected. His findings were only made public thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, after a request by Sheffield Hallam University academic Dr David Clarke.
The four-year study - entitled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK - tackles the long-running question by UFO-spotters: Is anyone out there? The answer, it seems, is "no". Meteors may have been responsible for some UFO sightings. The 400-page report puts it like this: "No evidence exists to suggest that the phenomena seen are hostile or under any type of control, other than that of natural physical forces. It adds: "There is no evidence that 'solid' objects exist which could cause a collision hazard.
So if there are no such things as little green men in spaceships or flying saucers, why have so many people reported seeing them? Well, here is the science bit. Evidence suggests that meteors and their well-known effects and, possibly some other less-known effects are responsible for some unidentified aerial phenomena," concludes the report. Considerable evidence exists to support the thesis that the events are almost certainly attributable to physical, electrical and magnetic phenomena in the atmosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere. They appear to originate due to more than one set of weather and electrically-charged conditions and are observed so infrequently as to make them unique to the majority of observers.
People who claim to have had a "close encounter" are often difficult to persuade that they did not really see what they thought they saw. The report offers a possible medical explanation. The close proximity of plasma related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person," states the report. Local fields of this type have been medically proven to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the human brain. These result in the observer sustaining (and later describing and retaining) his or her own vivid, but mainly incorrect, description of what is experienced. There are, of course, other causes of UFOs - aeroplanes with particularly bright lights, stray odd-shaped balloons and strange flocks of birds, to name but a few.
Future studies into this subject are unlikely
Yet, it will be difficult to convince everyone that there is a rational explanation for all mysterious movements in the sky. Some UFO-spotters believe governments will always cover up the truth about UFOs, because they are afraid of admitting that there is something beyond their control. It is not clear how much time and effort the MoD has spent looking at the skies in recent years, but it appears there are no plans for an in-depth UFO report like the one written in 2000.
A MoD spokesperson said: "Both this study and the original "Flying Saucer Working Party" [already in public domain in the national Archives] concluded that there is insufficient evidence to indicate the presence of any genuine unidentified aerial phenomena. It is unlikely that we would carry out any future studies unless such evidence were to emerge."
WHATS UP IRAN KENYA TEXAS
3 Stories here, QUAKE HITS IRAN. 2nd story, Crocodiles and floodwaters in Kenya. And the 3rd Story, thunderstorms again in Texas.
Scores hurt, houses damaged as strong quake hits southern Iran Sun May 7, 9:06 AM
ET TEHRAN (AFP) - At least 80 people were hurt and many homes damaged when a strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Zarand in southern Iran's Kerman province. Twenty people have been hospitalised, and 60 were treated as outpatients," Zarand's governor, Hasan Rahmani, told state television Sunday. The quake struck the area at
9:50 am (0620 GMT). State television also cited fears than miners in the area could be trapped underground. The province has a number of copper, iron and coal mines.
The walls of many houses have been seriously damaged and it is anticipated that more than 60 percent of Zarand homes will no longer be inhabitable," official radio quoted a local official as saying. Iran is an earthquake-prone area. The worst quake in recent times hit Bam, also in Kerman province, in December 2003, killing 31,000 people. In late March, a powerful earthquake hit western Iran, killing at least 70 people and leaving thousands homeless. In February 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale killed more than 600 in Zarand.
Crocs ply flood waters as killer Kenyan storms fry pelicans Sat May 6, 10:51 AM
ET NAIROBI (AFP) - Dozens of man-eating crocodiles plied flood waters along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast after heavy thunderstorms that killed at six people and fried nearly 50 pelicans. About 30 of the carnivorous reptiles were spotted swimming near children's playgrounds and municipal parks in Kilifi, frightening parents in the coastal town where floods have claimed at least six lives in the past week, officials said Saturday. We have confirmed that there are crocodiles in the flood waters that are fast approaching residential areas," Kilifi lawmaker Joe Khamisi told reporters in the town, about 550 kilometers (345 miles) southeast of Nairobi.
We fear they may harm children who like to swim," he said, adding that his constituents were worried the death toll might be higher due to the crocodiles, which slithered out of ponds and estuaries with the rising waters. The rains have exacerbated humanitarian crises brought about by a searing drought that has hit east Africa, inundating parched soil, bursting the banks of
dry rivers and forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.The floods have also increased the risk of waterborne diseases, destroyed crops and hamperered delivery of drought relief by cutting off key roads used by humanitarian agencies across the country.
In addition to the human toll, lightning from a storm in the central Rift Valley town of Nakuru hit a tree where scores of pelicans
had taken roost, electrocuting at least 49 of the large-mouthed birds on Friday, officials said. The carcasses of the pelicans, among the tens of thousands of birds that flock to Kenya's famed Lake Nakuru National Park, littered the grassy area around the tree, said government veterinary official Michael Cheruyoit.
Thunderstorms Pound Parts of Texas Sat May 6, 2:39 PM ET
WACO, Texas - Thunderstorms with strong winds, heavy rain and a possible tornado uprooted trees, toppled power lines and damaged buildings in parts of Texas, officials said. No injuries were reported from the storms Friday night and early Saturday.In Waco, much of the damage appeared to be concentrated in an industrial area, where winds gusting at an estimated 80 mph
peeled off warehouse roofs and crumbled the walls at a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant.
About 22,000 Waco residents still lacked power Saturday morning, said city spokesman Larry Holze. An expert was en route to determine whether a tornado or just strong winds caused the damage, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Ryan. In San Antonio, motorists stranded in high water had to be rescued.
Scores hurt, houses damaged as strong quake hits southern Iran Sun May 7, 9:06 AM
ET TEHRAN (AFP) - At least 80 people were hurt and many homes damaged when a strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Zarand in southern Iran's Kerman province. Twenty people have been hospitalised, and 60 were treated as outpatients," Zarand's governor, Hasan Rahmani, told state television Sunday. The quake struck the area at
9:50 am (0620 GMT). State television also cited fears than miners in the area could be trapped underground. The province has a number of copper, iron and coal mines.
The walls of many houses have been seriously damaged and it is anticipated that more than 60 percent of Zarand homes will no longer be inhabitable," official radio quoted a local official as saying. Iran is an earthquake-prone area. The worst quake in recent times hit Bam, also in Kerman province, in December 2003, killing 31,000 people. In late March, a powerful earthquake hit western Iran, killing at least 70 people and leaving thousands homeless. In February 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale killed more than 600 in Zarand.
Crocs ply flood waters as killer Kenyan storms fry pelicans Sat May 6, 10:51 AM
ET NAIROBI (AFP) - Dozens of man-eating crocodiles plied flood waters along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast after heavy thunderstorms that killed at six people and fried nearly 50 pelicans. About 30 of the carnivorous reptiles were spotted swimming near children's playgrounds and municipal parks in Kilifi, frightening parents in the coastal town where floods have claimed at least six lives in the past week, officials said Saturday. We have confirmed that there are crocodiles in the flood waters that are fast approaching residential areas," Kilifi lawmaker Joe Khamisi told reporters in the town, about 550 kilometers (345 miles) southeast of Nairobi.
We fear they may harm children who like to swim," he said, adding that his constituents were worried the death toll might be higher due to the crocodiles, which slithered out of ponds and estuaries with the rising waters. The rains have exacerbated humanitarian crises brought about by a searing drought that has hit east Africa, inundating parched soil, bursting the banks of
dry rivers and forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.The floods have also increased the risk of waterborne diseases, destroyed crops and hamperered delivery of drought relief by cutting off key roads used by humanitarian agencies across the country.
In addition to the human toll, lightning from a storm in the central Rift Valley town of Nakuru hit a tree where scores of pelicans
had taken roost, electrocuting at least 49 of the large-mouthed birds on Friday, officials said. The carcasses of the pelicans, among the tens of thousands of birds that flock to Kenya's famed Lake Nakuru National Park, littered the grassy area around the tree, said government veterinary official Michael Cheruyoit.
Thunderstorms Pound Parts of Texas Sat May 6, 2:39 PM ET
WACO, Texas - Thunderstorms with strong winds, heavy rain and a possible tornado uprooted trees, toppled power lines and damaged buildings in parts of Texas, officials said. No injuries were reported from the storms Friday night and early Saturday.In Waco, much of the damage appeared to be concentrated in an industrial area, where winds gusting at an estimated 80 mph
peeled off warehouse roofs and crumbled the walls at a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant.
About 22,000 Waco residents still lacked power Saturday morning, said city spokesman Larry Holze. An expert was en route to determine whether a tornado or just strong winds caused the damage, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ted Ryan. In San Antonio, motorists stranded in high water had to be rescued.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
ISLAMIC SCHOLARS HELP ARABS
In Story 1 More bad weather in Texas.
ISAIAH 51:15
15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
And in Story 2 Muslim Leaders call on other Muslims to help the Arabs (Palestinians in the Mideast). I D just like to ASK the Question. WERE WERE ALL THESE SCHOLARS WHEN THE RIOTS OVER THE CARTOONS WERE BEING DONE AROUND THE WORLD BY MUSLIMS.
Where was the outcry by the Muslim leaders for the burning of embassies. These are
the questions I would like answered by so called scholars of Islam. And were is the outcry of the Muslims to call for Hamas and other Islamic groups to Quit murdering innocent Israelis.
Psalms 74:10-23
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms 145:1-21
1 David’s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Yet another round of storms for Texas Tim Ballisty, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Sat May 6, 6:22 AM ET
Yet again, it was another dangerous night of nasty thunderstorms in parts of west and central Texas. Yesterday afternoon & early evening, powerful thunderstorms first erupted in the Lubbock and Midland areas before becoming more widespread and then pushing east into central Texas. Close to two dozen reports of hail larger than tennis balls once again did punched large dents into cars and shattered windshields. Seminole, Texas and the surrounding area was one of those towns that dealt with tennis ball to grapefruit-size hail. Waco, Texas was one city that was pounded by nasty storms last night.
A tornado reportedly touched down in the downtown area. Much of the city was left without power as power lines were torn down. The thunderstorms produced destructive winds of 70 to 80 mph. Torrential rain has also been very notable with the large complex of storms as rainfall rates were between 2 to 3 hours producing flash flooding over local roadways and interstates.
This whole nasty complex is pushing towards the Texas coast with a next stop in Houston and Galveston.
Even after this morning's storm activity, more thunderstorms will fire during the peak heating of the afternoon in parts of central and east Texas leading into Louisiana. Compared to last evening, the tornado threat today is lessened but the storms are still capable of producing very large hail, damaging winds, and torrential downpours leading to flash flooding. By tomorrow, the rain and storms will press east into the Southeast as the severe threat diminishes.
Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa Sat May 6, 2:39 PM
ET DOHA (AFP) - Islamic scholars are to meet in Doha next week to draw up a fatwa, or religious edict, obliging the Muslim faithful to help the internationally isolated Palestinian government headed by Hamas. Influential cleric Yussef al-Qardawi said the May 10-11 meeting would help both the Palestinian people and their government, hit hard by US and EU funding cuts because of the Islamist faction's refusal to recognize Israel. Ulemas (scholars) as well as other Muslim and Palestinian leaders will "draw up a fatwa on the duty of the ummah (Muslims) and of governments" toward the Palestinians and the Hamas cabinet, Qardawi told a press conference Saturday.
The fatwa will refer to financial aid to the Palestinians as well as offering them moral support, Qardawi said. He slammed what he called "the duality of the West, which rejects Palestinian democracy after encouraging such a democracy just because it doesn't suit them. This is political hypocrisy and we reject it," he said. Exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal, Islamic Jihad
chief Ramadan al-Shalah and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command leader Ahmed Jibril would also attend, Qardawi said of the radical Palestinian movements.
However, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah faction, which Hamas trounced in January's vote, would not be attending, he said, citing "difficulties with Fatah representatives ... who mostly refuse to cooperate".
ISAIAH 51:15
15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
And in Story 2 Muslim Leaders call on other Muslims to help the Arabs (Palestinians in the Mideast). I D just like to ASK the Question. WERE WERE ALL THESE SCHOLARS WHEN THE RIOTS OVER THE CARTOONS WERE BEING DONE AROUND THE WORLD BY MUSLIMS.
Where was the outcry by the Muslim leaders for the burning of embassies. These are
the questions I would like answered by so called scholars of Islam. And were is the outcry of the Muslims to call for Hamas and other Islamic groups to Quit murdering innocent Israelis.
Psalms 74:10-23
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms 145:1-21
1 David’s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Yet another round of storms for Texas Tim Ballisty, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Sat May 6, 6:22 AM ET
Yet again, it was another dangerous night of nasty thunderstorms in parts of west and central Texas. Yesterday afternoon & early evening, powerful thunderstorms first erupted in the Lubbock and Midland areas before becoming more widespread and then pushing east into central Texas. Close to two dozen reports of hail larger than tennis balls once again did punched large dents into cars and shattered windshields. Seminole, Texas and the surrounding area was one of those towns that dealt with tennis ball to grapefruit-size hail. Waco, Texas was one city that was pounded by nasty storms last night.
A tornado reportedly touched down in the downtown area. Much of the city was left without power as power lines were torn down. The thunderstorms produced destructive winds of 70 to 80 mph. Torrential rain has also been very notable with the large complex of storms as rainfall rates were between 2 to 3 hours producing flash flooding over local roadways and interstates.
This whole nasty complex is pushing towards the Texas coast with a next stop in Houston and Galveston.
Even after this morning's storm activity, more thunderstorms will fire during the peak heating of the afternoon in parts of central and east Texas leading into Louisiana. Compared to last evening, the tornado threat today is lessened but the storms are still capable of producing very large hail, damaging winds, and torrential downpours leading to flash flooding. By tomorrow, the rain and storms will press east into the Southeast as the severe threat diminishes.
Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa Sat May 6, 2:39 PM
ET DOHA (AFP) - Islamic scholars are to meet in Doha next week to draw up a fatwa, or religious edict, obliging the Muslim faithful to help the internationally isolated Palestinian government headed by Hamas. Influential cleric Yussef al-Qardawi said the May 10-11 meeting would help both the Palestinian people and their government, hit hard by US and EU funding cuts because of the Islamist faction's refusal to recognize Israel. Ulemas (scholars) as well as other Muslim and Palestinian leaders will "draw up a fatwa on the duty of the ummah (Muslims) and of governments" toward the Palestinians and the Hamas cabinet, Qardawi told a press conference Saturday.
The fatwa will refer to financial aid to the Palestinians as well as offering them moral support, Qardawi said. He slammed what he called "the duality of the West, which rejects Palestinian democracy after encouraging such a democracy just because it doesn't suit them. This is political hypocrisy and we reject it," he said. Exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal, Islamic Jihad
chief Ramadan al-Shalah and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command leader Ahmed Jibril would also attend, Qardawi said of the radical Palestinian movements.
However, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah faction, which Hamas trounced in January's vote, would not be attending, he said, citing "difficulties with Fatah representatives ... who mostly refuse to cooperate".
Friday, May 05, 2006
MINOR GREEK QUAKE
The 1ST story a minor quake in Greece and Weather paterns in story 2.
Weak quake shakes Greek southern Peloponnese region 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
ATHENS (AFP) - An undersea earthquake measuring 4.6 on the open-ended Richter scale has shaken the Corinthian Gulf, in the southern Greek Peloponnese region, the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute revealed. The earthquake, which the institute described as "weak", was recorded at 09:16 am (0616 GMT) in the northern Corinthian Gulf, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) northwest of Athens. There were no immediate reports of damage.
We are monitoring the phenomenon, in all likelihood this is not a sign of a greater quake, so there is no reason for concern," institute seismologist Alexandros Andreou told AFP. Greece is more affected by seismic activity than any other European country and bears the brunt of half of all earthquakes on the continent.
La Nina shouldn't affect Atlantic hurricanes: NASA By Deborah Zabarenko
Thu May 4, 11:00 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - La Nina, a Pacific Ocean phenomenon that can help form Atlantic hurricanes, is not expected to be a factor this season, good news after last year's disastrous storm season. La Nina, Spanish for "the girl," refers to a pattern of usually cold surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific. In North America, it has been known to contribute to droughts in the West and to spur hurricanes in the East. That happens because La Nina tends to push high-altitude jet stream winds to the north, away from the customary hurricane-forming areas, David Adamec, an oceanographer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, said on Thursday.
Jet stream winds can rip the tops off developing hurricanes, and without those winds, hurricanes can form unimpeded, Adamec said by telephone. La Nina gives a little extra kick, keeping the jet streams away," he said. There have not been strong La Nina patterns in the past two years, Adamec said, but "it has not helped the situation. The 2005 hurricane season was the costliest and most destructive on record, with 27 named storms, of which 15 became hurricanes. Hurricane Katrina alone caused $80 billion in damage, killed about 1,300 people and devastated New Orleans and parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
A patch of colder-than-usual surface water in the eastern Pacific looked very much like a La Nina pattern earlier this year, Adamec said, but that had now warmed up to normal, leading scientists to believe it will not have an impact on this year's Atlantic storms. The fact that the cold water has disappeared now ... gives you a lot more confidence it's not going to come
back," he said.
LA NINA AND EL NINO
La Nina is different from the El Nino weather pattern, which starts as a patch of warmer-than-usual water in the eastern tropical Pacific, said Bill Patzert of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. El Nino, which means "the boy," can bring unusually warm weather and storms to the American West, but it pulls jet stream winds into hurricane-forming areas, Patzert said in a telephone interview. We cringe in California when somebody says El Nino," Patzert said. "El Nino is the blessing for hurricane country and La Nina is the curse. No Atlantic hurricanes came ashore in 1997 and 1998, when there were strong El Nino patterns, Adamec said.
A noted U.S. forecasting team projected this year's storms would not be as severe as last year's, with 17 named storms expected to form in the Atlantic basin during the six-month season, which officially begins on June 1. More information and images are available online at http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/lanina_effect.html.
Weak quake shakes Greek southern Peloponnese region 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
ATHENS (AFP) - An undersea earthquake measuring 4.6 on the open-ended Richter scale has shaken the Corinthian Gulf, in the southern Greek Peloponnese region, the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute revealed. The earthquake, which the institute described as "weak", was recorded at 09:16 am (0616 GMT) in the northern Corinthian Gulf, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) northwest of Athens. There were no immediate reports of damage.
We are monitoring the phenomenon, in all likelihood this is not a sign of a greater quake, so there is no reason for concern," institute seismologist Alexandros Andreou told AFP. Greece is more affected by seismic activity than any other European country and bears the brunt of half of all earthquakes on the continent.
La Nina shouldn't affect Atlantic hurricanes: NASA By Deborah Zabarenko
Thu May 4, 11:00 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - La Nina, a Pacific Ocean phenomenon that can help form Atlantic hurricanes, is not expected to be a factor this season, good news after last year's disastrous storm season. La Nina, Spanish for "the girl," refers to a pattern of usually cold surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific. In North America, it has been known to contribute to droughts in the West and to spur hurricanes in the East. That happens because La Nina tends to push high-altitude jet stream winds to the north, away from the customary hurricane-forming areas, David Adamec, an oceanographer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, said on Thursday.
Jet stream winds can rip the tops off developing hurricanes, and without those winds, hurricanes can form unimpeded, Adamec said by telephone. La Nina gives a little extra kick, keeping the jet streams away," he said. There have not been strong La Nina patterns in the past two years, Adamec said, but "it has not helped the situation. The 2005 hurricane season was the costliest and most destructive on record, with 27 named storms, of which 15 became hurricanes. Hurricane Katrina alone caused $80 billion in damage, killed about 1,300 people and devastated New Orleans and parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
A patch of colder-than-usual surface water in the eastern Pacific looked very much like a La Nina pattern earlier this year, Adamec said, but that had now warmed up to normal, leading scientists to believe it will not have an impact on this year's Atlantic storms. The fact that the cold water has disappeared now ... gives you a lot more confidence it's not going to come
back," he said.
LA NINA AND EL NINO
La Nina is different from the El Nino weather pattern, which starts as a patch of warmer-than-usual water in the eastern tropical Pacific, said Bill Patzert of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. El Nino, which means "the boy," can bring unusually warm weather and storms to the American West, but it pulls jet stream winds into hurricane-forming areas, Patzert said in a telephone interview. We cringe in California when somebody says El Nino," Patzert said. "El Nino is the blessing for hurricane country and La Nina is the curse. No Atlantic hurricanes came ashore in 1997 and 1998, when there were strong El Nino patterns, Adamec said.
A noted U.S. forecasting team projected this year's storms would not be as severe as last year's, with 17 named storms expected to form in the Atlantic basin during the six-month season, which officially begins on June 1. More information and images are available online at http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/lanina_effect.html.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
DUTCH PASTOR SAYS TRUTH
'You have been warned'Veteran Christian Zionist leader says 'convergence' plan will explodeBy Stan Goodenough May 4th, 2006
A long-standing leader in the international Christian Zionist movement Thursday sent a strongly-worded warning to the brand new Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Jan Willem van der Hoeven, a Dutch Christian and 40-year resident of Israel, who in 1981 founded the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and today directs the International Christian Zionist Center, said the “convergence” plan will “explode in [the] faces” of Olmert “and those who have chosen, often out of personal ambition, to sit with you in your government.
Israel’s leadership had “been warned by many – by military experts, by political strategists, by deeply, deeply concerned leaders, both Jews and Christians – not to allow a Palestinian (Muslim) state to be created between Israel and the Jordan; not to divide this land. Van der Hoeven said that “G-d Himself has warned you repeatedly not to do this evil to your people and nation. He has even warned that He will severely judge the nations who advocate such a path.
Nonetheless, many of Israel’s leaders had “chosen to harden [their] hearts and [their] foreheads, thinking [they] know better, better than all these experts, even better than G-d Himself, what is ultimately the best for Israel. The rationale given by Olmert, who in his speech to the Knesset earlier Thursday reiterated the “need” to withdraw from 95 percent of Israel’s biblical lands in order to ensure that Israel remain a state with a Jewish majority, was, Van der Hoeven said, “a baseless argument” that would be “to no avail.
Pouring withering scorn on the whole Jewish majority issue, the Dutch pastor said if Israel had not aborted two million Jewish babies in the years since its independence, and if previous leftist government policies had not discouraged Jewish immigration and encouraged Jewish emigration, there would be no demographic threat to worry about. Go ahead,” he continued angrily. Give in to the pressures of a world which will in any case not fight for your survival. Van der Hoeven also slammed the expected willingness of the new government to allow a major international homosexual event to take place in Jerusalemlater this year.
Follow their goyish ways. Be afraid to say no and let them parade their lustful pleasures when, by the tens of thousands, they come here to your destined holy city this summer, parading in your Jewish capital their filth-ridden abominations, all with the permission of an Olmert-led government which now includes SHAS [the ultra-orthodox party], the great upholders of G-d’s sanctity!!" Do it all – and see what the Divine answer will be. When it comes, and it will surely come, it will not be peace so that, as you said, Mr. Olmert, Israelwill be a place that will be FUN to live in. It would be the opposite, Van der Hoeven said, unless Israel turned back now.
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A long-standing leader in the international Christian Zionist movement Thursday sent a strongly-worded warning to the brand new Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Jan Willem van der Hoeven, a Dutch Christian and 40-year resident of Israel, who in 1981 founded the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and today directs the International Christian Zionist Center, said the “convergence” plan will “explode in [the] faces” of Olmert “and those who have chosen, often out of personal ambition, to sit with you in your government.
Israel’s leadership had “been warned by many – by military experts, by political strategists, by deeply, deeply concerned leaders, both Jews and Christians – not to allow a Palestinian (Muslim) state to be created between Israel and the Jordan; not to divide this land. Van der Hoeven said that “G-d Himself has warned you repeatedly not to do this evil to your people and nation. He has even warned that He will severely judge the nations who advocate such a path.
Nonetheless, many of Israel’s leaders had “chosen to harden [their] hearts and [their] foreheads, thinking [they] know better, better than all these experts, even better than G-d Himself, what is ultimately the best for Israel. The rationale given by Olmert, who in his speech to the Knesset earlier Thursday reiterated the “need” to withdraw from 95 percent of Israel’s biblical lands in order to ensure that Israel remain a state with a Jewish majority, was, Van der Hoeven said, “a baseless argument” that would be “to no avail.
Pouring withering scorn on the whole Jewish majority issue, the Dutch pastor said if Israel had not aborted two million Jewish babies in the years since its independence, and if previous leftist government policies had not discouraged Jewish immigration and encouraged Jewish emigration, there would be no demographic threat to worry about. Go ahead,” he continued angrily. Give in to the pressures of a world which will in any case not fight for your survival. Van der Hoeven also slammed the expected willingness of the new government to allow a major international homosexual event to take place in Jerusalemlater this year.
Follow their goyish ways. Be afraid to say no and let them parade their lustful pleasures when, by the tens of thousands, they come here to your destined holy city this summer, parading in your Jewish capital their filth-ridden abominations, all with the permission of an Olmert-led government which now includes SHAS [the ultra-orthodox party], the great upholders of G-d’s sanctity!!" Do it all – and see what the Divine answer will be. When it comes, and it will surely come, it will not be peace so that, as you said, Mr. Olmert, Israelwill be a place that will be FUN to live in. It would be the opposite, Van der Hoeven said, unless Israel turned back now.
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LAVA FLOWS 2ND QUAKE
Lava Flowing From Indonesian Volcano 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Red-hot lava began flowing from the crater of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Mount Merapi early Thursday as vulcanologists warned residents an eruption may be imminent. Burning streams of molten lava started pouring down the slopes at about 2 a.m. local time, said Subandriyo, the chief of Merapi's Volcanology and Monitoring offices, who goes by a single name. Residents still near the 9,700-foot peak were urged to leave immediately, even though officials said they were not yet raising the alert to the highest level. The volcano has shown significantly more activity," Subandriyo said.
Merapi is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" — a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia. It last erupted in 1994, sending out a searing cloud of gas that burned 60 people to death. About 1,300 people were killed when it erupted in 1930.
Aftershocks Hit Tonga; No Warning Issued Thu May 4, 1:13 PM ET
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - A series of aftershocks measuring up to magnitude 6.0 rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga into Friday morning, a day after an even more powerful quake triggered a tsunami warning. A tsunami warning was not issued Friday, and there was no sign of damage from the aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey said at least six aftershocks occurred near Tonga, while others were recorded near Fiji and Vanuatu. The strongest aftershock occurred at 12:25 a.m. local time at a depth of almost 24 miles.
It was located 85 miles east-northeast of Nuku'alofa and 1,310 miles northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. On Thursday, a magnitude-7.9 temblor struck about 95 miles south of Neiafu, Tonga, and 1,340 miles north-northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. A tsunami warning was issued for as far away as Fiji and New Zealand, but it was lifted within two hours after ocean buoys recorded a tsunami of less than 2 feet. No injuries or damages were reported. But word of the imminent danger never reached the tiny country closest to the epicenter. Nearly 18 months after an earthquake-driven tsunami in the Indian Ocean left at least 216,000 people dead or missing, sparking international calls for a better warning system, Pacific islanders received little or no notice of Thursday's threat.
A warning issued by the Honolulu-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center first went out 16 minutes after the 4:26 a.m. earthquake, which occurred 34 miles below sea level. But Tonga did not receive the alert because of a power failure there, said the center's acting director, Gerard Fryer. Mali'u Takai, deputy director of the Tonga's National Disaster Office, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that no warning was received.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Red-hot lava began flowing from the crater of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Mount Merapi early Thursday as vulcanologists warned residents an eruption may be imminent. Burning streams of molten lava started pouring down the slopes at about 2 a.m. local time, said Subandriyo, the chief of Merapi's Volcanology and Monitoring offices, who goes by a single name. Residents still near the 9,700-foot peak were urged to leave immediately, even though officials said they were not yet raising the alert to the highest level. The volcano has shown significantly more activity," Subandriyo said.
Merapi is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" — a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia. It last erupted in 1994, sending out a searing cloud of gas that burned 60 people to death. About 1,300 people were killed when it erupted in 1930.
Aftershocks Hit Tonga; No Warning Issued Thu May 4, 1:13 PM ET
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - A series of aftershocks measuring up to magnitude 6.0 rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga into Friday morning, a day after an even more powerful quake triggered a tsunami warning. A tsunami warning was not issued Friday, and there was no sign of damage from the aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey said at least six aftershocks occurred near Tonga, while others were recorded near Fiji and Vanuatu. The strongest aftershock occurred at 12:25 a.m. local time at a depth of almost 24 miles.
It was located 85 miles east-northeast of Nuku'alofa and 1,310 miles northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. On Thursday, a magnitude-7.9 temblor struck about 95 miles south of Neiafu, Tonga, and 1,340 miles north-northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. A tsunami warning was issued for as far away as Fiji and New Zealand, but it was lifted within two hours after ocean buoys recorded a tsunami of less than 2 feet. No injuries or damages were reported. But word of the imminent danger never reached the tiny country closest to the epicenter. Nearly 18 months after an earthquake-driven tsunami in the Indian Ocean left at least 216,000 people dead or missing, sparking international calls for a better warning system, Pacific islanders received little or no notice of Thursday's threat.
A warning issued by the Honolulu-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center first went out 16 minutes after the 4:26 a.m. earthquake, which occurred 34 miles below sea level. But Tonga did not receive the alert because of a power failure there, said the center's acting director, Gerard Fryer. Mali'u Takai, deputy director of the Tonga's National Disaster Office, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that no warning was received.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
TONGA QUAKE TSUNAMI WARNING
Earthquake hits Tonga, tsunami warning issued 5 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 8.1 hit the Tonga islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web site said on Wednesday and a tsunami warning was issued for Fiji and New Zealand. The warning said it was not known if a tsunami had been generated by the quake but that any such wave would hit Suva, Fiji, at 1713 GMT and Gisborne, New Zealand, at 1821 GMT.
A warning was also issued for Hawaii in the United States but no destructive threat was seen, according to the Pacific Tsunami Center. It is not known that a tsunami was generated. This warning is based only on the earthquake evaluation. An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami," said the Pacific Tsunami Center said. The earthquake was at 1526 GMT, said the Web site monitored in London. It was not immediately clear what damage it caused but a report on Sky Television said it was felt in several islands. A resident of Tonga told Sky he felt tremors lasting over 30 seconds.
The earthquake struck 95 miles south of Tonga's Neiafu island and 1340 miles north east of Auckland, New Zealand, USGS said. The Tonga islands are an archipelago east of Australia and north east of New Zealand. An earthquake in December 2004 off Indonesia caused a tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people in several countries.
Its 1:50 PM And all Tsumami warnings are cancelled.
In this second story the Bible says the Ozone will be completely depleted in the future, not get better.
REVELATION 16:8-98 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 shows signs of recovery: scientists By Patricia Reaney 36 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The ozone layer is showing signs of recovering, thanks to a drop in ozone-depleting chemicals, but it is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels, researchers said on Wednesday. Depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer is caused by the chemical action of chlorine and bromine released by man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are used in
aerosol sprays and cooling equipment.
Ozone-depleting chemicals were banned by the 1987 Montreal Protocol which has now been ratified by 180 nations. We now have some confidence that the ozone layer is responding to the decreases in chlorine levels in the atmosphere due to the leveling off and decrease of CFCs," said Dr Betsy Weatherhead, of the University of Colorado in Boulder. Not only is the ozone
layer getting better, we feel it is due to the Montreal Protocol," she added in an interview.
The depletion of the ozone layer, which absorbs most of the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, increases the risk of skin cancer and cataracts in humans and may harm crop yields and sea life. Despite the signs of recovery, Weatherhead, who reported the findings in the journal Nature, said people should still protect themselves from harmful ultraviolet rays.
Weatherhead and Signe Bech Anderson of the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen analyzed data from satellites and ground stations and information from 14 modeling studies.They found that ozone levels have stabilized or increased slightly in the past 10 years. But full recovery is still decades away. The researchers said depletion has been most severe at
the poles and to a lesser extent at mid-latitudes covering bands of North America, South America and Europe.
Shifting temperatures, greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N20) and atmospheric dynamics, which can influence ozone levels, are going to change in the future, they added.Therefore we really don't think ozone is going to stabilize back to its pre-ozone-depleting-substance levels," Weatherhead said. Volcanic activity on Earth also has an impact. The 1993 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines caused ozone levels to backslide for several years, according to the researchers.
LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 8.1 hit the Tonga islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web site said on Wednesday and a tsunami warning was issued for Fiji and New Zealand. The warning said it was not known if a tsunami had been generated by the quake but that any such wave would hit Suva, Fiji, at 1713 GMT and Gisborne, New Zealand, at 1821 GMT.
A warning was also issued for Hawaii in the United States but no destructive threat was seen, according to the Pacific Tsunami Center. It is not known that a tsunami was generated. This warning is based only on the earthquake evaluation. An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami," said the Pacific Tsunami Center said. The earthquake was at 1526 GMT, said the Web site monitored in London. It was not immediately clear what damage it caused but a report on Sky Television said it was felt in several islands. A resident of Tonga told Sky he felt tremors lasting over 30 seconds.
The earthquake struck 95 miles south of Tonga's Neiafu island and 1340 miles north east of Auckland, New Zealand, USGS said. The Tonga islands are an archipelago east of Australia and north east of New Zealand. An earthquake in December 2004 off Indonesia caused a tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people in several countries.
Its 1:50 PM And all Tsumami warnings are cancelled.
In this second story the Bible says the Ozone will be completely depleted in the future, not get better.
REVELATION 16:8-98 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 shows signs of recovery: scientists By Patricia Reaney 36 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The ozone layer is showing signs of recovering, thanks to a drop in ozone-depleting chemicals, but it is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels, researchers said on Wednesday. Depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer is caused by the chemical action of chlorine and bromine released by man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are used in
aerosol sprays and cooling equipment.
Ozone-depleting chemicals were banned by the 1987 Montreal Protocol which has now been ratified by 180 nations. We now have some confidence that the ozone layer is responding to the decreases in chlorine levels in the atmosphere due to the leveling off and decrease of CFCs," said Dr Betsy Weatherhead, of the University of Colorado in Boulder. Not only is the ozone
layer getting better, we feel it is due to the Montreal Protocol," she added in an interview.
The depletion of the ozone layer, which absorbs most of the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, increases the risk of skin cancer and cataracts in humans and may harm crop yields and sea life. Despite the signs of recovery, Weatherhead, who reported the findings in the journal Nature, said people should still protect themselves from harmful ultraviolet rays.
Weatherhead and Signe Bech Anderson of the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen analyzed data from satellites and ground stations and information from 14 modeling studies.They found that ozone levels have stabilized or increased slightly in the past 10 years. But full recovery is still decades away. The researchers said depletion has been most severe at
the poles and to a lesser extent at mid-latitudes covering bands of North America, South America and Europe.
Shifting temperatures, greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N20) and atmospheric dynamics, which can influence ozone levels, are going to change in the future, they added.Therefore we really don't think ozone is going to stabilize back to its pre-ozone-depleting-substance levels," Weatherhead said. Volcanic activity on Earth also has an impact. The 1993 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines caused ozone levels to backslide for several years, according to the researchers.
SICK CANADA WONT RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM
Canadian Court Rejects Petition Recognizing Jerusalem 16:47 May 02, '06 / 4 Iyar
5766 (IsraelNN.com) A Canadian federal court in Winnipeg yesterday rejected the petition of B'nai Brith and a Toronto teen to have the Canadian government recognize Jerusalem as being in Israel for the purposes of its passports. Canadian citizens born in the Israeli capital are currently issued passports listing either "Israel," without a city name, or "Jerusalem," without a country name. Shortly after the young man, Eliyahu Veffer, and B'nai Brith filed their petition, the state initiated a "recall" of Canadian passports that had been issued, in what officials called an "administrative error," listing Jerusalem as being in Israel.
My religion teaches me that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel," Veffer said in his affidavit. "This is an integral part of my religious belief. Jerusalem isn't officially recognized as part of Israel under Canadian foreign policy. Lawyers for the federal government argued in court that it has been Canada's policy for over 20 years not to list "Jerusalem, Israel" in Canadian passports.
"666" sense: Date marked with caution
While some say June 6, 2006, is a day to fear for its biblical significance, officials see little to dread.By Howard Pankratz Denver Post Staff Writer
With June 6, 2006, rapidly approaching, authorities in Colorado and elsewhere are carefully watching to see if that date - 6/6/06 - spurs demonstrations or violent activity. They are aware that 666 signifies the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist to some organizations and believe June 6 is a date that could trigger problems. It's been a conscious question among some of our folks, so they've been on the lookout for something," said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety. "But they haven't seen anything. Even so, some local police are being vigilant.
"The bottom line is that our intelligence unit is familiar with 666 and its significance, but we don't have any information about anything taking place in Colorado Springs," said Lt. Rafael Cintron of the Colorado Springs Police Department. "However, we are certainly keeping our feelers out to see if anything is happening. Some dates and anniversaries can be calls to action for white supremacists, racists, and conspiracy and prophecy theorists. April 19, for example, is the anniversary of the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; the Oklahoma City bombing; and the raid on white separatist Randy Weaver's home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
The Number of the Beast, 666, is mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelation and is believed by some to be when the Antichrist will exercise power over Earth. The Internet is full of websites that predict terrible things could happen June 6. One website warns that the "Bible Code says 2006 A.D. is the Year of the Beast" and predicts that the Antichrist will reveal himself. It also says there may be a holy war against Israel and that the United States and Russia would be drawn into a dangerous conflict as a result. Several major law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area have seen no signs of trouble and aren't planning to beef up manpower. Since 1970, there have been 60 terrorist attacks on June 6, with just one in the U.S., according to the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City.
Ellis, the institute's research and program coordinator, said he has seen nothing to indicate anything bad will happen June 6. If something does develop, Ellis does not believe it would necessarily involve neo-Nazi, white- supremacist types. Rather it could be "anarchists and anti-globalists" who are tied into the counterculture and relish "the chance to stick their thumb in the eye of the establishment," he said. Laird Wilcox, a Kansas-based expert on domestic extremist groups, believes dates can be overemphasized. He cites in particular the concern about the year 2000.
"What I see happening is something like the millennium controversy where everybody was talking about it and then nothing happened," he said. "I think this has occurred on every anniversary. Everybody anticipates some catastrophe, and nothing ever occurs. But Kerry Noble, a Texas businessman whose life has changed dramatically since the days he was second in command of a paramilitary religious group known as the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, said June 6 carries much significance to fringe groups that may be looking to make a statement.
Numbers are important in the movement," Noble said. "So anything you could interpret as being symbolic would be even more important. So a symbolic date like June 6 of this year, being 666, would have the equivalence of a 9/11 date or an April 19 date. Staff writer Howard Pankratz can be reached at 303-820-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com.
5766 (IsraelNN.com) A Canadian federal court in Winnipeg yesterday rejected the petition of B'nai Brith and a Toronto teen to have the Canadian government recognize Jerusalem as being in Israel for the purposes of its passports. Canadian citizens born in the Israeli capital are currently issued passports listing either "Israel," without a city name, or "Jerusalem," without a country name. Shortly after the young man, Eliyahu Veffer, and B'nai Brith filed their petition, the state initiated a "recall" of Canadian passports that had been issued, in what officials called an "administrative error," listing Jerusalem as being in Israel.
My religion teaches me that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel," Veffer said in his affidavit. "This is an integral part of my religious belief. Jerusalem isn't officially recognized as part of Israel under Canadian foreign policy. Lawyers for the federal government argued in court that it has been Canada's policy for over 20 years not to list "Jerusalem, Israel" in Canadian passports.
"666" sense: Date marked with caution
While some say June 6, 2006, is a day to fear for its biblical significance, officials see little to dread.By Howard Pankratz Denver Post Staff Writer
With June 6, 2006, rapidly approaching, authorities in Colorado and elsewhere are carefully watching to see if that date - 6/6/06 - spurs demonstrations or violent activity. They are aware that 666 signifies the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist to some organizations and believe June 6 is a date that could trigger problems. It's been a conscious question among some of our folks, so they've been on the lookout for something," said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety. "But they haven't seen anything. Even so, some local police are being vigilant.
"The bottom line is that our intelligence unit is familiar with 666 and its significance, but we don't have any information about anything taking place in Colorado Springs," said Lt. Rafael Cintron of the Colorado Springs Police Department. "However, we are certainly keeping our feelers out to see if anything is happening. Some dates and anniversaries can be calls to action for white supremacists, racists, and conspiracy and prophecy theorists. April 19, for example, is the anniversary of the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; the Oklahoma City bombing; and the raid on white separatist Randy Weaver's home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
The Number of the Beast, 666, is mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelation and is believed by some to be when the Antichrist will exercise power over Earth. The Internet is full of websites that predict terrible things could happen June 6. One website warns that the "Bible Code says 2006 A.D. is the Year of the Beast" and predicts that the Antichrist will reveal himself. It also says there may be a holy war against Israel and that the United States and Russia would be drawn into a dangerous conflict as a result. Several major law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area have seen no signs of trouble and aren't planning to beef up manpower. Since 1970, there have been 60 terrorist attacks on June 6, with just one in the U.S., according to the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City.
Ellis, the institute's research and program coordinator, said he has seen nothing to indicate anything bad will happen June 6. If something does develop, Ellis does not believe it would necessarily involve neo-Nazi, white- supremacist types. Rather it could be "anarchists and anti-globalists" who are tied into the counterculture and relish "the chance to stick their thumb in the eye of the establishment," he said. Laird Wilcox, a Kansas-based expert on domestic extremist groups, believes dates can be overemphasized. He cites in particular the concern about the year 2000.
"What I see happening is something like the millennium controversy where everybody was talking about it and then nothing happened," he said. "I think this has occurred on every anniversary. Everybody anticipates some catastrophe, and nothing ever occurs. But Kerry Noble, a Texas businessman whose life has changed dramatically since the days he was second in command of a paramilitary religious group known as the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, said June 6 carries much significance to fringe groups that may be looking to make a statement.
Numbers are important in the movement," Noble said. "So anything you could interpret as being symbolic would be even more important. So a symbolic date like June 6 of this year, being 666, would have the equivalence of a 9/11 date or an April 19 date. Staff writer Howard Pankratz can be reached at 303-820-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com.
HURRICANE DESTRUCTION POWERS GLOBAL WARMING
MEDIA ALERT: 2006 Tornado Season Off to a Violent StartRecord-setting severe weather trends are expected to continue; advances in real-time weather information can save lives
WHAT: 591 tornadoes and 49 fatalities WHEN: 2006 tornado season
WHY: The 2006 tornado season has gotten off to a violent and early start, surpassing the national average in both number and severity. The National Weather Service has confirmed 591 tornadoes through the month of April, double the number reported at this time last year. Fatalities as a result of these killer storms are up over 20 percent and the number of devastating F3 and F4 tornadoes are also on the rise.
A continuation of our worsening weather patterns that spawned Katrina, Rita and a record number of hurricanes of unprecedented severity in 2005, leading meteorologists are predicting this trend will continue throughout the 2006 season and likely for years to come. "We are in a new and potentially deadly era for storms, one that demands new technology, new tools," says meteorologist Paul Douglas, a weather technology expert, founder of Digital Cyclone, Inc., and weather anchor for WCCO-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. "It's not enough to watch TV or listen to the radio anymore. It's a good start, but if you want to maximize your odds of surviving a storm, any storm, you need multiple safety nets. You should never be totally dependent on just one source.
We can't control the weather, but as recent events have shown reacting and responding to critical weather information is becoming increasingly important. Fortunately advanced weather technology is providing individuals a new edge in safety with critical real-time weather information delivered via the mobile phone. Low-cost services such as My-Cast(R)5 from Digital Cyclone, Inc. offer on-demand, always-on, 24-hour-a-day weather information and alerting that is personalized to the user's specific location. When severe weather is about to enter the user's immediate area, an audio alert is broadcast to the mobile phone providing an extra margin of safety to take action or take cover. Anytime, anywhere, users are able to zoom into a local map of their area and view NEXRAD radar loops, satellite images, lightning strikes, predicted storm paths, plus flashing warnings, watches, and advisories with full text from the National Weather Service, virtually as they are issued.
Hurricane destruction powers global warming debate By Jim Loney Tue May 2, 8:36 AM
ET MIAMI (Reuters) - For a brief time in October, the pressure inside 185-mph (298 kph) Hurricane Wilma dropped to an astonishing low, making it the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic and Caribbean.That historic cyclone happened during a record-shattering hurricane season that produced 28 storms and occurred only weeks after Katrina swamped New Orleans, causing $80 billion in damage. The ferocity of last year's season gave ammunition to a growing chorus of voices that says humans and their greenhouse gas-spewing cars and factories could be making hurricanes more destructive.
But it did nothing to convince a hard core of hurricane researchers who insist there's no evidence that people are responsible for the recent intensity, and growing numbers, of tropical cyclones. The stakes are high. An estimated 50 million people live along the hurricane-vulnerable U.S. east and Gulf coasts. Millions more live in flood-prone mountains in Haiti and Central America, where hurricanes take thousands of lives. The U.S. hurricane tab last year was more than $100 billion. Major storms in the 2004 season caused another $45 billion in damage. The coastal regions are in jeopardy. The Miami area and the New Orleans area are very much at risk. We have a 10-year window to do something about greenhouse gases," said Prof. Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
"STUNNING INCREASES"
Curry said leading scientists with published research have compelling evidence that human-induced global warming is heating the seas from which hurricanes draw their strength. In the North Atlantic -- as the Atlanic north of the equator is called -- that has increased both the number and intensity of hurricanes in the last decade, she said. They are stunning increases that are way outside the bounds of natural variability," she said. Tropical ocean temperatures have risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1970, said Curry. "This 1 degree is playing havoc with hurricanes. It's a lot of extra energy for these storms. When Wilma's internal pressure hit 882 millibars, beating a record held by 1988's Gilbert, climatologists took notice. It was the first time a single season had produced four Category 5 hurricanes, the highest stage on the 5-step Saffir-Simpson scale of storm intensity. The 28 tropical storms and hurricanes crushed the old mark of 21, set in 1933.
While some hurricane researchers accept that the sea is warming, they believe it's part of a natural cycle, rather than human-caused. They say the Atlantic entered a period of heightened hurricane activity around 1995 and may not settle down for another 20 or 30 years due to a cycle called the "Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. With hurricane records for only 150 years, some say there isn't enough historical data to blame the greenhouse effect. We don't have any facts because we don't have any long-term records," said Neil Frank, a former director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The debate has taken center-stage among hurricane and climate scientists in the United States, where President George W. Bush's rejection of the Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse gases enraged environmental groups and foreign nations. Some U.S. scientists say Washington has stifled dissenters. Others deny it. "No one has put any pressure on me, from the White House or anywhere else," U.S. National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield said.
GROWING EVIDENCE
After two of the worst seasons on record -- 2004 produced 15 storms -- U.S. researchers are speaking more boldly. At an American Meteorological Society conference in Monterey, California, last week, a U.S. government researcher blamed last year's record season on global warming. On the web site of the government's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, the subject is broached frankly. The strongest hurricanes in the present climate may be upstaged by even more intense hurricanes over the next century as the earth's climate is warmed by increasing levels of greenhouse gases....," it says. Kerry Emanuel, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote in Nature magazine last August that the power dissipated by hurricanes in the North Atlantic has doubled in the last 30 years, possibly because storms have been more intense for longer periods of time. My results suggest that future warming may lead to an upward trend in tropical cyclone destructive potential," he wrote.
A study by Curry and her colleagues published in Science magazine last fall found the proportion of hurricanes reaching Category 4 and 5 has nearly doubled in the last 35 years. But Frank, the former hurricane center director who now is a weatherman for KHOU television in Houston, said he does not believe hurricanes are more frequent or more intense than they were in the last warming period, in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Only since the 1970s have researchers had satellites that allow them to look directly at hurricanes. As a result, he believes, storms that might have escaped detection in mid-ocean decades ago are now tracked from birth to death. Scientists who believe human-induced global warming is linked to hurricane formation and strength rely too heavily on numerical models, Frank said. These same numerical models that I can't put faith in for a two-week forecast, we're told can be accurate out 200 years," he said. "Ridiculous. Whatever the outcome of the debate, forecasters say the damaging seasons of 2004 and 2005 could be just the beginning. I'm here to tell you it can get worse," Mayfield said.
WHAT: 591 tornadoes and 49 fatalities WHEN: 2006 tornado season
WHY: The 2006 tornado season has gotten off to a violent and early start, surpassing the national average in both number and severity. The National Weather Service has confirmed 591 tornadoes through the month of April, double the number reported at this time last year. Fatalities as a result of these killer storms are up over 20 percent and the number of devastating F3 and F4 tornadoes are also on the rise.
A continuation of our worsening weather patterns that spawned Katrina, Rita and a record number of hurricanes of unprecedented severity in 2005, leading meteorologists are predicting this trend will continue throughout the 2006 season and likely for years to come. "We are in a new and potentially deadly era for storms, one that demands new technology, new tools," says meteorologist Paul Douglas, a weather technology expert, founder of Digital Cyclone, Inc., and weather anchor for WCCO-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. "It's not enough to watch TV or listen to the radio anymore. It's a good start, but if you want to maximize your odds of surviving a storm, any storm, you need multiple safety nets. You should never be totally dependent on just one source.
We can't control the weather, but as recent events have shown reacting and responding to critical weather information is becoming increasingly important. Fortunately advanced weather technology is providing individuals a new edge in safety with critical real-time weather information delivered via the mobile phone. Low-cost services such as My-Cast(R)5 from Digital Cyclone, Inc. offer on-demand, always-on, 24-hour-a-day weather information and alerting that is personalized to the user's specific location. When severe weather is about to enter the user's immediate area, an audio alert is broadcast to the mobile phone providing an extra margin of safety to take action or take cover. Anytime, anywhere, users are able to zoom into a local map of their area and view NEXRAD radar loops, satellite images, lightning strikes, predicted storm paths, plus flashing warnings, watches, and advisories with full text from the National Weather Service, virtually as they are issued.
Hurricane destruction powers global warming debate By Jim Loney Tue May 2, 8:36 AM
ET MIAMI (Reuters) - For a brief time in October, the pressure inside 185-mph (298 kph) Hurricane Wilma dropped to an astonishing low, making it the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic and Caribbean.That historic cyclone happened during a record-shattering hurricane season that produced 28 storms and occurred only weeks after Katrina swamped New Orleans, causing $80 billion in damage. The ferocity of last year's season gave ammunition to a growing chorus of voices that says humans and their greenhouse gas-spewing cars and factories could be making hurricanes more destructive.
But it did nothing to convince a hard core of hurricane researchers who insist there's no evidence that people are responsible for the recent intensity, and growing numbers, of tropical cyclones. The stakes are high. An estimated 50 million people live along the hurricane-vulnerable U.S. east and Gulf coasts. Millions more live in flood-prone mountains in Haiti and Central America, where hurricanes take thousands of lives. The U.S. hurricane tab last year was more than $100 billion. Major storms in the 2004 season caused another $45 billion in damage. The coastal regions are in jeopardy. The Miami area and the New Orleans area are very much at risk. We have a 10-year window to do something about greenhouse gases," said Prof. Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
"STUNNING INCREASES"
Curry said leading scientists with published research have compelling evidence that human-induced global warming is heating the seas from which hurricanes draw their strength. In the North Atlantic -- as the Atlanic north of the equator is called -- that has increased both the number and intensity of hurricanes in the last decade, she said. They are stunning increases that are way outside the bounds of natural variability," she said. Tropical ocean temperatures have risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1970, said Curry. "This 1 degree is playing havoc with hurricanes. It's a lot of extra energy for these storms. When Wilma's internal pressure hit 882 millibars, beating a record held by 1988's Gilbert, climatologists took notice. It was the first time a single season had produced four Category 5 hurricanes, the highest stage on the 5-step Saffir-Simpson scale of storm intensity. The 28 tropical storms and hurricanes crushed the old mark of 21, set in 1933.
While some hurricane researchers accept that the sea is warming, they believe it's part of a natural cycle, rather than human-caused. They say the Atlantic entered a period of heightened hurricane activity around 1995 and may not settle down for another 20 or 30 years due to a cycle called the "Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. With hurricane records for only 150 years, some say there isn't enough historical data to blame the greenhouse effect. We don't have any facts because we don't have any long-term records," said Neil Frank, a former director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The debate has taken center-stage among hurricane and climate scientists in the United States, where President George W. Bush's rejection of the Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse gases enraged environmental groups and foreign nations. Some U.S. scientists say Washington has stifled dissenters. Others deny it. "No one has put any pressure on me, from the White House or anywhere else," U.S. National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield said.
GROWING EVIDENCE
After two of the worst seasons on record -- 2004 produced 15 storms -- U.S. researchers are speaking more boldly. At an American Meteorological Society conference in Monterey, California, last week, a U.S. government researcher blamed last year's record season on global warming. On the web site of the government's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, the subject is broached frankly. The strongest hurricanes in the present climate may be upstaged by even more intense hurricanes over the next century as the earth's climate is warmed by increasing levels of greenhouse gases....," it says. Kerry Emanuel, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote in Nature magazine last August that the power dissipated by hurricanes in the North Atlantic has doubled in the last 30 years, possibly because storms have been more intense for longer periods of time. My results suggest that future warming may lead to an upward trend in tropical cyclone destructive potential," he wrote.
A study by Curry and her colleagues published in Science magazine last fall found the proportion of hurricanes reaching Category 4 and 5 has nearly doubled in the last 35 years. But Frank, the former hurricane center director who now is a weatherman for KHOU television in Houston, said he does not believe hurricanes are more frequent or more intense than they were in the last warming period, in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Only since the 1970s have researchers had satellites that allow them to look directly at hurricanes. As a result, he believes, storms that might have escaped detection in mid-ocean decades ago are now tracked from birth to death. Scientists who believe human-induced global warming is linked to hurricane formation and strength rely too heavily on numerical models, Frank said. These same numerical models that I can't put faith in for a two-week forecast, we're told can be accurate out 200 years," he said. "Ridiculous. Whatever the outcome of the debate, forecasters say the damaging seasons of 2004 and 2005 could be just the beginning. I'm here to tell you it can get worse," Mayfield said.
MERAPI VOLCANO READY TO GO
New lava dome grows on top of Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi 1 hour, 35 minutes
ago JAKARTA (AFP) - A new lava dome has formed at the peak of Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi volcano, reinforcing indications that it may soon erupt, scientists said. The dome has been expanding since last Wednesday behind another dome that was formed in 1997, said Dewi Sri from the vulcanology office in the ancient cultural city of Yogyakarta, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the volcano.It continues to grow and its volume has now reached into the hundreds of cubic meters... It is a sign that the magma pressure is increasing," she told AFP.
She said the mountain has significantly increased its activity, with a higher frequency of multi-phased earthquakes as well as those caused by lava fallout. All this indicates that magma pressure is building up and an eruption could follow," Sri said.The alert status of the 2,914-meter (9,560-foot) volcano remained on "standby" however, as it has for more than two weeks, one level below that which would require a mandatory evacuation for more than 29,000 people.Ratdomo Purbo, who heads the Vulcanology Research and Technology Development Office in Yogyakarta, was quoted by the Koran Tempo newspaper as saying that the dome had now grown some 10 meters (33 feet) high.
Purbo, who could not be reached for comment on Tuesday, was also quoted as saying that should the dome break or burst, it would spew lava accompanied by pyroclastic flows, or heat clouds. In its last large eruption in 1994, heat clouds known locally as "shaggy goats" reached 600 degrees Celsius and speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour. They killed 66 people on the southern slope of the mountain. Hundreds of residents have already been relocated to temporary shelters but many living on the volcano's slopes have refused to leave.
Merapi, which has been rumbling intermittently over the past four years, looms above a plain in the south of Central Java province. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" noted for its volcanic and seismic activity. The country has more than 100 active volcanoes.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE HEAVENS BEING SHAKIN, LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS WOULD HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE AGE OF GRACE.
Climate An Introduction
According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades. There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases – primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The heat-trapping property of these gases is undisputed although uncertainties exist about exactly how earth’s climate responds to them. Go to the Emissions section for much more on greenhouse gases.
Our Changing Atmosphere
Energy from the sun drives the earth’s weather and climate, and heats the earth’s surface; in turn, the earth radiates energy back into space. Atmospheric greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases) trap some of the outgoing energy, retaining heat somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse.Without this natural “greenhouse effect,” temperatures would be much lower than they are now, and life as known today would not be possible. Instead, thanks to greenhouse gases, the earth’s average temperature is a more hospitable 60°F. However, problems may arise when the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases increases.
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%, methane concentrations have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide concentrations have risen by about 15%. These increases have enhanced the heat-trapping capability of the earth’s atmosphere. Sulfate aerosols, a common air pollutant, cool the atmosphere by reflecting light back into space; however, sulfates are short-lived in the atmosphere and vary regionally.
Why are greenhouse gas concentrations increasing? Scientists generally believe that the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities are the primary reason for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. Plant respiration and the decomposition of organic matter release more than 10 times the CO2 released by human activities; but these releases have generally been in balance during the centuries leading up to the industrial revolution with carbon dioxide absorbed by terrestrial vegetation and the oceans.
What has changed in the last few hundred years is the additional release of carbon dioxide by human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, 24% of methane emissions, and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. Increased agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases.
Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, technological, policy, and institutional developments. Several emissions scenarios have been developed based on differing projections of these underlying factors. For example, by 2100, in the absence of emissions control policies, carbon dioxide concentrations are projected to be 30-150% higher than today’s levels.
Changing Climate
Global mean surface temperatures have increased 0.5-1.0°F since the late 19th century. The 20th century's 10 warmest years all occurred in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on record. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent. The frequency of extreme rainfall events has increased throughout much of the United States.
Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are likely to accelerate the rate of climate change. Scientists expect that the average global surface temperature could rise 1-4.5°F (0.6-2.5°C) in the next fifty years, and 2.2-10°F (1.4-5.8°C) in the next century, with significant regional variation. Evaporation will increase as the climate warms, which will increase average global precipitation. Soil moisture is likely to decline in many regions, and intense rainstorms are likely to become more frequent. Sea level is likely to rise two feet along most of the U.S. coast.
Calculations of climate change for specific areas are much less reliable than global ones, and it is unclear whether regional climate will become more variable.
ago JAKARTA (AFP) - A new lava dome has formed at the peak of Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi volcano, reinforcing indications that it may soon erupt, scientists said. The dome has been expanding since last Wednesday behind another dome that was formed in 1997, said Dewi Sri from the vulcanology office in the ancient cultural city of Yogyakarta, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the volcano.It continues to grow and its volume has now reached into the hundreds of cubic meters... It is a sign that the magma pressure is increasing," she told AFP.
She said the mountain has significantly increased its activity, with a higher frequency of multi-phased earthquakes as well as those caused by lava fallout. All this indicates that magma pressure is building up and an eruption could follow," Sri said.The alert status of the 2,914-meter (9,560-foot) volcano remained on "standby" however, as it has for more than two weeks, one level below that which would require a mandatory evacuation for more than 29,000 people.Ratdomo Purbo, who heads the Vulcanology Research and Technology Development Office in Yogyakarta, was quoted by the Koran Tempo newspaper as saying that the dome had now grown some 10 meters (33 feet) high.
Purbo, who could not be reached for comment on Tuesday, was also quoted as saying that should the dome break or burst, it would spew lava accompanied by pyroclastic flows, or heat clouds. In its last large eruption in 1994, heat clouds known locally as "shaggy goats" reached 600 degrees Celsius and speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour. They killed 66 people on the southern slope of the mountain. Hundreds of residents have already been relocated to temporary shelters but many living on the volcano's slopes have refused to leave.
Merapi, which has been rumbling intermittently over the past four years, looms above a plain in the south of Central Java province. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" noted for its volcanic and seismic activity. The country has more than 100 active volcanoes.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE HEAVENS BEING SHAKIN, LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS WOULD HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE AGE OF GRACE.
Climate An Introduction
According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades. There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities. Human activities have altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases – primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The heat-trapping property of these gases is undisputed although uncertainties exist about exactly how earth’s climate responds to them. Go to the Emissions section for much more on greenhouse gases.
Our Changing Atmosphere
Energy from the sun drives the earth’s weather and climate, and heats the earth’s surface; in turn, the earth radiates energy back into space. Atmospheric greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases) trap some of the outgoing energy, retaining heat somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse.Without this natural “greenhouse effect,” temperatures would be much lower than they are now, and life as known today would not be possible. Instead, thanks to greenhouse gases, the earth’s average temperature is a more hospitable 60°F. However, problems may arise when the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases increases.
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%, methane concentrations have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide concentrations have risen by about 15%. These increases have enhanced the heat-trapping capability of the earth’s atmosphere. Sulfate aerosols, a common air pollutant, cool the atmosphere by reflecting light back into space; however, sulfates are short-lived in the atmosphere and vary regionally.
Why are greenhouse gas concentrations increasing? Scientists generally believe that the combustion of fossil fuels and other human activities are the primary reason for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. Plant respiration and the decomposition of organic matter release more than 10 times the CO2 released by human activities; but these releases have generally been in balance during the centuries leading up to the industrial revolution with carbon dioxide absorbed by terrestrial vegetation and the oceans.
What has changed in the last few hundred years is the additional release of carbon dioxide by human activities. Fossil fuels burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, 24% of methane emissions, and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. Increased agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases.
Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, technological, policy, and institutional developments. Several emissions scenarios have been developed based on differing projections of these underlying factors. For example, by 2100, in the absence of emissions control policies, carbon dioxide concentrations are projected to be 30-150% higher than today’s levels.
Changing Climate
Global mean surface temperatures have increased 0.5-1.0°F since the late 19th century. The 20th century's 10 warmest years all occurred in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on record. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent. The frequency of extreme rainfall events has increased throughout much of the United States.
Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are likely to accelerate the rate of climate change. Scientists expect that the average global surface temperature could rise 1-4.5°F (0.6-2.5°C) in the next fifty years, and 2.2-10°F (1.4-5.8°C) in the next century, with significant regional variation. Evaporation will increase as the climate warms, which will increase average global precipitation. Soil moisture is likely to decline in many regions, and intense rainstorms are likely to become more frequent. Sea level is likely to rise two feet along most of the U.S. coast.
Calculations of climate change for specific areas are much less reliable than global ones, and it is unclear whether regional climate will become more variable.
HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY ISRAEL
ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM TOGETHER FOREVER AND EVER NO END IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ISAIAH 66:8-16
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword (THE BIBLE,GODS SWORD AS WELL AS SWORD WEAPONS) will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
ISAIAH 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born,(1ST COMING AS A BABY) unto us (ISRAELIS AND THE WORLD) a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:( 2ND COMING AS RULING KING) and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
NOTICE IT SAYS JESUS WILL BE RULING FROM DAVIDS THRONE, NOT ALLAHS THRONE. ISAAC'S LINE NOT ISHMAELS LINE EVEN THOUGH THE COUSINS WILL LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THATS ONLY AFTER JESUS THE TRUE PRINCE OF PEACE AND MIGHTY GOD RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE AFTER THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD.
LIKE THE END OF THIS STORY SAYS OUR COLORS (THE WORLD) ARE BLUE AND WHITE, AND NO ONE WILL CHANGE ISRAELS COLORS IN THE FUTURE SINCE JERUSALEM WILL BE THE WORLD CAPITAL AFTER THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.
HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY ISRAEL
Jewish settlers mark sad Israel independence day Wed May 3, 12:21 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Torn between a deep love for the land of Israel and a burning anger towards the state for uprooting them from the Gaza Strip, thousands of settlers will mark Independence Day with mixed emotions. As Israelis prepare for Wednesday's 58th independence anniversary, with millions of blue-and-white national flags waving outside homes and from cars, even the most trivial symbols are given a new meaning by former Gaza settlers. The months that have passed since the dramatic days of disengagement last September, when he and his family were uprooted from the occupied Gaza Strip, have done nothing to cool Eran Sternberg's anger towards the Jewish state.
It is going to be very hard for us to celebrate Independence Day this year," he says from his home, one of hundreds of caravans for evacuated families outside the community of Yad Binyamin in southern Israel. Although the catastrophe we went through should not disturb our happiness over independence, no one can escape its emotional dimension. While some settlers will wave flags tied with orange ribbons, symbolising the protest movement against the Gaza pullout, Sternberg ponders a more radical expression of what he sees as Israel's betrayal of its strongest supporters. I may wave a flag -- a black flag with the words 'we shall not forget and we shall not forgive' written on it -- to remind everyone of the state's evil acts.
The celebration of Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, which came amidst a war against seven Arab armies, is also a pledge of allegiance to the state's institutions, which Stenberg refuses to make. Because of my love for the state and my sincere intention to celebrate future independence days, we must deepen our awareness of the idea of 'we shall not forget and we shall not forgive' in order to promise such things never recur," Sternberg tells AFP. But he sees no bright future for Israel following the election of the centrist Kadima party whose prime minister designate Ehud Olmert has pledged to recall tens of thousands of settlers from the occupied West Bank.
I feel that we are on the verge of a national catastrophe and destruction which will usher in the end of the Jewish state in Israel," he says. Sternberg's views echo many other leaders of the religious Zionist movement. One prominent rabbi, Shmuel Tal, has called on his followers to completely boycott Independence Day. In many settlements across the West Bank, posters have been put up reading "we are not celebrating 'independence'" against a blue-and-white backdrop. But Avi Farhan, whose family was uprooted from the Gaza settlement of Elei Sinai, believes that hardline protest will only further distance the settlers and their cause from the majority of Israelis.
With all due respect to the crisis, the pain and the grief, the members of the religious Zionism who are thinking of boycotting Independence Day -- and those who intend to wave black flags -- are wrong again, Farhan wrote in an open letter on the Y-net Website. They are making us hated and pushing us to the edges of Israeli society. Farhan, who was also removed from his home when Israel left the Sinai peninsula in 1983 following a peace agreement with Egypt, says that despite everything he and his family went through, he will wave the flag this year.
Blue and white are my colours, and no one will take them from me," he says.
ISAIAH 66:8-16
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword (THE BIBLE,GODS SWORD AS WELL AS SWORD WEAPONS) will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
ISAIAH 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born,(1ST COMING AS A BABY) unto us (ISRAELIS AND THE WORLD) a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:( 2ND COMING AS RULING KING) and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
NOTICE IT SAYS JESUS WILL BE RULING FROM DAVIDS THRONE, NOT ALLAHS THRONE. ISAAC'S LINE NOT ISHMAELS LINE EVEN THOUGH THE COUSINS WILL LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THATS ONLY AFTER JESUS THE TRUE PRINCE OF PEACE AND MIGHTY GOD RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE AFTER THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD.
LIKE THE END OF THIS STORY SAYS OUR COLORS (THE WORLD) ARE BLUE AND WHITE, AND NO ONE WILL CHANGE ISRAELS COLORS IN THE FUTURE SINCE JERUSALEM WILL BE THE WORLD CAPITAL AFTER THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.
HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY ISRAEL
Jewish settlers mark sad Israel independence day Wed May 3, 12:21 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Torn between a deep love for the land of Israel and a burning anger towards the state for uprooting them from the Gaza Strip, thousands of settlers will mark Independence Day with mixed emotions. As Israelis prepare for Wednesday's 58th independence anniversary, with millions of blue-and-white national flags waving outside homes and from cars, even the most trivial symbols are given a new meaning by former Gaza settlers. The months that have passed since the dramatic days of disengagement last September, when he and his family were uprooted from the occupied Gaza Strip, have done nothing to cool Eran Sternberg's anger towards the Jewish state.
It is going to be very hard for us to celebrate Independence Day this year," he says from his home, one of hundreds of caravans for evacuated families outside the community of Yad Binyamin in southern Israel. Although the catastrophe we went through should not disturb our happiness over independence, no one can escape its emotional dimension. While some settlers will wave flags tied with orange ribbons, symbolising the protest movement against the Gaza pullout, Sternberg ponders a more radical expression of what he sees as Israel's betrayal of its strongest supporters. I may wave a flag -- a black flag with the words 'we shall not forget and we shall not forgive' written on it -- to remind everyone of the state's evil acts.
The celebration of Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, which came amidst a war against seven Arab armies, is also a pledge of allegiance to the state's institutions, which Stenberg refuses to make. Because of my love for the state and my sincere intention to celebrate future independence days, we must deepen our awareness of the idea of 'we shall not forget and we shall not forgive' in order to promise such things never recur," Sternberg tells AFP. But he sees no bright future for Israel following the election of the centrist Kadima party whose prime minister designate Ehud Olmert has pledged to recall tens of thousands of settlers from the occupied West Bank.
I feel that we are on the verge of a national catastrophe and destruction which will usher in the end of the Jewish state in Israel," he says. Sternberg's views echo many other leaders of the religious Zionist movement. One prominent rabbi, Shmuel Tal, has called on his followers to completely boycott Independence Day. In many settlements across the West Bank, posters have been put up reading "we are not celebrating 'independence'" against a blue-and-white backdrop. But Avi Farhan, whose family was uprooted from the Gaza settlement of Elei Sinai, believes that hardline protest will only further distance the settlers and their cause from the majority of Israelis.
With all due respect to the crisis, the pain and the grief, the members of the religious Zionism who are thinking of boycotting Independence Day -- and those who intend to wave black flags -- are wrong again, Farhan wrote in an open letter on the Y-net Website. They are making us hated and pushing us to the edges of Israeli society. Farhan, who was also removed from his home when Israel left the Sinai peninsula in 1983 following a peace agreement with Egypt, says that despite everything he and his family went through, he will wave the flag this year.
Blue and white are my colours, and no one will take them from me," he says.
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