EARTHQUAKES
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
6.0 quake rattles northeastern Nevada FEB 21,08
WELLS, Nev. - A strong earthquake shook rural northeastern Nevada Thursday, damaging a town's historic district but sparing residents from any serious injuries. The magnitude of the quake, initially estimated at 6.3, was later revised to 6.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.The quake, which struck at 6:16 a.m., was centered in a sparsely populated area 11 miles southeast of Wells near the Nevada-Utah line.It was felt across much of the West, from northern Idaho and Utah to Southern California, officials said. At least five less severe aftershocks were reported.Definitely a lot of people felt this, and if they were sleeping, they were awoken, said USGS geophysicist Carrieann Bedwell.The most serious damage was reported in Wells' largely unoccupied historic district, Elko County Undersheriff Rocky Gonzalez said.Brick facades tumbled off several buildings, signs fell and windows broke, and some vehicles parked on the street were damaged by falling debris, KELK Radio in Elko reported.
Dan Burns, spokesman with the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, said transportation and safety personnel were inspecting roads, bridges and dams in the area for structural damage.Burns said at least two buildings in historic area had partially collapsed, and two main water lines had ruptured.A Flying J Truck Stop was evacuated because of a propane leak, Gonzalez said, but no fires broke out. The leak was contained by midmorning.
Union Pacific Rail Road suspended traffic so its tracks could be inspected. Service later resumed, a spokeswoman said.In Wendover, Utah, on the Nevada-Utah line, Tammy Wadsworth was ironing clothes when the quake hit.I kept thinking, When is it going to quit? A couple pictures fell off the walls, she said. One of my grandkids ran outside. They didn't know what else to do. It scared them.
Tony Lowry, an assistant professor of geophysics at Utah State University, said the size of the quake and its location was unusual.In that part of Nevada, I don't think we've seen any like that in the last 150 years or so, Lowry said. It's not one of the places we would've looked or expected.
FAMINE
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.( A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD).
WELL IF YOU THINK PROPHECY IS NOT COMING TO PASS JUST READ THIS STORY. THE BIBLE SAYS A LOAF OF BREAD WILL BE THE COST OF A DAYS WAGES WELL WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THAT....GET READY FAMINE BIGTIME. GOD AND HIS WORD DOES NOT LIE.
ALSO THE DOW JONES WAS DOWN 160 POINTS THURSDAY ALSO.
Wheat prices touch all-time high FEB 11,08
Rising demand worldwide, weather damaged crops drive stockpiles to historic lows; price per bushel jumps 20%. Platinum prices also hit record high.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat futures jumped to a new record above $11 a bushel Monday on expectations of tight global supplies that could lead to higher prices for bread, pasta and other food.Other commodities rose broadly, with platinum futures climbing to a new record and crude oil trading higher as well.Wheat prices have surged 20% since the start of year, pushed higher by growing world demand and bad weather that has pummeled crops in Canada, Argentina and India. U.S. exporters are selling wheat at a record-pace to meet demand, rapidly depleting stockpiles. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast that U.S. wheat inventories will total 272 million bushels by the end of May - the lowest level in more than five decades.
Wheat for March delivery jumped the newly imposed 60-cent limit to fetch an all-time high of $11.53 a bushel in electronic trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. The contract later pulled back to $10.92a bushel, down 1 cent.It's an unprecedented move in wheat markets, said Jason Ward, analyst with Northstar Commodity in Minneapolis.
Relentless demand for agricultural products from fast-growing countries including China and India has exacerbated the supply crunch.Though many big food companies protect themselves against volatile prices swings, experts say U.S. consumers should expect higher food prices to eventually work their way into the grocery aisle.It's going to affect everything - pasta, bread, cereal. It's a big deal, Ward said.Other agriculture futures traded lower. March soybeans lost 18 cents to fetch $13.21 a bushel on the CBOT, while March corn fell 7.5 cents to $5.015 a bushel.In precious metals, platinum continued its upward climb, hitting a new record after Anglo Platinum Ltd. (AGPP.Y), the world's biggest platinum producer, warned Monday its production would fall for a second straight year amid power-related mining slowdowns in South Africa. The company saw a 12% drop in platinum production in 2007.
Platinum for April delivery jumped $49 to $1,933 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after earlier soaring to a record $1,949 an ounce.Other metals also rose. Gold for April delivery added $3 to $925.30 an ounce on the Nymex, while March silver rose to a record $17.595 an ounce before pulling back to $17.485, still up 37.5 cents. March copper climbed 14.5 cents to $3.5540 a pound.
PepsiCo profit falls 31%, but sales rise.New highs for precious metals.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
WHY IS THE EARTH BEING DESTROYED BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE, TERROR ATTACKS, MURDERS AND SUCH. LIKE IN NOAHS DAY NOW IN OUR DAY, GOD IS GIVING THE WORLD A WAKE UP CALL LIKE I KEEP SAYING.
Belgrade's US Embassy set on fire By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer FEB 21,08
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serb rioters set fire to an office inside the U.S. Embassy Thursday and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after a large demonstration against Kosovo's declaration of independence. Masked attackers broke into the U.S. compound, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. They set fire to the office and flames shot up the side of the building.It took police about 45 minutes to appear at the scene, and firefighters arrived about the same time and put out the blaze. Police secured the U.S. Embassy and surrounding area, blocking off all access.Serbia's President Boris Tadic, on an official visit to Romania, appealed for calm and urged the protesters to stop the attacks and move away from the streets. Tadic said that violence was damaging Serbia's efforts to defend Kosovo, which declared its independence from Belgrade on Sunday.
More than a dozen nations have recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence, including the United States, Britain, France and Germany. But the declaration by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership has been rejected by Serbia's government and the ethnic Serbians who populate northern Kosovo.For several days, Kosovo's Serbs have shown their anger by destroying U.N. and NATO property, setting off small bombs and staging noisy rallies.On Thursday, the neighboring Croatian Embassy also was targeted by the same group of protesters at the U.S. Embassy, and smaller groups attacked police posts outside the Turkish and British embassies in another part of the city but were beaten back.Elite police paramilitaries drove armored jeeps down the street outside the U.S. Embassy and fired dozens of tear gas canisters to clear crowds. The protesters fled into side streets where they continued clashing with the police.Groups also broke into a McDonald's restaurant and demolished the interior. A number of other shops were also ransacked and people were seen carrying off running shoes, track suits and other sporting goods from a department store.Doctors at Belgrade's emergency clinic reported treating more than 30 injured, half of whom were policemen. All were lightly injured, said Dusan Jovanovic, deputy chief of the clinic, adding that most of the injured protesters were extremely drunk.In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. ambassador to Serbia was at his home and in contact with U.S. officials. Security officials and Marine guards were in a different part of the compound, but nobody was inside the embassy building, he said.
We want to strongly urge them, and we are in contact with them, to make sure that they devote the assets to deal with this situation, McCormack told reporters, referring to the Serbian government.
Serbia has a responsibility now to devote the adequate resources to ensure that that facility is protected, he said.Kosovo, which is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, has not been under Belgrade's control since 1999, when NATO launched airstrikes to halt a Serbian crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. A U.N. mission has governed Kosovo since, with more than 16,000 NATO troops and KFOR, a multiethnic force, policing the province.But Serbia — and Kosovo's Serbs, who make up less than 10 percent of Kosovo's population — refuse to give up Kosovo, a territory considered the ancient cradle of Serbs' state and religion.Earlier Thursday, police estimated that about 150,000 people had attended a rally in the Serbian capital. The crowd waved Serbian flags and carried signs reading Stop USA terror. One group set fire to a red-and-black Albanian flag.
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
PEOPLE WAKE UP ALL THESE HAPPENINGS ARE NO ACCIDENT.
Bird flu remains dangerous as it continues to mutate By Robert S. Boyd, McClatchy Newspapers Wed Feb 20, 2:22 PM ET
WASHINGTON — Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia , Africa and Europe . Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States , scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. The lethal H5N1 version of the virus is mutating rapidly and rampaging through bird flocks throughout those parts of the world, infecting and often killing people who come in contact with them.The fear is that the virus will change into a form that makes human-to-human transmission quick and easy. At least seven slightly different subtypes already have been identified.New genes are being formed all the time, said Henry Niman , a molecular geneticist who tracks bird flu outbreaks around the world.
Although H5N1 hasn't reached the Western Hemisphere, Joseph Domenech , the chief veterinary officer for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization , warned last month that it could still trigger a human influenza pandemic. A pandemic is a worldwide outbreak such as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed tens of millions of people in the United States and Europe.The virus continues to cause human disease with high mortality and to pose the threat of a pandemic, the latest situation report from the World Health Organization says.As of Wednesday, bird flu had infected 362 people and killed 228 of them in 14 countries in Asia , Africa and Europe.In the last year, the WHO confirmed 98 new human cases, including 69 deaths, an alarming 70 percent death rate. It was the second worst year for bird flu, topped only by 2006, when 115 cases and 79 deaths (69 percent) were reported.Since the major outbreak in China in 2003, the virus has killed millions of chickens, ducks and geese along with pigs, cats and other mammals in some 50 countries.Almost all the people who've been infected caught the disease from close contact with domestic poultry and occasionally from wild ducks, geese or swans. In a handful of cases, scientists think the virus passed from one human to another, usually among relatives or people living close together.So far the spread of H5N1 from person to person has been very rare, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
For example, eight family members in Indonesia caught the disease in 2005, and all but one of them died. A pregnant Chinese woman passed the virus to her 4-month-old fetus last fall. Both died. Four brothers in Pakistan were infected last winter, and two of them died.It's pretty clear that was a case of human-to-human transmission, said Niman, founder of Recombinomics, a genetics research firm in Pittsburgh.Multiple teams of researchers are studying the details of how the virus performs its deadly work. They hope that their findings will lead to better vaccines to limit or prevent infection, but the problem is difficult.The rate of evolution makes it hard to make a vaccine. There are a lot of moving parts, Niman said.Vaccines such as Tamiflu that are used for common seasonal flu offer partial but not complete protection from H5N1. Furthermore, the virus already is developing resistance to these vaccines.Recent research has discovered several reasons that human-to-human transmission of H5N1 has been limited so far.For one thing, bird and human viruses have different shapes, according to Ram Sasisekharan, a biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge . To cause infection, the virus must fit a spike on its surface, known as HA, into a hollow receptor on the surface of a human cell. The virus that attacks birds fits its HA spike into a cone-shaped receptor. To infect humans, however, the spike must fit into a slightly wider receptor shaped like an open umbrella, Sasisekharan said.
For animal influenza viruses to cause pandemics in human population, their HA protein must acquire mutations that allow human-to-human transmission, Carole Bewley , a biochemist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md ., noted in the January issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology. Fortunately, this barrier has so far protected us from rapid spread of H5N1.
For more information: www.flutrackers.com .An animation of H5N1 spreading since 2003: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12375868. Click on PLAY.
AND AS YOU READ IN THE BELOW SCRIPTURES THERE WILL BE WAR IN THE HEAVENS IN THE FUTURE. SATAN AND HIS DEMONS GET BOOTED TO EARTH, KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN FOREVER.
SO SOMEHOW IN THE FUTURE SOMETHING WILL SET OFF A WAR IN HEAVEN AND SOMEHOW THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS FIGHT AGAINST MICHAEL AND THE ISRAELIS ANGELS. ISRAEL PREVAILS AND SATAN AND HIS DEMONS ARE CAST TO EARTH FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
REVELATION 12:1-13 (SATAN BOOTED TO EARTH - GREATEST PERSECUSSION EVER)
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:(MARY MOTHER OF JESUS AND ISRAEL)
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (THE EU WILL BE GODLESS).
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3rd OF ANGELS REBELLED AGAINST GOD AND WERE KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN ALSO) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(PERSECUSSION OF ISRAEL)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(JESUS) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.(ISRAEL)
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Space Arms Race Heats Up Overnight Jeremy Hsu Jeanna Bryner
SPACE.com FEB 21,08
The U.S. Navy's successful missile hit and apparent destruction of a defunct spy satellite represents a major step forward in the space arms race in the eyes of some analysts. Others are not so sure.One expert said last night's hit was not an example of a real missile-defense system, targeting an unusually low satellite that was essentially a sitting duck with a missile that is not the nation's top-of-the line for such tasks.Some say tensions with Russia and China will increase following the U.S. anti-satellite demonstration, as both nations had stated their opposition to the attempt. Others argue the United States took necessary measures to ensure geopolitical stability and extend its military dominance.
This is obviously being hailed as a victory both politically, because the [U.S.] administration can claim there was no loss of life, and technically because it worked, said Theresa Hitchens, Center for Defense Information director. It helped the [U.S.] Navy demonstrate the capabilities of its missile defense system.Last night at approximately 10:26 p.m. EST, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, the USS Lake Erie, launched a Standard Missile-3, which intercepted the defunct spy satellite USA-193, also known as NROL-21, over the Pacific Ocean. Defense Department officials say they think the missile successfully hit the satellite's hydrazine tank, a potential hazard that was cited as the reason for the shootdown.
Space arms race
The exercise has severe implications, experts say, as it opens up a once-virgin territory — space — for international weaponization. The potential for a space arms race has some worried.It was an unfortunate choice by the United States that seems to have been unnecessary. The fact is that satellites fall from space all the time and the risk of it was fairly minimal, said Stephen Young, the senior analyst in Washington, D.C., for the Union of Concerned Scientist's Global Security Program. But the implications of the satellite shootdown could be very severe. We're talking about a potential arms race in space.It's a step backward in terms of weaponization of space because whatever the U.S. government's official stance is, the world perception is that this was an ASAT test, said Phil Smith, assistant director for Research and Planning for the Secure World Foundation. Perception is everything as they say in politics. It's perceived not only in that way but that the U.S. is being somewhat hypocritical when it condemned the Chinese launch and of course they went ahead and did something that is going to be perceived as being just about the same.China has already demonstrated its anti-satellite capabilities, with Russia indicating ASAT abilities in the 1980s. The U.S. will be in a worse position overall if other countries decide they also need the ability to shoot down satellites, Young said.
The China question
Experts have also suggested the U.S. attempt could legitimize China's anti-satellite demonstration that took place a year ago, and open the doors for other nations such as India or Iran to do their own tests.Since China did their ASAT [anti-satellite] test and got into political hot water, there's been debate in China about whether to go forward, Hitchens said. This would seem to give PLA [People's Liberation Army] hardliners more ammunition for their argument, and also gives other nations the signal that it's okay if you test this technology if it's done safely.Another expert saw China's internal debate differently, even as China asked for more information about the U.S. satellite shootdown.Their concern is not whether they should continue with their military space program, said Everett Dolman, a professor of comparative military studies at Maxwell Air Force Base.Dolman added that much of the international outcry over China's test was over the large debris field left in orbit by the Chinese satellite's destruction, and so the Chinese were likely discussing how to prevent such international condemnation in future tests. He sees the continuing weaponization of space as almost a certainty, particularly as the U.S. and China continue jockeying to maintain and increase their global power.If there is going to be a big conflict between the U.S. and China, it's likely the first salvoes will be in space because the security needs of the U.S. and China are incompatible there, Dolman said.
Regardless of differences in opinion, most agreed that the U.S. anti-satellite demonstration sends a political message for China and Russia.[The U.S.] certainly did a good job in couching it in safety terms, which makes it harder to attack outright, Young said, but it seems fairly clear that the Chinese and the Russians got the message: This is something we can do.
Necessary step?
At least one expert saw the demonstration as a crucial step by the U.S. to ensure its military and political dominance if a space arms race becomes inevitable.This was in my view a very positive move by the U.S. for stability, said Dolman. The fact that you're using a Navy ship and a fairly standard weapon to do this is really ratcheting up the technology curve.The shootdown certainly seems to confirm U.S. technological prowess. The interceptor missile was never designed to engage a satellite, according to Raytheon Missile Systems, adding that its success demonstrates the capability of the SM-3 missile to meet a unique situation and perform beyond its intended purpose.Dolman observed that the U.S., China and Russia will all try to control space in the near-future, but that developing anti-satellite and other weapons won't necessarily lead to a catastrophic war because of the relatively bloodless nature of space conflict.No one's ready for control of space yet, although they'd all like to have that capability, Dolman said.The Secure World Foundation views the shootdown as an opportunity for the U.S. government to spearhead efforts for an international forum dealing with space-traffic management and weaponization issues.
We need to deal with this globally, because that satellite could've been a different satellite, for example, belonging to a different country, Smith said. If it was characterized as a threat and we had the ability to shoot it down and nobody else did then that becomes an international issue that needs to be dealt with as transparently as possible.But so far, the U.S. government has come up a bit short on transparency and international cooperation. One fundamental truth is that this administration has demonstrated clearly a preference for unilateral and military action over international and cooperative actions, Young said. We don't know how the decision was made in the Bush administration but the fact that early on they were talking about fairly modest risk and then suddenly we're going to shoot it down ... there was no indication at all that they were headed that way. It seems to the outside observer, hey this would be fun. Let's go shoot something down.
Old news?
John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs the highly regarded website Global Security.org, believes the shootdown has no implications regarding the space arms race.In my view it means nothing, Pike said. it has no larger implications. Pike's rationale is that the U.S. has demonstrated its anti-satellite capabilities beginning in about 1985 and the missile used in the shot last night doesn't have the ability for a real missile-defense system. The United States has got other better ways of shooting down satellites. This is not a very good ASAT interceptor, Pike told SPACE.com. The missile reached about 150 miles (241 km). No self-respecting satellite is ever going to find itself that low, because you're not going to stay in orbit that long. Typically, satellites reside at an altitude of about 300 - 400 miles (483 644 km) in order to remain in orbit without extra boosts. In addition, officials have said the resulting debris from the obliterated satellite appears to be too small to cause any damage on Earth. The destroyed satellite's debris was spotted in the sky by some West Coast observers.Pike added that the U.S. will continue with missile defense testing. The Americans are going to continue conducting exo-atmospheric ballistic-missile defense tests several times a year, Pike said. The Americans, I believe, have a covert unacknowledged space-based anti-missile system that they may start testing in about five years.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
EU PARL RATIFIES LISBON TREATY
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
A SUCCESFUL HIT LAST NIGHT OF THE SATELLITE IN SPACE.
Mission successful: satellite blown out of sky
Reuters | Thursday, 21 February 2008
A missile from a US Navy warship hit a defunct US spy satellite 133 nautical miles (247km) above the Earth in an attempt to blow apart its tank of toxic fuel, the Pentagon said.It was too soon to tell if the fuel tank had been shattered in the operation over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said in a statement, but a senior military source said initial indications suggested that goal had been achieved.The SM-3 missile was fired from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific at about 10.26pm EST (4.30pm NZT), the Pentagon said in a statement.A network of land, air, sea and space-based sensors confirms that the US military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering the earth's atmosphere, it said.
Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours, the statement said.The senior military source said the missile hit the satellite about three minutes after launch.There's a good indication that the fuel tank was hit because there was an explosion, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.Washington says its aim is to prevent harm to humans from the satellite's tank of hazardous hydrazine fuel. Russia and China have expressed concern, with Moscow suggesting the operation could be used as cover to test a new space weapon.The missile hit the 2270kg, bus-sized satellite as it travelled through space at more than 27,400kmh, the Pentagon said.Due to the relatively low altitude of the satellite at the time of the engagement, debris will begin to re-enter the earth's atmosphere immediately, it added.Nearly all of the debris will burn up on reentry within 24-48 hours and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days.During a flight from Washington to Hawaii, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates authorized the Navy to fire the missile, about 10 hours before the operation was carried out, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said.Commanders informed him the mission had been a success nine minutes after the satellite was hit, Morrell said.The secretary was obviously very pleased to learn that, Morrell told reporters in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Pentagon has said the stray spacecraft was a test satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, a US intelligence agency, launched in December 2006.It stopped communicating within a few hours of reaching orbit, Pentagon officials have said.Some space experts have questioned the Pentagon's justification for the mission, saying the chances of any part of the satellite causing harm were extremely remote.But Pentagon officials have denied suggestions they wanted to destroy the satellite to prevent part of the classified spacecraft from falling into the hands of rival powers.They have insisted the only concern was that the 1000-pound fuel tank could survive largely intact and release toxic gas.The Pentagon has said the operation would use modified elements of its missile defence system.But officials have sought to avoid presenting this mission as a test for that system, saying hitting a satellite is quite different from trying to shoot down a missile.
The Pentagon said it would provide further information about the operation at a news briefing at 7am EST on Thursday (1am Friday NZT).
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?
READ THESE VERSES CAREFULLY ITS INTERESTING THAT THERE IS A QUAKE, THEN THE SUN IS BLOCKED OUT AND THE MOON IS BLOOD RED. THE QUAKE COULD BE A NUKE OR SOMETHING GOING OFF, SOME HOW IT BLOCKS OUT THE SUN AND BEING THE MOON IS BLOOD RED IT MIGHT OCCUR WHILE A LUNAR ECLIPSE IS GOING ON. JUST A THOUGHT. AND THEN THE METEORITES FALL TO EARTH.
THIS IS INTERESTING THAT AMERICA SHOOTS A SATELLITE ON THE SAME DAY THAT A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OCCURS. COULD THIS BE A SIGN OF SPACE WARS SOON OCCURRING AND MISSLES GOING OFF. TIME WILL ONLY TELL.
Total eclipse of the moon
Melissa Mollohan 2/21/08 Section: Features
When the full moon is out, crazy things happen. And on Wednesday, when the full moon was out, a total lunar eclipse occurred. It just so happens that lunar eclipses only happen when there's a full moon out. However, only two or three lunar eclipses happen a year, according to NASA. A lunar eclipse takes place when the moon passes through the Earth's shadows.The moon on Wednesday began to partially eclipse around 8:45 p.m. This stage in the process may have been hard to see. The total eclipse could be seen from 10:01 p.m. until 10:51 p.m., with the new moon coming out just after midnight. The last total lunar eclipse, which occurred last August, lasted 90 minutes before the new moon appeared, NASA said.
It makes [the students] more aware of their surroundings, said Marco Ciocca, associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy. This new moon can range in color from red to orange to gray or to brown, but NASA predicts it will be a bright orange. The new moon will also be moving west to east.According to NASA, the eclipse can be seen from much of North America. This lunar eclipse lasted about three hours and 26 minutes.Watching lunar eclipses is safe. There was no need to wear protective eyewear and no telescope was needed to view the eclipse. NASA suggests getting some binoculars to see the moon more closely and to observe the color better.Although total eclipses of the Moon are of limited scientific value, they are remarkably beautiful events, according to NASA's lunar eclipse Web page. They help to cultivate interest in science and astronomy in children and to provide a unique learning opportunity for families, students and teachers. To the nature lover and naturalist, the lunar eclipse can be appreciated and celebrated as an event which vividly illustrates our place among the planets in the solar system.The next lunar eclipse visible from North America is forecast for December of 2010; however, there will be a solar eclipse in August of this year. Those wanting to see the solar eclipse must wear protective eyewear.
For more information on lunar eclipses, go online to http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
EARTHQUAKES
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Tsunami warning cancelled after quake strikes western Indonesia Wed Feb 20, 5:10 AM
WINNIPEG (CBC) - Officials have cancelled a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake rocked the coast of western Indonesia Wednesday morning, killing three people.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which struck under the island of Simeulue off the western coast of Sumatra island, had a 7.6 magnitude.At least 25 others were seriously injured in the quake, which damaged many buldings, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre.Earlier, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said parts of the Sumatran coast closest to the epicentre and India's Andaman and Nicobar island chain were at risk of a possible tsunami. But two hours later, it said sea gauges had not detected any large waves.Indonesia is located on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.The fault that ruptured Wednesday off the coast of Sumatra is the same where a magnitude-9 quake in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them on Sumatra.
With files from the Associated Press.
Moderate quake rattles Lebanon, Israel By Stan Goodenough
February 17, 2008
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale originated in southern Lebanon shortly after midday Friday as tens of thousands of Lebanese were marching through the streets of Lebanon calling for Israel's destruction.The quake was felt throughout Israel, rocking buildings along the coastal plain, but causing no damage or injury.According to one report, a hole six foot wide opened on the Temple Mount as a result of the seismic event. Muslim officials, who have been excavating all over the mount without supervision or authority to do so, were quick to accuse Israel of tunneling under the hill.Friday's temblor was the latest in a series of quakes that have struck the region since last November.While Israel is expected to suffer a major earthquake sometime soon, according to experts, lawmakers have frequently decried the lack of readiness for such an event amid dark predictions that a major disaster is waiting to happen.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Snowstorm Hits Jerusalem FEB 20,08
JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents of Jerusalem awoke Tuesday to find their city blanketed with snow. The snowfall disrupted schools, kept most people off the roads and left holy shrines dusted in white.It was the second serious snowstorm to hit the city in three weeks, marking a particularly harsh winter in the usually temperate Holy Land. Weather reports dominated Israeli media Tuesday and TV stations went live from Jerusalem with footage of the snow.Three babies were delivered by ambulance crews because women in labor couldn't make it to the hospital, the Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom said.Despite the hopes of many children, schools opened Tuesday, albeit several hours late. Still, many students either stayed home or were later sent home by staff.In Jerusalem's Old City, the golden Dome of the Rock — one of Islam's holiest sites — was capped with white. So were the 500-year-old walls and the roofs of the stone houses. Ultra-Orthodox men covered their distinctive black hats with plastic bags to keep them dry.
In the nearby Palestinian town of Ramallah, in the West Bank, school was canceled and the streets were nearly empty. Snow also fell in the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, the site of Israel's only ski resort.In Lebanon, snow isolated the country's interior and TV forecasters said many villages and towns at an altitude of 1,100 feet above sea level were blanketed by thick layers of snow. Electricity was disrupted across many parts of the country.In the southern port city of Sidon, the storm caused a landslide at a huge garbage dump known as rubbish mountain, sending an estimated 150 tons of garbage into the sea, according to a statement issued by the Sidon municipality.
Temperature climbs to record level in Charlottetown
Tue Feb 19, 10:19 AM
PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - The temperature in Charlottetown Monday inched above the previous record for Feb. 18, which was set in 1981.From what I can tell, Charlottetown Airport, they broke a record, said Jeremy March of Environment Canada.They got up to 8.5 degrees; the old record was 8.4, that was back in '81. The only other place that they keep records in P.E.I. is Summerside but they just fell short of a new record.The temperature in Summerside reached 6.7 C.Monday was far from a record warm day for February. On Feb. 2, 1976, the temperature rose to 13.3 C.
Deep freeze continues in Manitoba
Tue Feb 19, 9:14 AM
WINNIPEG (CBC) - Manitobans are shivering again as yet another cold snap sweeps through the province, the latest in a series of frigid spells that have brought below-normal temperatures and extreme wind chills in 2008.Wind chill warnings were issued across virtually every area of the province Tuesday morning.In Winnipeg, the mercury is expected to climb to only -26 C on Tuesday, with a gusty north wind making it feel like -45 C.In northern Manitoba, colder temperatures and stronger winds were expected to make conditions feel more like -53 C.We do have a saying in the weather business, that cold air wins. And it's won again, said Dave Carlsen, a meteorologist at Environment Canada.The cold is expected to continue for much of the week, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, Carlsen said.By the end of the week and the beginning of the weekend, it seems the temperatures are going to rebound up to around normal, and in the super long-range forecast, it doesn't look like things are going to cool down nearly as much, he said.
Normal daytime temperatures in southern Manitoba for this time of year are around -7 C.Beware hypothermia: health officials.The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority recommends that the elderly and very young children stay indoors as much as possible when the weather is extremely cold.While indoors, health officials recommend at least one room be heated to 20 C to prevent hypothermia - especially for babies and seniors - although care should be used with fireplaces, stoves or space heaters to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning or fire.When outside, people should wear layers of warm, dry clothing, including hats and gloves, to prevent frostbite and hypothermia, health officials said.Signs of frostbite include numbness, a red-white nose, chin, fingers or forehead, or stiff cheeks. Frostbitten areas should be warmed gradually by wrapping them in warm material or placing them next to warm skin, but should not be rubbed, health officials advise.Signs of hypothermia include stiff muscles, a puffy face, slurred speech, uncontrollable shivering, slowed breathing and mental confusion. Hypothermia requires emergency medical attention.Extremely cold weather has been blamed for several deaths in Manitoba this winter, including a teenager at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, a 29-year-old man in the city of Winnipeg, and two people who froze to death seeking help after their cars got stuck on rural roads.
Flooding closes Bay D'Espoir highway
Tue Feb 19, 1:36 PM
ST..JOHNS (CBC) - Heavy rain made travelling treacherous on some regional highways in western and southern Newfoundland on Tuesday.
The Bay D'Espoir Highway was closed at midday when heavy rain and melting snow swamped the road at the exit to Conne River and Pool's Cove.An official with the Newfoundland and Labrador Transportation Department said the unseasonable melt has been coupled with ice-blocked culverts.Although the road is intact, transportation officials ruled there was too much water on the pavement for safe driving.Meanwhile, parts of Route 460 totalling several hundred metres near Stephenville were covered with water.About 30 centimetres of water had pooled on the road, and heavy rainfall has made a nearby brook overflow its banks.The water is up over the road. [It] doesn't look like it's showing any signs of letting up at this point, Cyril McCarthy, an official with the Transportation Department, said Tuesday.There's just too much water on the road to get through.Motorists travelling between Stephenville and the Port au Port Peninsula are being advised to use Route 490 instead.About 50 millimetres of rain fell from late Monday to early Tuesday morning in the Port aux Basques area, Environment Canada said. About 35 millimetres of rain was recorded at Stephenville.
Ten dead in flashfloods in Philippines: relief agencies
Tue Feb 19, 8:58 PM
MANILA (AFP) - At least 10 people have been confirmed dead and six are missing after flashfloods hit central Philippine islands, disaster relief agencies said Wednesday.The island of Samar and surrounding areas have been hit by days of heavy rain causing landslides and overflowing rivers, the civil defence office said.
Some 640 people have been evacuated to safety, the office said.Ten people have been killed on Samar and the island of Leyte with a search under way for the missing six, the office and the local Red Cross reported.Several roads in Samar have been left impassable due to the floods and landslides, the office said in a statement.Relief goods have been transported to the affected areas and road clearing operations have begun, the statement added.
Israel faces growing international pressure to change Gaza Strip policy By Barak Ravid FEB 21,08
Ran Koriel, Israel's European Union ambassador, recently warned the Foreign Ministry of a change in EU policy on Hamas, amid mounting international pressure on Israel over its handling of the situation in the Gaza Strip. The government has recently been getting strong signals that both the U.S. and Europe are deeply frustrated by lack of progress in negotiations with the Palestinians. Envoys of the Quartet on the Middle East convened in Berlin on February 11 to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). David Welch, top Middle East aide to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Mark Otte, the European Union peace envoy; UN Middle East envoy Robery Serry; and Russian envoy to the Middle East Sergei Yakovlev took part in the meeting. In the last week, a number of Israeli ambassadors in European capitals sent classified telegrams about the meeting's contents, some of which reached Haaretz. Serry criticized Israel at the outset of the meeting. We are deeply concerned over the situation in Gaza, especially from the humanitarian perspective, he said. We must find a fast solution to this situation.He said that due to Israel's siege, even the UN's teams have difficulty entering and leaving Gaza to give aid.
Welch, who joined the criticism of Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip, said the United States was not comfortable with Israel's approach to Gaza, and presented the American goals regarding the Israelis and Palestinians. First we must not allow the suicide bombing in Dimona and shooting on Sderot to affect the negotiations, he said. It is also important to us that neither the Palestinians in Gaza nor the Israelis in Sderot are hurt. Also, we must continue to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad.Welch added that the Quartet must demand that Israel open the border passes with the Gaza Strip. Otte was even more blunt. Not only is nothing improving on the ground, but Israel's behavior is getting worse, and it's failing to carry out its obligations on the road map, he said. There seem to be no significant progress in the peace process, he said. He noted that Israel had decided to extend by six months the order to shut down PA institutions in East Jerusalem. We must consider a change of policy in everything regarding Gaza, he said. Yakovlev said that Russia believes the Palestinians must once again set up a national unity government, which Israel strongly objects to. Without a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, the Gaza Strip will be a time bomb that will kill the Annapolis process, he said.
Israel had been expecting a demarche from the EU making clear Brussels' disapproval of its actions in the Gaza Strip. A concentrated diplomatic offensive by Israel's ambassadors in Europe managed to stall the initiative for the moment. However, said a source in Jerusalem, Israel is living on borrowed time regarding international legitimacy for what is going on in Gaza.Israel and the United States recently managed to thwart Switzerland's initiative for an international gathering to propose a plan to open the border passes to the Gaza Strip. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner demanded of Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the past two weeks to open the border passes in the Strip. Barak was forced to give in and allow a partial opening of the passes so that cement could be brought into Gaza. Barak heard similar demands during his visit to Turkey about a week ago. He agreed to Turkey's request to enable Turkish humanitarian aid to be brought into Gaza on a one-time basis. In addition to these troubling reports, Ran Koriel sent a sharp telegram to the Foreign Ministry warning of an overall European policy change toward Israel and the PA, which could even lead to a recognition of Hamas. Despite the suspension [of the demarche], note the growing discomfort in Europe over the situation in the Gaza Strip, wrote Koriel. He said that in recent weeks he received reports that the French government was reexamining its attitude toward Hamas. Senior EU officials had been heard denouncing Israel's actions in Gaza, and a number of decisions on the issue had been passed in various European parliaments. This activity is in keeping with the European culture espousing concern for humanitarian issues, Koriel wrote. It is even graver in view of the feeling in Europe that Israel and the Palestinians are not succeeding in changing the situation on the ground and not progressing in the peace talks.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
FAMINE
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Crude Oil Rises to a Record $100.10 on OPEC Production Outlook By Mark Shenk
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a record $100.10 a barrel in New York on speculation OPEC will cut production when it meets next month. Gasoline and heating oil also reached records as investors poured money into energy markets. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, set to meet on March 5, may cut output as winter heating demand wanes, oil ministers from Algeria and Iran said in the past week. Oil also rose as a weakening dollar prompted some traders to invest in commodities as a hedge against inflation. Prices are primarily up because OPEC will more than likely cut production in two weeks, said Richard Chimblo, manager of global business development at Calgary-based Genoil Inc. OPEC is concerned about the outlook for a slowing global economy and demand.
Crude oil for March delivery rose $4.51, or 4.7 percent, to settle at $100.01 a barrel at 2:55 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was a record closing price. Futures reached $100.10, the highest intraday price since trading began in 1983.
Today was the third time oil has reached $100. Oil rose to a then-record $100.09 a barrel in New York on Jan. 3, a day after touching $100 for the first time on militant attacks in Nigeria, Africa's biggest producer. My short-term target is $105 to $110, said Rob Kurzatkowski, a futures analyst at OptionsXpress Holdings Inc., a Chicago-based online brokerage. Prices won't breach $110 because OPEC will back off and give dovish statements if prices rise much further. They don't want prices much higher, destroying demand for their product.Brent crude for April settlement rose $3.65, or 3.9 percent, to close at a record $98.56 a barrel on London's ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract reached an intraday record of $98.70 a barrel today.
OPEC Policy
OPEC, whose members produce more than 40 percent of the world's oil, left output quotas unchanged at a meeting Feb. 1. Oil demand may drop 1.8 million barrels a day in the second quarter amid a U.S. economic slowdown, refinery shutdowns and lower fuel consumption at the end of winter, Chakib Khelil, Algeria's oil minister and president of OPEC, said on Feb. 13. There's been a big flow of capital into the commodity markets, especially energy, over the last 8 to 10 days, said Gene McGillian, an analyst at TFS Energy LLC in Stamford, Connecticut. The energy markets should be full steam ahead. The dollar fell to the lowest level in two weeks versus the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep cutting U.S. interest rates. The dollar fell as low as $1.4757, the weakest since Feb. 5.
Refinery Explosion
Gasoline and heating oil surged after an explosion yesterday shut Alon USA Energy Inc.'s Big Spring, Texas, refinery. The facility can process 70,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Alon said in a statement that its goal is to resume partial operations in about two months. The reaction to the shutdown of such a small refinery shows how nervous people are, McGillian said. Gasoline for March delivery climbed 10.93 cents, or 4.4 percent, to close at a record $2.6031 a gallon in New York. Futures touched $2.61, a record intraday price. The contract, which covers gasoline to be blended with ethanol, known as RBOB, began trading in October 2005. Pump prices are following futures higher. Regular gasoline, averaged nationwide, rose 1.8 cents to $3.032 a gallon yesterday, AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization, said today on its Web site. Prices touched a record $3.227 a gallon on May 24. Heating oil for March delivery rose 11.45 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $2.7614 a gallon in New York, a record close. Futures reached $2.766, the highest intraday price since trading began in 1978. To contact the reporters on this story: Mark Shenk in New York at mshenk1@bloomberg.net.February 19, 2008 16:41 EST
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sweden demands EU role for leaders of future presidency countries 20.02.2008 - 09:08 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG - Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt has said the EU should outline a list of co-chairing tasks for leaders of future presidency countries after the new post of EU president is established. Speaking to journalists after his address to the European Parliament on Tuesday (19 February), the Mr Reinfeldt suggested that if there is no role for EU leaders in the future, it could have a negative impact on their engagement with the bloc's agenda.The Czech Republic and Sweden are the two countries which are due to chair the EU in 2009 - just as the new Lisbon treaty is supposed to come into force.Under the new treaty, the bloc is to shift from a rotating six-month presidency to a mixed system of a permanent EU president coordinating top level debates at European level and ministerial sessions chaired by ministers from presidency countries.But according to Mr Reinfeldt, the EU should first discuss how to balance the future division of powers between holders of the new presidency post and other institutions, as well as with the leaders of presidency countries.
Otherwise, said the centre-right leader, a positive role of engaging different players of Europe [in EU-related activities] would be lost in that process.At the moment, there is no list of tasks for prime ministers of rotating presidency countries and we need a discussion on that matter, he noted, suggesting that the debate could take place in the second half of 2009, under his country's EU presidency.
Yes to Turkey, unlike France
Mr Reinfeldt's address to the EU assembly in Strasbourg followed a meeting between parliament President Hans Gert Poettering and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, with France taking on the EU presidency in July.While both France and Sweden highlighted climate change and immigration-related issues as among their top EU presidency priorities, there were sharp differences on further EU enlargement.France is one of the strongest opponents of Turkish EU membership, proposing instead a Mediterranean union of both EU and non-EU states.Mr Reinfeldt, for his part, insisted that enlargement is close to the hearts of the Swedish people, arguing it should not be marred by critical voices from some quarters.Without continuing enlargement, we would run the risk of instability on our own continent. Enlargement is the most important strategic instrument for disseminating the values that European cooperation is founded on, he said. We demolished one wall in Europe. We should not start building a new wall against Turkey or other European countries.
Some criticised the fact that different countries publicly hold very different positions on EU membership hopefuls.You should speak to your colleague Sarkozy about Turkey, said the leader of the Socialists, Martin Schulz.It can't go on like this, with different prime ministers sending different messages to candidate countries, said the German MEP.
20/02/2008 13:04
EP approves Lisbon Treaty
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved the Lisbon treaty reforming the European Union's institutions, despite demands for referendum. The EU legislature voted 525-119, with 29 abstentions, to endorse the treaty which replaces a draft European constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005 referendums. A handful of lawmakers dressed in yellow T-shirts brandished banners demanding a referendum on the treaty, which incorporates all the main reforms of the defunct charter. European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom told deputies the treaty signed in December strengthens Europe's democratic legitimacy. But British and Danish sceptics accused EU leaders of denying citizens a say on a text that is very close to the constitution in substance, though not in form.
Only Ireland plans to hold a referendum. All 26 other member states intend to ratify the text by parliamentary procedure. Five countries have completed the process so far. The European Parliament's approval is required as well as the unanimous ratification of member states for the treaty to enter into force. The treaty provides for a long-term president of the European Council of EU leaders, a stronger foreign policy chief, a simpler, more democratic decision-making system and more say for the national and European parliaments. It omits symbols of statehood such as a flag, anthem and motto, and adds opt-out clauses for Britain and Poland from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and judicial cooperation. This is nothing less than a massive exercise in deceit, said Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party, recalling that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had promised Britons a referendum on the constitution. Speaking for the EU presidency, Slovenian Secretary of State for European Affairs Janez Lenarcic responded: There is nothing wrong with parliamentary ratification. All EU member states are representative parliamentary democracies.European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, a German Christian Democrat, said the assembly represented the people of Europe and told the protesting members: If your parents could see you, they would be ashamed.2008 ireland.comEuropean Parliament.
European Parliament Ratifies Lisbon Treaty Despite Protests
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:FEB 20,08
Two months after the historic meeting in Lisbon, MEPs ratified the reform treaty The European Parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, which reforms the European Union's institutions. There were, however, some protests from Euroskeptics demanding referenda.Parliamentarians endorsed the treaty by 525-115 with 29 abstentions. European Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom told lawmakers that the agreement signed by heads of state and government in the Portuguese capital last December strengthens Europe's democratic legitimacy.All 27 EU member states must individually ratify the wide-ranging text for it to come into effect by next year, as scheduled. But only Ireland is constitutionally bound to put it to a plebiscite. The governments of France, Hungary, Malta, Romania and Slovenia have already approved the document on behalf of their citizens.Euroskeptics accuse the EU leaders of refusing to give citizens a say on a text that is practically identical to the draft European consitution already rejected by French and Dutch voters in referenda in 2005.
The constitution repackaged?
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Eurosceptics are angry that the peoples' voice has been ignored
Like the rejected charter, the treaty provides for a longer-term president and a foreign policy envoy, a simpler, more streamlined decision-making system and more say for the national and European parliaments. It does not include such symbols of statehood as a flag or an anthem. The agreement was painstakingly hammered out over months and includes key policy opt-outs for Britain and Poland from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and judicial co-operation.This is nothing less than a massive exercise in deceit, said Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party. He reminded parliamentarians that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had promised the British people a referendum on the constitution.
Defence of Parliamentary ratification
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: German conservative MEP wasn't feeling benevolent towards the eurosceptic protesters Slovenian Secretary of State for European Affairs Janez Lenarcic, whose country holds the rotating presidency, responded: There is nothing wrong with parliamentary ratification. All EU member states are representative parliamentary democracies.European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, a German Christian Democrat, said the assembly represented the European people. He told the protesters: If your parents could see you, they would be ashamed.Spanish conservative MEP, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, who was one of the authors of a parliamentary report on the Lisbon Treaty, welcomed the agreement. The treaty is a political solution, a compromise to get us out of the crisis, the impasse. But it also gives the European Union all the instruments to respond to the concerns of the citizens.DW staff (jg)
EU remains split on Kosovo
18.02.2008 - 15:55 CET | By Renata Goldirova
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The question of whether the 27-nation European Union will be able to come up with a unified reaction to the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo currently rests with Spain, as the country is refusing to sign up to a common position drafted by the Slovenian EU presidency.According to a draft document discussed by EU foreign ministers, the council noted that member states can decide, in accordance with national practice and legal norms, to establish their relations with Kosovo as an independent state under international supervision.However, Spain has refused to agree to the text and has instead tabled its own proposal. Cyprus also strongly opposes the current text proposed by the Slovenian EU presidency.The council notes that member states will decide, in accordance with national practice and international law, on their relations with Kosovo, reads the Madrid-sponsored paper.
Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said before the ministers' meeting on Monday morning that his country will not recognize Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence – made on Sunday (17 February) - as it is not in accordance with international law. The Spanish government has always shown respect for international law, the minister added, pointing to the fact that following the US-led invasion of Iraq, the Socialist government withdrew troops from the country upon its election in 2004. He concluded by saying that should Serbia's territory be split, it should be via an agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina or via a decision taken by the UN Security Council. Spain, which is to hold parliamentary elections on 9 March, has its own worries about separatist movements in the Basque country and Catalonia. The Spanish draft proposal also says: Kosovo constitutes a sui generis case, which does not set any precedent. The council reiterates the EU's commitment to the principle of territorial integrity of states as enshrined in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act.But Madrid's version is also facing opposition. The UK is said to prefer that the EU's position has some reference to Kosovo's status, rather than the more general statement that Spain has drawn up.According to diplomats, if the EU bloc fails to agree on the common position, its is unlikely to see swift recognition by individual member states. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already been cited by AFP as saying Berlin would not decide on Monday whether to give formal recognition. Germany will wait for the EU meeting to put in place a platform that will allow each member to take a position on the declaration of independence.
Text of Kosovo's declaration of independence
The Associated PressPublished: February 17, 2008
Kosovo Declaration of Independence
Convened in an extraordinary meeting on February 17, 2008, in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo,Answering the call of the people to build a society that honors human dignity and affirms the pride and purpose of its citizens,Dedicated to protecting, promoting and honoring the diversity of our people,Reaffirming our wish to become fully integrated into the Euro-Atlantic family of democracies,
Observing that Kosovo is a special case arising from Yugoslavia's nonconsensual breakup and is not a precedent for any other situation,Recalling the years of strife and violence in Kosovo, that disturbed the conscience of all civilized people,Grateful that in 1999 the world intervened, thereby removing Belgrade's governance over Kosovo and placing Kosovo under United Nations interim administration,Proud that Kosovo has since developed functional, multiethnic institutions of democracy that express freely the will of our citizens,Recalling the years of internationally sponsored negotiations between.Belgrade and Pristina over the question of our future political status,
Regretting that no mutually acceptable status outcome was possible, in spite of the good-faith engagement of our leaders,Confirming that the recommendations of U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari provide Kosovo with a comprehensive framework for its future development and are in line with the highest European standards of human rights and good governance,Determined to see our status resolved in order to give our people clarity about their future, move beyond the conflicts of the past and realize the full democratic potential of our society,Honoring all the men and women who made great sacrifices to build a better future for Kosovo,
We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state. This declaration reflects the will of our people and it is in full accordance with the recommendations of U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari and his Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement.We declare Kosovo to be a democratic, secular and multiethnic republic, guided by the principles of nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. We shall protect and promote the rights of all communities in Kosovo and create the conditions necessary for their effective participation in political and decision-making processes.
We accept fully the obligations for Kosovo contained in the Ahtisaari Plan, and welcome the framework it proposes to guide Kosovo in the years ahead. We shall implement in full those obligations including through priority adoption of the legislation included in its Annex XII, particularly those that protect and promote the rights of communities and their members.We shall adopt as soon as possible a Constitution that enshrines our commitment to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all our citizens, particularly as defined by the European Convention on Human Rights. The Constitution shall incorporate all relevant principles of the Ahtisaari Plan and be adopted through a democratic and deliberative process.We welcome the international community's continued support of our democratic development through international presences established in Kosovo on the basis of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). We invite and welcome an international civilian presence to supervise our implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan, and a European Union-led rule of law mission. We also invite and welcome the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization to retain the leadership role of the international military presence in Kosovo and to implement responsibilities assigned to it under U.N. Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the Ahtisaari Plan, until such time as Kosovo institutions are capable of assuming these responsibilities. We shall cooperate fully with these presences to ensure Kosovo's future peace, prosperity and stability.
6. For reasons of culture, geography and history, we believe our future lies with the European family. We therefore declare our intention to take all steps necessary to facilitate full membership in the European Union as soon as feasible and implement the reforms required for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
7. We express our deep gratitude to the United Nations for the work it has done to help us recover and rebuild from war and build institutions of democracy. We are committed to working constructively with the United Nations as it continues its work in the period ahead.
8. With independence comes the duty of responsible membership in the international community. We accept fully this duty and shall abide by the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, other acts of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the international legal obligations and principles of international comity that mark the relations among states. Kosovo shall have its international borders as set forth in Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari Plan, and shall fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all our neighbors. Kosovo shall also refrain from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
9. We hereby undertake the international obligations of Kosovo, including those concluded on our behalf by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and treaty and other obligations of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to which we are bound as a former constituent part, including the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations. We shall cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. We intend to seek membership in international organizations, in which Kosovo shall seek to contribute to the pursuit of international peace and stability.
10. Kosovo declares its commitment to peace and stability in our region of southeast Europe. Our independence brings to an end the process of Yugoslavia's violent dissolution. While this process has been a painful one, we shall work tirelessly to contribute to a reconciliation that would allow southeast Europe to move beyond the conflicts of our past and forge new links of regional cooperation. We shall therefore work together with our neighbors to advance a common European future.
11. We express, in particular, our desire to establish good relations with all our neighbors, including the Republic of Serbia with whom we have deep historical, commercial and social ties that we seek to develop further in the near future. We shall continue our efforts to contribute to relations of friendship and cooperation with the Republic of Serbia, while promoting reconciliation among our people.
12. We hereby affirm, clearly, specifically, and irrevocably, that Kosovo shall be legally bound to comply with the provisions contained in this Declaration, including, especially, the obligations for it under the Ahtisaari Plan. In all of these matters, we shall act consistent with principles of international law and resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations, including resolution 1244 (1999). We declare publicly that all states are entitled to rely upon this declaration, and appeal to them to extend to us their support and friendship.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
A SUCCESFUL HIT LAST NIGHT OF THE SATELLITE IN SPACE.
Mission successful: satellite blown out of sky
Reuters | Thursday, 21 February 2008
A missile from a US Navy warship hit a defunct US spy satellite 133 nautical miles (247km) above the Earth in an attempt to blow apart its tank of toxic fuel, the Pentagon said.It was too soon to tell if the fuel tank had been shattered in the operation over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said in a statement, but a senior military source said initial indications suggested that goal had been achieved.The SM-3 missile was fired from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific at about 10.26pm EST (4.30pm NZT), the Pentagon said in a statement.A network of land, air, sea and space-based sensors confirms that the US military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering the earth's atmosphere, it said.
Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours, the statement said.The senior military source said the missile hit the satellite about three minutes after launch.There's a good indication that the fuel tank was hit because there was an explosion, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.Washington says its aim is to prevent harm to humans from the satellite's tank of hazardous hydrazine fuel. Russia and China have expressed concern, with Moscow suggesting the operation could be used as cover to test a new space weapon.The missile hit the 2270kg, bus-sized satellite as it travelled through space at more than 27,400kmh, the Pentagon said.Due to the relatively low altitude of the satellite at the time of the engagement, debris will begin to re-enter the earth's atmosphere immediately, it added.Nearly all of the debris will burn up on reentry within 24-48 hours and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days.During a flight from Washington to Hawaii, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates authorized the Navy to fire the missile, about 10 hours before the operation was carried out, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said.Commanders informed him the mission had been a success nine minutes after the satellite was hit, Morrell said.The secretary was obviously very pleased to learn that, Morrell told reporters in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Pentagon has said the stray spacecraft was a test satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, a US intelligence agency, launched in December 2006.It stopped communicating within a few hours of reaching orbit, Pentagon officials have said.Some space experts have questioned the Pentagon's justification for the mission, saying the chances of any part of the satellite causing harm were extremely remote.But Pentagon officials have denied suggestions they wanted to destroy the satellite to prevent part of the classified spacecraft from falling into the hands of rival powers.They have insisted the only concern was that the 1000-pound fuel tank could survive largely intact and release toxic gas.The Pentagon has said the operation would use modified elements of its missile defence system.But officials have sought to avoid presenting this mission as a test for that system, saying hitting a satellite is quite different from trying to shoot down a missile.
The Pentagon said it would provide further information about the operation at a news briefing at 7am EST on Thursday (1am Friday NZT).
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?
READ THESE VERSES CAREFULLY ITS INTERESTING THAT THERE IS A QUAKE, THEN THE SUN IS BLOCKED OUT AND THE MOON IS BLOOD RED. THE QUAKE COULD BE A NUKE OR SOMETHING GOING OFF, SOME HOW IT BLOCKS OUT THE SUN AND BEING THE MOON IS BLOOD RED IT MIGHT OCCUR WHILE A LUNAR ECLIPSE IS GOING ON. JUST A THOUGHT. AND THEN THE METEORITES FALL TO EARTH.
THIS IS INTERESTING THAT AMERICA SHOOTS A SATELLITE ON THE SAME DAY THAT A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OCCURS. COULD THIS BE A SIGN OF SPACE WARS SOON OCCURRING AND MISSLES GOING OFF. TIME WILL ONLY TELL.
Total eclipse of the moon
Melissa Mollohan 2/21/08 Section: Features
When the full moon is out, crazy things happen. And on Wednesday, when the full moon was out, a total lunar eclipse occurred. It just so happens that lunar eclipses only happen when there's a full moon out. However, only two or three lunar eclipses happen a year, according to NASA. A lunar eclipse takes place when the moon passes through the Earth's shadows.The moon on Wednesday began to partially eclipse around 8:45 p.m. This stage in the process may have been hard to see. The total eclipse could be seen from 10:01 p.m. until 10:51 p.m., with the new moon coming out just after midnight. The last total lunar eclipse, which occurred last August, lasted 90 minutes before the new moon appeared, NASA said.
It makes [the students] more aware of their surroundings, said Marco Ciocca, associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy. This new moon can range in color from red to orange to gray or to brown, but NASA predicts it will be a bright orange. The new moon will also be moving west to east.According to NASA, the eclipse can be seen from much of North America. This lunar eclipse lasted about three hours and 26 minutes.Watching lunar eclipses is safe. There was no need to wear protective eyewear and no telescope was needed to view the eclipse. NASA suggests getting some binoculars to see the moon more closely and to observe the color better.Although total eclipses of the Moon are of limited scientific value, they are remarkably beautiful events, according to NASA's lunar eclipse Web page. They help to cultivate interest in science and astronomy in children and to provide a unique learning opportunity for families, students and teachers. To the nature lover and naturalist, the lunar eclipse can be appreciated and celebrated as an event which vividly illustrates our place among the planets in the solar system.The next lunar eclipse visible from North America is forecast for December of 2010; however, there will be a solar eclipse in August of this year. Those wanting to see the solar eclipse must wear protective eyewear.
For more information on lunar eclipses, go online to http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
EARTHQUAKES
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Tsunami warning cancelled after quake strikes western Indonesia Wed Feb 20, 5:10 AM
WINNIPEG (CBC) - Officials have cancelled a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake rocked the coast of western Indonesia Wednesday morning, killing three people.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which struck under the island of Simeulue off the western coast of Sumatra island, had a 7.6 magnitude.At least 25 others were seriously injured in the quake, which damaged many buldings, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Indonesian Health Ministry's disaster centre.Earlier, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said parts of the Sumatran coast closest to the epicentre and India's Andaman and Nicobar island chain were at risk of a possible tsunami. But two hours later, it said sea gauges had not detected any large waves.Indonesia is located on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.The fault that ruptured Wednesday off the coast of Sumatra is the same where a magnitude-9 quake in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them on Sumatra.
With files from the Associated Press.
Moderate quake rattles Lebanon, Israel By Stan Goodenough
February 17, 2008
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale originated in southern Lebanon shortly after midday Friday as tens of thousands of Lebanese were marching through the streets of Lebanon calling for Israel's destruction.The quake was felt throughout Israel, rocking buildings along the coastal plain, but causing no damage or injury.According to one report, a hole six foot wide opened on the Temple Mount as a result of the seismic event. Muslim officials, who have been excavating all over the mount without supervision or authority to do so, were quick to accuse Israel of tunneling under the hill.Friday's temblor was the latest in a series of quakes that have struck the region since last November.While Israel is expected to suffer a major earthquake sometime soon, according to experts, lawmakers have frequently decried the lack of readiness for such an event amid dark predictions that a major disaster is waiting to happen.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Snowstorm Hits Jerusalem FEB 20,08
JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents of Jerusalem awoke Tuesday to find their city blanketed with snow. The snowfall disrupted schools, kept most people off the roads and left holy shrines dusted in white.It was the second serious snowstorm to hit the city in three weeks, marking a particularly harsh winter in the usually temperate Holy Land. Weather reports dominated Israeli media Tuesday and TV stations went live from Jerusalem with footage of the snow.Three babies were delivered by ambulance crews because women in labor couldn't make it to the hospital, the Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom said.Despite the hopes of many children, schools opened Tuesday, albeit several hours late. Still, many students either stayed home or were later sent home by staff.In Jerusalem's Old City, the golden Dome of the Rock — one of Islam's holiest sites — was capped with white. So were the 500-year-old walls and the roofs of the stone houses. Ultra-Orthodox men covered their distinctive black hats with plastic bags to keep them dry.
In the nearby Palestinian town of Ramallah, in the West Bank, school was canceled and the streets were nearly empty. Snow also fell in the Golan Heights and on Mount Hermon, the site of Israel's only ski resort.In Lebanon, snow isolated the country's interior and TV forecasters said many villages and towns at an altitude of 1,100 feet above sea level were blanketed by thick layers of snow. Electricity was disrupted across many parts of the country.In the southern port city of Sidon, the storm caused a landslide at a huge garbage dump known as rubbish mountain, sending an estimated 150 tons of garbage into the sea, according to a statement issued by the Sidon municipality.
Temperature climbs to record level in Charlottetown
Tue Feb 19, 10:19 AM
PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - The temperature in Charlottetown Monday inched above the previous record for Feb. 18, which was set in 1981.From what I can tell, Charlottetown Airport, they broke a record, said Jeremy March of Environment Canada.They got up to 8.5 degrees; the old record was 8.4, that was back in '81. The only other place that they keep records in P.E.I. is Summerside but they just fell short of a new record.The temperature in Summerside reached 6.7 C.Monday was far from a record warm day for February. On Feb. 2, 1976, the temperature rose to 13.3 C.
Deep freeze continues in Manitoba
Tue Feb 19, 9:14 AM
WINNIPEG (CBC) - Manitobans are shivering again as yet another cold snap sweeps through the province, the latest in a series of frigid spells that have brought below-normal temperatures and extreme wind chills in 2008.Wind chill warnings were issued across virtually every area of the province Tuesday morning.In Winnipeg, the mercury is expected to climb to only -26 C on Tuesday, with a gusty north wind making it feel like -45 C.In northern Manitoba, colder temperatures and stronger winds were expected to make conditions feel more like -53 C.We do have a saying in the weather business, that cold air wins. And it's won again, said Dave Carlsen, a meteorologist at Environment Canada.The cold is expected to continue for much of the week, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, Carlsen said.By the end of the week and the beginning of the weekend, it seems the temperatures are going to rebound up to around normal, and in the super long-range forecast, it doesn't look like things are going to cool down nearly as much, he said.
Normal daytime temperatures in southern Manitoba for this time of year are around -7 C.Beware hypothermia: health officials.The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority recommends that the elderly and very young children stay indoors as much as possible when the weather is extremely cold.While indoors, health officials recommend at least one room be heated to 20 C to prevent hypothermia - especially for babies and seniors - although care should be used with fireplaces, stoves or space heaters to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning or fire.When outside, people should wear layers of warm, dry clothing, including hats and gloves, to prevent frostbite and hypothermia, health officials said.Signs of frostbite include numbness, a red-white nose, chin, fingers or forehead, or stiff cheeks. Frostbitten areas should be warmed gradually by wrapping them in warm material or placing them next to warm skin, but should not be rubbed, health officials advise.Signs of hypothermia include stiff muscles, a puffy face, slurred speech, uncontrollable shivering, slowed breathing and mental confusion. Hypothermia requires emergency medical attention.Extremely cold weather has been blamed for several deaths in Manitoba this winter, including a teenager at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, a 29-year-old man in the city of Winnipeg, and two people who froze to death seeking help after their cars got stuck on rural roads.
Flooding closes Bay D'Espoir highway
Tue Feb 19, 1:36 PM
ST..JOHNS (CBC) - Heavy rain made travelling treacherous on some regional highways in western and southern Newfoundland on Tuesday.
The Bay D'Espoir Highway was closed at midday when heavy rain and melting snow swamped the road at the exit to Conne River and Pool's Cove.An official with the Newfoundland and Labrador Transportation Department said the unseasonable melt has been coupled with ice-blocked culverts.Although the road is intact, transportation officials ruled there was too much water on the pavement for safe driving.Meanwhile, parts of Route 460 totalling several hundred metres near Stephenville were covered with water.About 30 centimetres of water had pooled on the road, and heavy rainfall has made a nearby brook overflow its banks.The water is up over the road. [It] doesn't look like it's showing any signs of letting up at this point, Cyril McCarthy, an official with the Transportation Department, said Tuesday.There's just too much water on the road to get through.Motorists travelling between Stephenville and the Port au Port Peninsula are being advised to use Route 490 instead.About 50 millimetres of rain fell from late Monday to early Tuesday morning in the Port aux Basques area, Environment Canada said. About 35 millimetres of rain was recorded at Stephenville.
Ten dead in flashfloods in Philippines: relief agencies
Tue Feb 19, 8:58 PM
MANILA (AFP) - At least 10 people have been confirmed dead and six are missing after flashfloods hit central Philippine islands, disaster relief agencies said Wednesday.The island of Samar and surrounding areas have been hit by days of heavy rain causing landslides and overflowing rivers, the civil defence office said.
Some 640 people have been evacuated to safety, the office said.Ten people have been killed on Samar and the island of Leyte with a search under way for the missing six, the office and the local Red Cross reported.Several roads in Samar have been left impassable due to the floods and landslides, the office said in a statement.Relief goods have been transported to the affected areas and road clearing operations have begun, the statement added.
Israel faces growing international pressure to change Gaza Strip policy By Barak Ravid FEB 21,08
Ran Koriel, Israel's European Union ambassador, recently warned the Foreign Ministry of a change in EU policy on Hamas, amid mounting international pressure on Israel over its handling of the situation in the Gaza Strip. The government has recently been getting strong signals that both the U.S. and Europe are deeply frustrated by lack of progress in negotiations with the Palestinians. Envoys of the Quartet on the Middle East convened in Berlin on February 11 to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). David Welch, top Middle East aide to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Mark Otte, the European Union peace envoy; UN Middle East envoy Robery Serry; and Russian envoy to the Middle East Sergei Yakovlev took part in the meeting. In the last week, a number of Israeli ambassadors in European capitals sent classified telegrams about the meeting's contents, some of which reached Haaretz. Serry criticized Israel at the outset of the meeting. We are deeply concerned over the situation in Gaza, especially from the humanitarian perspective, he said. We must find a fast solution to this situation.He said that due to Israel's siege, even the UN's teams have difficulty entering and leaving Gaza to give aid.
Welch, who joined the criticism of Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip, said the United States was not comfortable with Israel's approach to Gaza, and presented the American goals regarding the Israelis and Palestinians. First we must not allow the suicide bombing in Dimona and shooting on Sderot to affect the negotiations, he said. It is also important to us that neither the Palestinians in Gaza nor the Israelis in Sderot are hurt. Also, we must continue to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad.Welch added that the Quartet must demand that Israel open the border passes with the Gaza Strip. Otte was even more blunt. Not only is nothing improving on the ground, but Israel's behavior is getting worse, and it's failing to carry out its obligations on the road map, he said. There seem to be no significant progress in the peace process, he said. He noted that Israel had decided to extend by six months the order to shut down PA institutions in East Jerusalem. We must consider a change of policy in everything regarding Gaza, he said. Yakovlev said that Russia believes the Palestinians must once again set up a national unity government, which Israel strongly objects to. Without a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, the Gaza Strip will be a time bomb that will kill the Annapolis process, he said.
Israel had been expecting a demarche from the EU making clear Brussels' disapproval of its actions in the Gaza Strip. A concentrated diplomatic offensive by Israel's ambassadors in Europe managed to stall the initiative for the moment. However, said a source in Jerusalem, Israel is living on borrowed time regarding international legitimacy for what is going on in Gaza.Israel and the United States recently managed to thwart Switzerland's initiative for an international gathering to propose a plan to open the border passes to the Gaza Strip. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner demanded of Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the past two weeks to open the border passes in the Strip. Barak was forced to give in and allow a partial opening of the passes so that cement could be brought into Gaza. Barak heard similar demands during his visit to Turkey about a week ago. He agreed to Turkey's request to enable Turkish humanitarian aid to be brought into Gaza on a one-time basis. In addition to these troubling reports, Ran Koriel sent a sharp telegram to the Foreign Ministry warning of an overall European policy change toward Israel and the PA, which could even lead to a recognition of Hamas. Despite the suspension [of the demarche], note the growing discomfort in Europe over the situation in the Gaza Strip, wrote Koriel. He said that in recent weeks he received reports that the French government was reexamining its attitude toward Hamas. Senior EU officials had been heard denouncing Israel's actions in Gaza, and a number of decisions on the issue had been passed in various European parliaments. This activity is in keeping with the European culture espousing concern for humanitarian issues, Koriel wrote. It is even graver in view of the feeling in Europe that Israel and the Palestinians are not succeeding in changing the situation on the ground and not progressing in the peace talks.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
FAMINE
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Crude Oil Rises to a Record $100.10 on OPEC Production Outlook By Mark Shenk
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a record $100.10 a barrel in New York on speculation OPEC will cut production when it meets next month. Gasoline and heating oil also reached records as investors poured money into energy markets. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, set to meet on March 5, may cut output as winter heating demand wanes, oil ministers from Algeria and Iran said in the past week. Oil also rose as a weakening dollar prompted some traders to invest in commodities as a hedge against inflation. Prices are primarily up because OPEC will more than likely cut production in two weeks, said Richard Chimblo, manager of global business development at Calgary-based Genoil Inc. OPEC is concerned about the outlook for a slowing global economy and demand.
Crude oil for March delivery rose $4.51, or 4.7 percent, to settle at $100.01 a barrel at 2:55 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was a record closing price. Futures reached $100.10, the highest intraday price since trading began in 1983.
Today was the third time oil has reached $100. Oil rose to a then-record $100.09 a barrel in New York on Jan. 3, a day after touching $100 for the first time on militant attacks in Nigeria, Africa's biggest producer. My short-term target is $105 to $110, said Rob Kurzatkowski, a futures analyst at OptionsXpress Holdings Inc., a Chicago-based online brokerage. Prices won't breach $110 because OPEC will back off and give dovish statements if prices rise much further. They don't want prices much higher, destroying demand for their product.Brent crude for April settlement rose $3.65, or 3.9 percent, to close at a record $98.56 a barrel on London's ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract reached an intraday record of $98.70 a barrel today.
OPEC Policy
OPEC, whose members produce more than 40 percent of the world's oil, left output quotas unchanged at a meeting Feb. 1. Oil demand may drop 1.8 million barrels a day in the second quarter amid a U.S. economic slowdown, refinery shutdowns and lower fuel consumption at the end of winter, Chakib Khelil, Algeria's oil minister and president of OPEC, said on Feb. 13. There's been a big flow of capital into the commodity markets, especially energy, over the last 8 to 10 days, said Gene McGillian, an analyst at TFS Energy LLC in Stamford, Connecticut. The energy markets should be full steam ahead. The dollar fell to the lowest level in two weeks versus the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep cutting U.S. interest rates. The dollar fell as low as $1.4757, the weakest since Feb. 5.
Refinery Explosion
Gasoline and heating oil surged after an explosion yesterday shut Alon USA Energy Inc.'s Big Spring, Texas, refinery. The facility can process 70,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Alon said in a statement that its goal is to resume partial operations in about two months. The reaction to the shutdown of such a small refinery shows how nervous people are, McGillian said. Gasoline for March delivery climbed 10.93 cents, or 4.4 percent, to close at a record $2.6031 a gallon in New York. Futures touched $2.61, a record intraday price. The contract, which covers gasoline to be blended with ethanol, known as RBOB, began trading in October 2005. Pump prices are following futures higher. Regular gasoline, averaged nationwide, rose 1.8 cents to $3.032 a gallon yesterday, AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization, said today on its Web site. Prices touched a record $3.227 a gallon on May 24. Heating oil for March delivery rose 11.45 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $2.7614 a gallon in New York, a record close. Futures reached $2.766, the highest intraday price since trading began in 1978. To contact the reporters on this story: Mark Shenk in New York at mshenk1@bloomberg.net.February 19, 2008 16:41 EST
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sweden demands EU role for leaders of future presidency countries 20.02.2008 - 09:08 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG - Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt has said the EU should outline a list of co-chairing tasks for leaders of future presidency countries after the new post of EU president is established. Speaking to journalists after his address to the European Parliament on Tuesday (19 February), the Mr Reinfeldt suggested that if there is no role for EU leaders in the future, it could have a negative impact on their engagement with the bloc's agenda.The Czech Republic and Sweden are the two countries which are due to chair the EU in 2009 - just as the new Lisbon treaty is supposed to come into force.Under the new treaty, the bloc is to shift from a rotating six-month presidency to a mixed system of a permanent EU president coordinating top level debates at European level and ministerial sessions chaired by ministers from presidency countries.But according to Mr Reinfeldt, the EU should first discuss how to balance the future division of powers between holders of the new presidency post and other institutions, as well as with the leaders of presidency countries.
Otherwise, said the centre-right leader, a positive role of engaging different players of Europe [in EU-related activities] would be lost in that process.At the moment, there is no list of tasks for prime ministers of rotating presidency countries and we need a discussion on that matter, he noted, suggesting that the debate could take place in the second half of 2009, under his country's EU presidency.
Yes to Turkey, unlike France
Mr Reinfeldt's address to the EU assembly in Strasbourg followed a meeting between parliament President Hans Gert Poettering and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, with France taking on the EU presidency in July.While both France and Sweden highlighted climate change and immigration-related issues as among their top EU presidency priorities, there were sharp differences on further EU enlargement.France is one of the strongest opponents of Turkish EU membership, proposing instead a Mediterranean union of both EU and non-EU states.Mr Reinfeldt, for his part, insisted that enlargement is close to the hearts of the Swedish people, arguing it should not be marred by critical voices from some quarters.Without continuing enlargement, we would run the risk of instability on our own continent. Enlargement is the most important strategic instrument for disseminating the values that European cooperation is founded on, he said. We demolished one wall in Europe. We should not start building a new wall against Turkey or other European countries.
Some criticised the fact that different countries publicly hold very different positions on EU membership hopefuls.You should speak to your colleague Sarkozy about Turkey, said the leader of the Socialists, Martin Schulz.It can't go on like this, with different prime ministers sending different messages to candidate countries, said the German MEP.
20/02/2008 13:04
EP approves Lisbon Treaty
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved the Lisbon treaty reforming the European Union's institutions, despite demands for referendum. The EU legislature voted 525-119, with 29 abstentions, to endorse the treaty which replaces a draft European constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005 referendums. A handful of lawmakers dressed in yellow T-shirts brandished banners demanding a referendum on the treaty, which incorporates all the main reforms of the defunct charter. European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom told deputies the treaty signed in December strengthens Europe's democratic legitimacy. But British and Danish sceptics accused EU leaders of denying citizens a say on a text that is very close to the constitution in substance, though not in form.
Only Ireland plans to hold a referendum. All 26 other member states intend to ratify the text by parliamentary procedure. Five countries have completed the process so far. The European Parliament's approval is required as well as the unanimous ratification of member states for the treaty to enter into force. The treaty provides for a long-term president of the European Council of EU leaders, a stronger foreign policy chief, a simpler, more democratic decision-making system and more say for the national and European parliaments. It omits symbols of statehood such as a flag, anthem and motto, and adds opt-out clauses for Britain and Poland from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and judicial cooperation. This is nothing less than a massive exercise in deceit, said Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party, recalling that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had promised Britons a referendum on the constitution. Speaking for the EU presidency, Slovenian Secretary of State for European Affairs Janez Lenarcic responded: There is nothing wrong with parliamentary ratification. All EU member states are representative parliamentary democracies.European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, a German Christian Democrat, said the assembly represented the people of Europe and told the protesting members: If your parents could see you, they would be ashamed.2008 ireland.comEuropean Parliament.
European Parliament Ratifies Lisbon Treaty Despite Protests
Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:FEB 20,08
Two months after the historic meeting in Lisbon, MEPs ratified the reform treaty The European Parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, which reforms the European Union's institutions. There were, however, some protests from Euroskeptics demanding referenda.Parliamentarians endorsed the treaty by 525-115 with 29 abstentions. European Commission Vice President Margot Wallstrom told lawmakers that the agreement signed by heads of state and government in the Portuguese capital last December strengthens Europe's democratic legitimacy.All 27 EU member states must individually ratify the wide-ranging text for it to come into effect by next year, as scheduled. But only Ireland is constitutionally bound to put it to a plebiscite. The governments of France, Hungary, Malta, Romania and Slovenia have already approved the document on behalf of their citizens.Euroskeptics accuse the EU leaders of refusing to give citizens a say on a text that is practically identical to the draft European consitution already rejected by French and Dutch voters in referenda in 2005.
The constitution repackaged?
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Eurosceptics are angry that the peoples' voice has been ignored
Like the rejected charter, the treaty provides for a longer-term president and a foreign policy envoy, a simpler, more streamlined decision-making system and more say for the national and European parliaments. It does not include such symbols of statehood as a flag or an anthem. The agreement was painstakingly hammered out over months and includes key policy opt-outs for Britain and Poland from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and judicial co-operation.This is nothing less than a massive exercise in deceit, said Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party. He reminded parliamentarians that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had promised the British people a referendum on the constitution.
Defence of Parliamentary ratification
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: German conservative MEP wasn't feeling benevolent towards the eurosceptic protesters Slovenian Secretary of State for European Affairs Janez Lenarcic, whose country holds the rotating presidency, responded: There is nothing wrong with parliamentary ratification. All EU member states are representative parliamentary democracies.European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, a German Christian Democrat, said the assembly represented the European people. He told the protesters: If your parents could see you, they would be ashamed.Spanish conservative MEP, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, who was one of the authors of a parliamentary report on the Lisbon Treaty, welcomed the agreement. The treaty is a political solution, a compromise to get us out of the crisis, the impasse. But it also gives the European Union all the instruments to respond to the concerns of the citizens.DW staff (jg)
EU remains split on Kosovo
18.02.2008 - 15:55 CET | By Renata Goldirova
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The question of whether the 27-nation European Union will be able to come up with a unified reaction to the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo currently rests with Spain, as the country is refusing to sign up to a common position drafted by the Slovenian EU presidency.According to a draft document discussed by EU foreign ministers, the council noted that member states can decide, in accordance with national practice and legal norms, to establish their relations with Kosovo as an independent state under international supervision.However, Spain has refused to agree to the text and has instead tabled its own proposal. Cyprus also strongly opposes the current text proposed by the Slovenian EU presidency.The council notes that member states will decide, in accordance with national practice and international law, on their relations with Kosovo, reads the Madrid-sponsored paper.
Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said before the ministers' meeting on Monday morning that his country will not recognize Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence – made on Sunday (17 February) - as it is not in accordance with international law. The Spanish government has always shown respect for international law, the minister added, pointing to the fact that following the US-led invasion of Iraq, the Socialist government withdrew troops from the country upon its election in 2004. He concluded by saying that should Serbia's territory be split, it should be via an agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina or via a decision taken by the UN Security Council. Spain, which is to hold parliamentary elections on 9 March, has its own worries about separatist movements in the Basque country and Catalonia. The Spanish draft proposal also says: Kosovo constitutes a sui generis case, which does not set any precedent. The council reiterates the EU's commitment to the principle of territorial integrity of states as enshrined in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act.But Madrid's version is also facing opposition. The UK is said to prefer that the EU's position has some reference to Kosovo's status, rather than the more general statement that Spain has drawn up.According to diplomats, if the EU bloc fails to agree on the common position, its is unlikely to see swift recognition by individual member states. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already been cited by AFP as saying Berlin would not decide on Monday whether to give formal recognition. Germany will wait for the EU meeting to put in place a platform that will allow each member to take a position on the declaration of independence.
Text of Kosovo's declaration of independence
The Associated PressPublished: February 17, 2008
Kosovo Declaration of Independence
Convened in an extraordinary meeting on February 17, 2008, in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo,Answering the call of the people to build a society that honors human dignity and affirms the pride and purpose of its citizens,Dedicated to protecting, promoting and honoring the diversity of our people,Reaffirming our wish to become fully integrated into the Euro-Atlantic family of democracies,
Observing that Kosovo is a special case arising from Yugoslavia's nonconsensual breakup and is not a precedent for any other situation,Recalling the years of strife and violence in Kosovo, that disturbed the conscience of all civilized people,Grateful that in 1999 the world intervened, thereby removing Belgrade's governance over Kosovo and placing Kosovo under United Nations interim administration,Proud that Kosovo has since developed functional, multiethnic institutions of democracy that express freely the will of our citizens,Recalling the years of internationally sponsored negotiations between.Belgrade and Pristina over the question of our future political status,
Regretting that no mutually acceptable status outcome was possible, in spite of the good-faith engagement of our leaders,Confirming that the recommendations of U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari provide Kosovo with a comprehensive framework for its future development and are in line with the highest European standards of human rights and good governance,Determined to see our status resolved in order to give our people clarity about their future, move beyond the conflicts of the past and realize the full democratic potential of our society,Honoring all the men and women who made great sacrifices to build a better future for Kosovo,
We, the democratically elected leaders of our people, hereby declare Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state. This declaration reflects the will of our people and it is in full accordance with the recommendations of U.N. Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari and his Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement.We declare Kosovo to be a democratic, secular and multiethnic republic, guided by the principles of nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. We shall protect and promote the rights of all communities in Kosovo and create the conditions necessary for their effective participation in political and decision-making processes.
We accept fully the obligations for Kosovo contained in the Ahtisaari Plan, and welcome the framework it proposes to guide Kosovo in the years ahead. We shall implement in full those obligations including through priority adoption of the legislation included in its Annex XII, particularly those that protect and promote the rights of communities and their members.We shall adopt as soon as possible a Constitution that enshrines our commitment to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all our citizens, particularly as defined by the European Convention on Human Rights. The Constitution shall incorporate all relevant principles of the Ahtisaari Plan and be adopted through a democratic and deliberative process.We welcome the international community's continued support of our democratic development through international presences established in Kosovo on the basis of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). We invite and welcome an international civilian presence to supervise our implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan, and a European Union-led rule of law mission. We also invite and welcome the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization to retain the leadership role of the international military presence in Kosovo and to implement responsibilities assigned to it under U.N. Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the Ahtisaari Plan, until such time as Kosovo institutions are capable of assuming these responsibilities. We shall cooperate fully with these presences to ensure Kosovo's future peace, prosperity and stability.
6. For reasons of culture, geography and history, we believe our future lies with the European family. We therefore declare our intention to take all steps necessary to facilitate full membership in the European Union as soon as feasible and implement the reforms required for European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
7. We express our deep gratitude to the United Nations for the work it has done to help us recover and rebuild from war and build institutions of democracy. We are committed to working constructively with the United Nations as it continues its work in the period ahead.
8. With independence comes the duty of responsible membership in the international community. We accept fully this duty and shall abide by the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, other acts of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the international legal obligations and principles of international comity that mark the relations among states. Kosovo shall have its international borders as set forth in Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari Plan, and shall fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all our neighbors. Kosovo shall also refrain from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
9. We hereby undertake the international obligations of Kosovo, including those concluded on our behalf by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and treaty and other obligations of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to which we are bound as a former constituent part, including the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations. We shall cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. We intend to seek membership in international organizations, in which Kosovo shall seek to contribute to the pursuit of international peace and stability.
10. Kosovo declares its commitment to peace and stability in our region of southeast Europe. Our independence brings to an end the process of Yugoslavia's violent dissolution. While this process has been a painful one, we shall work tirelessly to contribute to a reconciliation that would allow southeast Europe to move beyond the conflicts of our past and forge new links of regional cooperation. We shall therefore work together with our neighbors to advance a common European future.
11. We express, in particular, our desire to establish good relations with all our neighbors, including the Republic of Serbia with whom we have deep historical, commercial and social ties that we seek to develop further in the near future. We shall continue our efforts to contribute to relations of friendship and cooperation with the Republic of Serbia, while promoting reconciliation among our people.
12. We hereby affirm, clearly, specifically, and irrevocably, that Kosovo shall be legally bound to comply with the provisions contained in this Declaration, including, especially, the obligations for it under the Ahtisaari Plan. In all of these matters, we shall act consistent with principles of international law and resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations, including resolution 1244 (1999). We declare publicly that all states are entitled to rely upon this declaration, and appeal to them to extend to us their support and friendship.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
PAMPHLET JERUSALEM MAY BE DIVIDED
ISRAEL
Whose Promised Land? Psalm 78:54-55 (ISRAELS)
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
ISRAEL WILL BECOME A NATION. LITERALLY IN THE SPRING.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
EZEKIEL 37:9-28
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,(ALL THE WORLD) O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.(COME TO LIFE)
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(ISRAEL WILL HAVE A POWERFUL ARMY)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.(BURNED BY HITLER)
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.(THE DRY BONES COME TO LIFE IN ISRAEL)
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
MARK 13:28
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
EZEKIEL 47:13-23,48:1-35
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
THIS IS SAD BUT THE BIBLE SAYS JERUSALEM WILL BE DIVIDED SO WORLD WAR THREE OCCURS. THIS IS HOW ISRAEL WILL GET THE LAND PROMISED THEM THROUGH WAR WITH GODS HELP. BUT THE TRIBULATION ISRAEL WILL GO THROUGH WILL BE HARD TO HANDLE.
Warning to Shas: Jerusalem Has Already Been Given Away
by Hillel Fendel FEB 19,08
(IsraelNN.com) A 4-page pamphlet distributed in synagogues around the country this past Sabbath is devoted to one topic: Getting Shas to quit the government. It warns that Olmert is using the continued presence of Shas in the government to formulate an agreement endangering Jerusalem, other areas of the land of Israel - and hundreds of thousands of Jews.No address, organization or publisher is printed on the pamphlet. However, it does feature a full-page article by Yossi Elituv, long-time Shas affairs commentator and writer for the weekly Mishpacha magazine.The top article is headlined, Israel has Secretly Agreed to Divide Jerusalem, and cites a PA source bragging that major progress has been made in the secret talks, especially regarding Jerusalem. The source said, Today we can say that Israel is agreeable to withdraw from nearly all the Arab neighborhoods and villages in Jerusalem. Israel is willing to re-divide Jerusalem, and this is a positive development.
Two other front-page stories remind readers - and Shas MKs - that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Israel's former Chief Rabbi, has stated his objections in the past to giving away Jerusalem and other areas. Don't Talk About Jerusalem, and Giving Away Parts of our Holy Land Endangers Jewish Lives are two of the Rabbi's quotes that are headlined.Similarly, a recent decision by the Shas Council of Torah Sages, headed by Rabbi Yosef, is featured, with this headline: Council of Torah Sages Rules: The Moment They Begin Talking About Jerusalem, Shas will Immediately Quit the Government.
Olmert is Using You to Give Away Jerusalem
Elituv's article, an open letter to the leaders of Shas, praises their governmental work on behalf of their constituents over the past two years - but then goes for the jugular: This period has now ended. Your mandate is over. Shas must leave the government, simply because the Prime Minister has decided to take advantage of the time that is left until the coming elections to formulate an unreal and dangerous diplomatic agreement that has major and far-reaching concessions.Jerusalem is being torn to pieces, and all in the merit of the votes of the Shas Knesset Members. We are talking about terrorist attacks against good Jews all over the country! ... We are begging you! What good will it do to get extra benefits for young Torah scholars, if those same Torah scholars won't return home one day because of a bomb on a bus? And to have new positions for rabbis is truly very important - but what will be the point if the whole country turns into Sderot?
You said you would rush out of the government the moment they begin talking about Jerusalem. Really now. What do you think [Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni and Abu Ala were talking about on the day that a terrorist blew himself up and murdered a woman in Dimona? Do you think they were exchanging recipes for Hamentaschen [Purim pastries]?! ... You well know that someone has sold Jerusalem at the same time he was selling you contradictory messages. But you are addicted to the false sweetness of the illusion... Jerusalem is not 'about' to be put on the agenda; we're already in another phase: Jerusalem has already been sold out!
Olmert is speaking to you in two voices, without even clearing his throat in between: On the one hand, he freezes construction in Jerusalem, and with the other he enwraps you with embraces of promises. With one voice, he calls rabbis and swears allegiance to Jerusalem, and with the other voice, he calls his clerks and instructs them to stop every project, to strangle the city, and bring down the hareidi cities. All the neighborhoods that were built past the '67 borders have been arbitrarily and unforgivably frozen. His hand did not tremble when he signed away our normal lives here... He is busy fooling you with smiles and stories of heroism, while you debate him about the precise definition of 'talking' about Jerusalem... How can you remain partners in a government that is willing to trade Jerusalem neighborhoods and is willing to abandon the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews? You don't have to be a Gush Emunim refugee or a Complete Land of Israel Movement supporter to be devastated at what is happening...
How noble it would be if you would quit now, in an honorable manner. You can tell about your fine achievements of the past two years... and explain that the time has now come to leave... The train is hurtling towards an abyss, but you have the chance to jump out before it crashes. There must be some red lines that will get you out - and those red lines have already been crossed. Your four Cabinet ministers are a source of pride; Yeshai, Attias, Nahari and Cohen can tell us what they have done, collectively and individually, for the People of Israel. We believe you that you have accomplished much. But now, please make a courageous decision and change the tune.
Other stories in the pamphlet talk about the negative impact of the construction freeze in Beitar Illit, and its impact on poverty, apartment prices, and population decrease in Jerusalem. A map shows the various Jerusalem neighborhoods that will come into range of rockets of varying ranges, while another headline states that an overwhelming majority of Shas voters want their party to quit the government now.
Finally, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon is quoted as saying, You have to be blind to think that if we give the [Arab] neighborhoods to the Arabs, that this will bring quiet to Israel. Giving up these neighborhoods means that the Knesset, nurseries, the university and the Western Wall will all come into Kassam rocket range.
Whose Promised Land? Psalm 78:54-55 (ISRAELS)
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
ISRAEL WILL BECOME A NATION. LITERALLY IN THE SPRING.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
EZEKIEL 37:9-28
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,(ALL THE WORLD) O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.(COME TO LIFE)
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(ISRAEL WILL HAVE A POWERFUL ARMY)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.(BURNED BY HITLER)
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.(THE DRY BONES COME TO LIFE IN ISRAEL)
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
MARK 13:28
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
EZEKIEL 47:13-23,48:1-35
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
THIS IS SAD BUT THE BIBLE SAYS JERUSALEM WILL BE DIVIDED SO WORLD WAR THREE OCCURS. THIS IS HOW ISRAEL WILL GET THE LAND PROMISED THEM THROUGH WAR WITH GODS HELP. BUT THE TRIBULATION ISRAEL WILL GO THROUGH WILL BE HARD TO HANDLE.
Warning to Shas: Jerusalem Has Already Been Given Away
by Hillel Fendel FEB 19,08
(IsraelNN.com) A 4-page pamphlet distributed in synagogues around the country this past Sabbath is devoted to one topic: Getting Shas to quit the government. It warns that Olmert is using the continued presence of Shas in the government to formulate an agreement endangering Jerusalem, other areas of the land of Israel - and hundreds of thousands of Jews.No address, organization or publisher is printed on the pamphlet. However, it does feature a full-page article by Yossi Elituv, long-time Shas affairs commentator and writer for the weekly Mishpacha magazine.The top article is headlined, Israel has Secretly Agreed to Divide Jerusalem, and cites a PA source bragging that major progress has been made in the secret talks, especially regarding Jerusalem. The source said, Today we can say that Israel is agreeable to withdraw from nearly all the Arab neighborhoods and villages in Jerusalem. Israel is willing to re-divide Jerusalem, and this is a positive development.
Two other front-page stories remind readers - and Shas MKs - that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Israel's former Chief Rabbi, has stated his objections in the past to giving away Jerusalem and other areas. Don't Talk About Jerusalem, and Giving Away Parts of our Holy Land Endangers Jewish Lives are two of the Rabbi's quotes that are headlined.Similarly, a recent decision by the Shas Council of Torah Sages, headed by Rabbi Yosef, is featured, with this headline: Council of Torah Sages Rules: The Moment They Begin Talking About Jerusalem, Shas will Immediately Quit the Government.
Olmert is Using You to Give Away Jerusalem
Elituv's article, an open letter to the leaders of Shas, praises their governmental work on behalf of their constituents over the past two years - but then goes for the jugular: This period has now ended. Your mandate is over. Shas must leave the government, simply because the Prime Minister has decided to take advantage of the time that is left until the coming elections to formulate an unreal and dangerous diplomatic agreement that has major and far-reaching concessions.Jerusalem is being torn to pieces, and all in the merit of the votes of the Shas Knesset Members. We are talking about terrorist attacks against good Jews all over the country! ... We are begging you! What good will it do to get extra benefits for young Torah scholars, if those same Torah scholars won't return home one day because of a bomb on a bus? And to have new positions for rabbis is truly very important - but what will be the point if the whole country turns into Sderot?
You said you would rush out of the government the moment they begin talking about Jerusalem. Really now. What do you think [Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni and Abu Ala were talking about on the day that a terrorist blew himself up and murdered a woman in Dimona? Do you think they were exchanging recipes for Hamentaschen [Purim pastries]?! ... You well know that someone has sold Jerusalem at the same time he was selling you contradictory messages. But you are addicted to the false sweetness of the illusion... Jerusalem is not 'about' to be put on the agenda; we're already in another phase: Jerusalem has already been sold out!
Olmert is speaking to you in two voices, without even clearing his throat in between: On the one hand, he freezes construction in Jerusalem, and with the other he enwraps you with embraces of promises. With one voice, he calls rabbis and swears allegiance to Jerusalem, and with the other voice, he calls his clerks and instructs them to stop every project, to strangle the city, and bring down the hareidi cities. All the neighborhoods that were built past the '67 borders have been arbitrarily and unforgivably frozen. His hand did not tremble when he signed away our normal lives here... He is busy fooling you with smiles and stories of heroism, while you debate him about the precise definition of 'talking' about Jerusalem... How can you remain partners in a government that is willing to trade Jerusalem neighborhoods and is willing to abandon the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews? You don't have to be a Gush Emunim refugee or a Complete Land of Israel Movement supporter to be devastated at what is happening...
How noble it would be if you would quit now, in an honorable manner. You can tell about your fine achievements of the past two years... and explain that the time has now come to leave... The train is hurtling towards an abyss, but you have the chance to jump out before it crashes. There must be some red lines that will get you out - and those red lines have already been crossed. Your four Cabinet ministers are a source of pride; Yeshai, Attias, Nahari and Cohen can tell us what they have done, collectively and individually, for the People of Israel. We believe you that you have accomplished much. But now, please make a courageous decision and change the tune.
Other stories in the pamphlet talk about the negative impact of the construction freeze in Beitar Illit, and its impact on poverty, apartment prices, and population decrease in Jerusalem. A map shows the various Jerusalem neighborhoods that will come into range of rockets of varying ranges, while another headline states that an overwhelming majority of Shas voters want their party to quit the government now.
Finally, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon is quoted as saying, You have to be blind to think that if we give the [Arab] neighborhoods to the Arabs, that this will bring quiet to Israel. Giving up these neighborhoods means that the Knesset, nurseries, the university and the Western Wall will all come into Kassam rocket range.
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