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Rosh HaShanah: Sound of the Shofar Heralds Month of Holidays
by Chana Ya'ar SEPT 8,10
The sonorous call of the ram's horn – the Shofar – will herald the start of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening, and nearly a month of holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei.As always, IDF soldiers are among the first to heed the call.Some 17,000 soldiers and their officers this year have attended Selichot services – the prayers asking G-d for forgiveness – conducted by the Military Rabbinate during the Hebrew month of Elul prior to Rosh HaShanah. The services were held in Jerusalem, Tzfat, Tiberias and elsewhere around the country.Throughout the IDF, preparations are nearly complete for the upcoming holiday, with kitchens busily getting ready with a rich and varied menu for a special New Year's dinner.The IDF Food Center is gearing up with about 2.8 tons of honey, 28 tons of apples and 4.5 tons of pomegranates. To toast the New Year, the kitchens will be ready with some 7,000 bottles of grape juice, to be followed by a dinner for hungry soldiers that will include 6.5 tons of fish, 15 tons of chicken thighs, seven tons of beef and 22 tons of turkey. For dessert, army chefs are preparing seven tons of honey cake and three tons of dried fruit.Special preparations are being made to serve those soldiers who are stationed in outposts, submarines, missile boats and Air Force command sites.
Three-Day Weekend Holiday
This year the two days of the Rosh HaShanah holiday, Thursday and Friday, are followed by the Sabbath, creating a three-day weekend for Jews around the world.
Special foods are served at the holiday meal, including an apple dipped in honey to signify a sweet year. A selection of dishes is arranged on the table, symbolizing blessings for fertility, victory over our enemies, strength and being at the head and not the tail (rosh in Hebrew is head)(Rosh-RUSSIA IN WAR IN EZEK 38-39), among others.Due to the Sabbath, the day-long Fast of Gedaliah, which traditionally follows the holiday, is delayed until Sunday. The fast commemorates the end of Jewish rule in the Land of Israel following the destruction of the First Holy Temple approximately 2,500 years ago.
10 Days of Repentance
Rosh HaShanah also kicks off the 10-day period known as the Ten Days of Repentance that ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which this year begins on Friday evening, September 17. The New Year in Judaism is not a time for parties, but rather is a time of great introspection, and taking inventory of one's relationship with G-d and with one's fellow.Based on the commandment in Numbers 29:1, 100 shofar blasts are dramatically sounded throughout the prayers, awakening us to improve our ways.
The tashlich prayer is recited on the second day of the holiday over a body of living water in which fish are swimming, in which one asks G-d to throw away his sins.Yom Kippur which this year falls on Friday night, September 17, is the only Jewish fast that is not postponed in deference to the holy Sabbath. The holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement begins at sunset and ends Saturday at nightfall, a total of around 25 hours.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
G-d Does Not Expect Us To Get It Right All the Time
by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks SEPT 8,10
Guilt is out of fashion these days, like sports jackets, courtesy, humility and handkerchiefs. It has a sepia-tinted Victorian air about it. It belongs, so it seems, to that foreign country, the past. They do things differently there. For us, when things Today’s secular environment is a shame culture. It involves trial by the media, or public opinion, or the courts, or economic necessity, all of which are unforgiving.go wrong, it was someone else’s fault: the boss, the colleague, the system, the government, the media, our parents, the way we were brought up, society, bad luck or our genes. Feeling guilty, they say, is bad for us. It lowers self esteem. Who does it any more? We have finally reached the age Shelley dreamed of in his poem Prometheus Unbound. We are free from guilt or pain.All of which makes it difficult to understand – except as some relic of the past – what Jews throughout the world are now doing, getting ready for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement, what we call the Days of Awe.Yom Kippur could almost be defined as a festival of guilt. We repent and confess our sins repeatedly in long alphabetical lists. We have been guilty, we have betrayed, we have robbed, we have spoken slander.For the sin we committed through hardness of heart, for the sin we committed through utterance of the lips,and so on throughout the day.
Yom Kippur itself is the culmination of a process that begins forty days before with the sounding of the shofar, the ram’s horn, our moral early warning system. Then come Selichot, the special penitential prayers said for a week before the New Year, then the New Year itself with its symbolism of the world as a courtroom in session, with our lives on trial. It’s hard to think of anything less in keeping with the zeitgeist, the mood of now.I think, though, that Judaism gets it right and the zeitgeistgets it spectacularly, dangerously wrong. Consider: guilt enters the world hand in hand with the spirit of forgiveness. G-d forgives: that is the message emblazoned all over Yom Kippur. G-d doesn’t expect us to get it right all the time. The greatest of the great, Abraham, Sarah, Moses, David, had their faults and failings, defeats and doubts. There is only one person in the Hebrew Bible who is said to have committed no sin: Job. And look what happened to him.So, because G-d forgives, we can be honest with Him and therefore with ourselves. Unlike a shame culture, a guilt culture separates agent from act, the person from the deed. What I did may be wrong, but I am still intact, still loved by G-d, still His child. In a guilt culture, acknowledging our mistakes is doable, and that makes all the difference.Today’s secular environment is a shame culture. It involves trial by the media, or public opinion, or the courts, or economic necessity, all of which are unforgiving. When shame is involved, it’s us, not just our actions, that are found wanting. That’s why in a shame culture you don’t hear people saying, I was wrong. It was my fault. I’m sorry. Forgive me.Instead, people try to brazen it out. The only way to survive in a shame culture is to be shameless. Some people manage this quite well, but deep down we know that there’s something rotten in a system where no one is willing to accept responsibility.
Ultimately, guilt cultures produce strong individuals precisely because they force us to accept responsibility. When things go wrong we don’t waste time blaming others. We don’t luxuriate in the most addictive, destructive drug known to humankind, namely victimhood. We say, honestly and seriously, I’m sorry. Forgive me. Now let me do what I can to put it right.That way we and the people we offend can move on. Through our mistakes we discover the strength to heal, learn and grow. Shame cultures produce people who conform. Guilt cultures produces people with the courage to be free. The Talmud says that the Day of Atonement was one of the happiest days of the year. That’s an odd thing to say about a day of fasting and confession. But the rabbis were right.In place of a low dishonest culture where everyone blames someone else and no one admits responsibility, Yom Kippur offers a world of honesty and responsibility where guilt melts in the flames of G-d’s forgiveness and we are made new in the fire of His unconditional love.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
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EU warns Israel over anti-NGO bill
LEIGH PHILLIPS 09.09.2010 @ 09:22 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has made known its concern over a draft Israeli bill that forces domestic NGOs to regularly disclose funding received from foreign governments.EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele told the European Parliament on Tuesday that Brussels did not support the draft bill.We are following with extreme concern the debate in the Knesset over this draft legislation to oblige Israeli NGOs to make public any funds received from foreign governments, he told MEPs.We have made our concern clear on several occasions to the Israeli government.The bill, which in its original form would have revoked the tax-exempt status of groups that received funding from foreign governments has been slammed by Israeli human rights and civil liberties organisations as McCarthyist and compared the legislation to laws restricting NGO activities enacted in Russia and Iran.The legislation requires that any spokesperson of an NGO declare in all public appearances that they receive funding from a foreign political entity. Non-compliance would result in fines or imprisonment.The EU has taken a particular interest in the bill as the country's human rights groups receive a great deal of their funding from the bloc.A revised version of the legislation has dropped the most controversial elements, notably the revocation of tax-exempt status and a requirement that groups report to the registrar of political parties.Mr Fuele acknowledged there had been improvements to the bill, but still said the legislation placed an onerous burden on civil society groups.We believe the demand for transparency from the NGOs remains too demanding, he said.The new criteria for transparency solely concerns public finance, which would be discriminatory vis-a-vis those working with public funds, notably those from the EU.
According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the law is redundant as existing legislation requires that groups already disclose funding sources on their websites and annual reports. The ACRI also says that the bill is selective in that it requires only reporting of public funding rather than funds from private foundations. Israeli human rights groups tend to receive funding from public sources while conservative Israeli organisations and think-tanks supporting settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories tend to receive funding from private American Jewish and Christian foundations.The group urges the legislation be dropped, or to amend the bill by requiring full transparency of all types of organisations regarding all the sources of their foreign funding, not limiting the expanded reporting requirements only to funds received from foreign state entities.The sponsor of the bill, Likud MK Zeev Elkin has said the law is intended to stop another Goldstone Report from recurring, referring to a UN investigation that was critical of the 2009 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that killed some 1400 civilians. According to Mr Elkin, the bill aims to prevent a recurrence of the Goldstone report, which is mostly based on material provided by Israeli organizations ... financed by foreign states. The NGOs sometimes co-operate with foreign bodies that use them to infiltrate messages or acts opposed to Israeli interests.Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor, an Israeli-government-linked group that supports the bill and has accused Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam and other NGOs of engaging in what he calls third-generation warfare against Israel, said the EU was focussing on an outdated version of the law.We fear that the European Parliament is holding a debate based on a misleading premise, he said in a statement. Many rumours have surrounded this legislation, but as the text currently stands, this bill simply ensures that Israeli citizens know the funding sources of the many NGOs that operate here.
Commission rules to be improved in light of revolving doors cases
LEIGH PHILLIPS 09.09.2010 @ 17:31 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission is looking to improve its code of conduct in the wake of a slew of revolving-door' episodes in which retiring commissioners and officials have gone on to well-paid jobs in the private sector in areas close to the dossiers they oversaw when working for the Brussels machine.While the commission ethics committee has given a pass to all the commissioners who have taken on such work, with the executive arguing that it cannot prevent civil servants from working for private companies when they leave the EU capital, the code is to be tightened to give it clearer language, EUobserver has learned.Since the end of the first Barroso commission, six former commissioners in the last year have landed a number of plum positions. Ex-industry commissioner Guenther Verheugen is now working for Royal Bank of Scotland, lobby outfit Fleishman Hillard and the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges. Austria's woman in the EU executive, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, has taken a position with re-insurance giant Munich Re. Bulgaria's Meglena Kuneva works for French bank BNP Paribas. Irishman Charlie McCreevy, formerly internal market chief, has joined no-frills airline Ryanair. Belgium's Louis Michel, latterly Europe's development commissioner, is now with Credimo, a domestic mortgage firm.And Malta's Joe Borg, the ex-maritime affairs head, is to advise Fipra, a lobby outfit specialising in, amongst other areas, maritime affairs.
In the most recent example, going further than simply joining someone else's lobbying consultancy, Mr Verheugen, a German Socialist, has decided to set up his own EU-focused public relations firm - The European Experience Company.The company's website says that it will not engage in any kind of lobbying activity. However, it offers intensive management seminars for institutions and enterprises with experts from European institutions. It also offers analytical background papers and strategy recommendations on EU policy.The commission confirmed on Wednesday that it is to investigate the matter for any potential conflict of interest.On 1 September, the day after the press revealed Mr Verheugen's new lobbying endeavour, the ex-commissioner notified Brussels of his plans.Commission spokesman Michael Mann confirmed that the letter has been passed on to the EU executive's ad hoc ethics committee.No details concerning a revision of the code have yet been revealed, but, according to Mr Mann, [EU Commission President] Barroso wants to see if there is a need to improve the language, whether adjustments can be made based on the experience of the last year.Brussels hopes to achieve such changes sometime after October, after an agreement with the European Parliament on institutional relations has been approved.The president is hoping that a code of conduct can be crafted that covers all the institutions. Of the EU institutions, currently just the commission has a code of conduct.As a result, some in the EU executive feel that it is unfair that it is commission officials who bear the brunt of criticism from transparency campaigners and the parliament itself when senior MEPs and committee chairs have also been known to take up similar jobs.
Eurozone back under pressure amid concern over EU banks
LEIGH PHILLIPS 08.09.2010 @ 09:29 CET
The euro drooped and bond spreads for Greece, Ireland and Portugal jumped on Tuesday (7 September) due to a revival of investor fears bout the eurozone, even as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hailed the EU for emerging successfully from the economic crisis in his first State of the Union address.The yen hit a nine-year high against the euro while the Swiss franc soared to its all-time best position against the European single currency. Separately, the costs to the Greek government for borrowing compared to Germany jumped slightly while the costs to both Portugal and Greece climbed to levels not seen since the creation of the euro.It is thought that Portugal took a hit as a result of revelations that the country's banks had gone knocking at the door of the European Central Bank for a record amount of cash as a result of troubles raising funds privately.Meanwhile, Ireland is dealing with the ongoing consequences of the black hole of debt that is the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank. Last week, the company said it will probably need some €25 billion in fresh capital, equivalent to a full 19 percent of the country's GNP. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has said that it believes this to be low-balling the true figure, estimating that the real cost could come to €35 billion.The vast sums have frightened markets, which worry Dublin will have trouble servicing its debt, and have made it difficult for all Irish banks to raise funds.
On Tuesday (7 September), the European Commission approved a decision by the Irish government to extend bank deposit guarantees until the end of 2010. With the firms very much strapped for cash, the guarantee gives confidence to savers to keep their money in the institutions and prevent a run on the banks.It is thought that investors were also spooked by a report in the Wall Street Journal that suggested that European banks' stress tests released in July had gone light on some institutions, with a number of banks excluding parts of their portfolios from disclosure.The mood also hit stock exchanges, with European banking stocks declining 1.4 percent in the day and global markets closing lower.Late Tuesday, the chief of the Eurogroup of EU member states, the 16 countries that use the euro currency, tried to calm the waters.After a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters that Greece was sticking to its austerity plans and that he has confidence in the Irish administration to handle the current difficulties.We are happy that Greece is on a good track, he said, adding: We were listening carefully to our Irish colleague and all of us are convinced the government will be able to manage the situation.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Lithuania concerned by Russia's tactical nuclear capability
ANDREW RETTMAN 09.09.2010 @ 09:20 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A TV interview by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite last weekend has pointed to the Baltic country's ongoing worry about the threat of a tactical nuclear strike by Russia.Asked by the TV3 station on Sunday (5 September) why she did not attend the launch of the Russia-US Stategic Arms Reduction Talks (Start) in Prague in April, Ms Grybauskaite said: Seeing as this could contradict the interests of eastern European and Baltic countries, I didn't want to go and drink champagne to toast the prospect.Vilnius says it mistrusts Start because it does not include tactical nuclear weapons. The process, by definition, covers only weapons with delivery systems of 5,500 km or more. But Lithuania is more worried about short-range or tactical weapons deployed by Russia near its border. In particular it fears nuclear landmines - devices the size of a large backpack which can be carried by paratroopers behind enemy lines and which can destroy infrastructure or render whole valleys impassable. Darius Semaska, the chief advisor to Ms Grybauskaite and the former Lithuanian ambassador to the European Council of Ministers' Political and Security Committee, told this website that Washington has since April gone some way to allieviating her concerns.He declined to go into details, but he added: It [the issue of tactical weapons] is a matter of concern, of course. It's something that's very close to our border, very close to our territory.We would like to have more transparency. The key issue is transparency and confidence-building measures. We have continuously been suggesting this to the Russian side. We hope that at some time our Russian colleagues will respond.Arms control experts do not believe Russia has nuclear landmines in active service.
Otfried Nassauer, the director of the Berlin Information Centre for Transatlantic Security (Bits), said that if Russia still used such devices, it would be a grave breach of promises made in the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives, agreed with the West in the early 1990s.They have not produced any new ones since the 1980s. To my knowledge, they have all been withdrawn from active service and have been removed to more central storage sites to await destruction. There were rumours that a few got lost. But the Russians later said they got them all back, he said.Our friends in the Baltics and from Poland are the most sceptical that this has happened and they assume that there are still some in active service.He estimated that Russia has 2,000-2,200 other tactical nuclear weapons that are either active or easy to re-activate, namely anti-aircraft missiles, naval-borne cruise missiles and air-to-ground bombs. Meanwhile, Nato has between 150 and 200 tactical weapons in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.What they [Russia-bordering Nato/EU states] could and should be concerned about is the bombs. They could be flown into their country with an aircraft, Mr Nassauer explained.The Bits director suggested that Lithuania dislikes Start not because it excludes reduction of tactical weapons, but on the contrary because it could be a prelude to removing Nato's tactical deterrent from Europe.Nato wants Russia to withdraw its tactical weapons beyond the Ural Mountains. The Russian pre-condition for this is for the US to take its tactical weapons out of the European Nato countries. But some of the new member states do not want any of this to happen. They are concerned that the US is willing to accept withdrawal,he said.
Gaza Terror Attack on Israeli Kibbutz Heralds Jewish New Year
by Chana Ya'ar SEPT 9,10
Gaza terrorists launched a mortar attack on children and their parents in southern Israel Wednesday, just hours before the start of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year.
One mortar exploded close to several kindergarten buildings in a Negev kibbutz, just half an hour before the children were set to arrive.No one was wounded in the attack, which occurred in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council district, but at least one of the buildings was damaged.Miraculously, the shell landed between two of the buildings, according to one of the residents, who noted that things could have ended very differently.The school building that was damaged by the explosion had a fortified roof – but no other part of the building is protected. Area officials have been discussing the issue with security personnel, asking for total reinforcement of the community's public buildings.Yenina, one of the mothers who brought her son to school not long after the attack explained, “We are continuing as usual – we have no other choice. It's a holiday today. People's faces look a lot less happy today, but the buildings are protected and parents are bringing their children to school.We heard the explosion – to our great sorry, it was a mortar, which doesn't activate the Color Red system, the way a Kassam rocket does. So actually, it was the explosion that told us there had been an attack.This is the most frightening aspect of the situation, although in actuality, rockets can land anywhere. What's important to note is that it is not quiet here. Almost every day a mortar or Kassam rocket lands. It happens all the time.Overnight, the western Negev was also struck by a Kassam rocket attack launched by terrorists. Those residents of Sderot and the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council district who were not cooking and otherwise preparing for the holiday, were rudely awakened by the scream of the Color Red air raid siren at about 2:00 a.m. Within 15 seconds, at least one rocket exploded in the area, but did not cause damage, and no one was wounded in the attack.
Local residents told Israel National News that attacks from Gaza have sharply escalated following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's trip to Washington D.C. for direct talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah Leader Mahmoud Abbas.Home Front Command recommended Wednesday that kindergartens in the region be kept open in order to provide a safe indoor facility in which children can play for hours leading up to the holiday, which begins at sunset.
Judea, Samaria Crossings Closed
In other security news, the security crossings from Judea and Samaria were closed overnight for the duration of the Rosh HaShanah New Year's holiday.Although the holiday does not begin until sunset Wednesday, the crossings closed one minute prior to midnight Tuesday night, September 7, and will not reopen until September 11, one minute prior to midnight late Saturday night.Per standard practice, persons in need of medical attention, will be allowed to pass through. The passage of humanitarian aid, as well as doctors, medical personnel, NGO members, attorneys and additional professionals will be coordinated by the Civil Administration.Additionally, special accommodations were made in light of the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr for the purpose of family visitations,the IDF Spokesperson said in a statement.
Border Crossing?
Journalists have been warned by the IDF Spokesperson, who coordinates all statements with the Government Press Office (GPO), to prepare passports and visas as well as standard press credentials to pass through the crossings, in much the same way as one would for travel to a different country.In order to pass, media personnel with Israeli or dual citizenship are required to sign release forms prior to visiting the A areas and are encouraged to coordinate their passage in advance with the IDF Spokesperson's News Desk,the statement said.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
NY mosque investor declines Trump's buyout offer By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer - SEPT 9,10
NEW YORK – Donald Trump offered Thursday to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque.The offer, though, fell flat nearly instantly.This is just a cheap attempt to get publicity and get in the limelight,said Wolodymyr Starosolsky, a lawyer for the investor, Hisham Elzanaty.In a letter released Thursday by Trump's publicist, the real estate investor told Elzanaty that he would buy his stake in the lower Manhattan building for 25 percent more than whatever he paid.I am making this offer as a resident of New York and citizen of the United States, not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it is not), but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation that is destined, in my opinion, to only get worse, the letter said.Trump also attached a condition to his offer: He said that as part of the deal, the backers of the project would need to promise that any new mosque they constructed would be at least five blocks farther away from the World Trade Center site.In Gainesville, Fla., a minister backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11, angrily accusing the imam leading the mosque of lying to him on Thursday with a promise to move the Islamic center away from ground zero. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf earlier had denied there was ever such a deal or that he had spoken to the minister.The current planned location is just two blocks north of the site. Opponents argue it's insensitive to families and memories of Sept. 11 victims to build a mosque so close to where Islamic extremists flew planes into the World Trade Center and killed nearly 2,800 people, while proponents support the project as a reflection of religious freedom and diversity.
It's unclear how much control Elzanaty has over the property, which is owned by an eight-member investment group led by Soho Properties, but his response was unequivocal.He knows what the value of the building is. If he were really interested in buying the buiding, he would have come forward with at least $20 million, Starosolsky said.Elzanaty said he remains committed to the idea of having a mosque built on at least part of the property.A spokesman for Soho Properties general manager Sharif El-Gamal and his nonprofit group, Park51, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. Earlier in the day, the organization sent a statement to The Associated Press affirming that Soho Properties controlled the real estate and that Elzanaty was one of several investors.El-Gamal and other people associated with the Islamic center have refused to detail the ownership structure of the real estate partnership that holds the site.Elzanaty's lawyer did not immediately return a phone message Thursday. But in a pair of interviews with the AP this week, Elzanaty said he had invested in the site with an intention of making a profit and was willing to half the land for private development, and maybe all of it if a Muslim group doesn't come forward with enough money to build the mosque.
Islamic charity co-founder convicted on tax charge By NIGEL DUARA, Associated Press Writer - SEPT 9,10
EUGENE, Ore. – A federal jury on Thursday convicted the co-founder of an Islamic charity chapter who was accused of helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.Pete Seda was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of filing a false tax return. His lawyers said they would appeal.The verdict is a devastating blow to Mr. Seda and his family, said defense attorney Steven Wax. We do not believe that it reflects the truth of the charges. We will be pursuing a just result of this case to the highest court in the land, if need be. This fight is not yet over.Judge Michael Hogan set sentencing for Nov. 23.
Seda claimed the money was intended as a tithe that his accountant failed to disclose on a tax return for the U.S. chapter of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation in Ashland, Ore. The foundation has been declared a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.The tax-fraud conviction was the government's first significant victory in its prosecution of Al-Haramain, which it began investigating shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks. A federal judge ruled in another case involving the charity that the government's program of wiretapping suspected terrorists without getting permission from a judge was illegal.Prosecutors said Seda had a more sinister purpose, arguing throughout the weeklong trial that he was a Muslim radical posing as a moderate promoting peace. They alleged he was trying to smuggle the money to help fighters overthrow the Chechnyan government.The jury returned the verdict after nearly 13 hours of deliberation. A groan passed through the courtroom as Seda's family slumped down on the benches. Seda, wearing a purple polo shirt with his beard neatly trimmed, turned and smiled at his family.Assistant U.S. attorneys Charles Gorder Jr. and Chris Cardani told the jury that Al-Haramain distributed the Quran to U.S. prison inmates. They said non-Muslims were issued a regular Quran while Muslim prisoners got an edition with an appendix calling for violence against Jews and nonbelievers, a version they called the Noble Quran.Part of Seda's crime occurred when the charity's co-founder, Soliman Al-Buthe, left the country with a donation of about $130,000, converted to traveler's checks, without declaring the amount. Seda also failed to note the donation on the charity's tax forms.Al-Buthe, who is in Saudi Arabia, faces the same charges as Seda but cannot be extradited. The original donation of $150,000 from an Egyptian doctor was deposited and converted at an Ashland bank.Seda's attorney reminded jurors that a rabbi and a Christian minister testified on behalf of Seda, their neighbor, who has been a U.S. citizen for 16 years.
Seda, 52, shortened his last name from Sedaghaty and adopted the nickname Pete instead of his first name, Pirouz, after moving from his native Iran and attending Southern Oregon University in Ashland. He found widespread support when he helped open a branch of the now-defunct Saudi charity in Ashland to improve the understanding of Islam and relations with Muslims.Seda became a community fixture, working as an arborist and taking part in local events, including walking a camel down the main street in the Fourth of July parade. A raid on his home, which served as the headquarters of the Al-Haramain chapter, led to an indictment on tax charges while he was out of the country and turned him into an international fugitive.Seda returned voluntarily with the help of a friend, Portland attorney Tom Nelson, who has been involved with a related legal battle over alleged government eavesdropping on attorneys for Al-Haramain.Prosecutors pointed to Seda's flight as a reason to keep him in custody, while Wax said Seda showed he could cooperate with house arrest while he wore an ankle monitor for almost three years.The judge agreed with the prosecutors and ordered Seda to be taken into custody. Plainclothes U.S. marshals stood behind he as he hugged his wife, children and attorneys.
SECRETS OF 302 MEMOS
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2518
AL QUIDA TIMELINE
http://www.peterlance.com/Triple_Cross_PB_Timeline_2009.pdf
Triple Cross: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI [Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Triple-Cross-Ladens-Master-Penetrated/dp/0061189413/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
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.
Igor weakens to tropical depression in Atlantic
– Thu Sep 9, 4:50 pm ET
MIAMI – Igor has weakened to a tropical depression drifting in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands.Maximum sustained winds for the storm Thursday are near 35 mph (55 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm could begin strengthening some on Friday.All tropical storm warnings related to Igor have been canceled.The storm is located about 155 miles (255 kilometers) west-northwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and is moving northwest at about 13 mph (17 kph).
Strengthening La Nina could mean more hurricanes By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer – Thu Sep 9, 1:21 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier.The update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday comes as residents of Texas are cleaning up from the deluge of Tropical Storm Hermine, and Tropical Storm Igor is drifting in the Atlantic.La Nina is marked by a cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean and was reported to be developing a month ago. It strengthened throughout August and appears likely to last at least through early 2011, NOAA's Climate Prediction Service said.La Nina can contribute to increased Atlantic hurricane activity by decreasing the vertical wind shear over the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean, the center noted.Wind shear is a sharp difference in wind speed at different levels in the atmosphere. A strong wind shear reduces hurricanes by breaking up their ability to rise into the air, while less shear means they can climb and strengthen.NOAA has been calling for an above-normal tropical storm. The forecast issued in August anticipates 14 to 20 named tropical storms. The hurricane season started June 1 and ends Nov. 30, but the peak period runs from August through October.La Nina's cooling of the tropical Pacific is the opposite phase of the El Nino event, which is marked by unusually warm tropical water in that region. Each can take place every few years, usually with neutral conditions in between.
Both can impact climate worldwide by changing the direction and strength of winds and altering air pressure and rainfall patterns.In addition to hurricanes in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, the impact of La Nina can include above-average rain or snowfall in the Pacific Northwest and below-average precipitation in the Southwest and in portions of the middle and lower Mississippi Valley and Tennessee Valley.In other regions, La Nina tends to suppress hurricane activity across the central and eastern tropical North Pacific and increases rainfall in Indonesia.NOAA said its computer climate models disagree on how strong this La Nina will be, but all concur it will last at least through early 2011.Online: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov
POISONED WATERS
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report By HARRY R. WEBER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press Writers – Thu Sep 9, 5:40 am ET
NEW ORLEANS – BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution. The word fault shows up 20 times, but only once in the same sentence as the company's name.BP took some of the blame, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well that blew out and eventually spewed 206 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger — and plenty — at its partners on the doomed rig.The highly technical, 193-page report released Wednesday attributes the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history and the deadly rig explosion that set it off to a complex chain of failures both human and mechanical. Some of those problems have been made public over the past 4 1/2 months, such as the failure of the blowout preventer to clamp the well shut.The report is far from the definitive ruling on the cause of the catastrophe. For one thing, government investigators have not yet begun to fully analyze the blowout preventer, which was raised from the bottom of the sea over Labor Day weekend.But it does provide an early look at the company's probable legal strategy — spreading the blame among itself, rig owner Transocean, and cement contractor Halliburton — as it deals with hundreds of lawsuits, billions of dollars in claims and possible criminal charges in the coming months and years.For Billy Nungesser, president of oil-soaked Plaquemines Parish, the report doesn't change the fact that in his mind the time that has passed since the disaster hasn't made offshore drilling safer.If they believe painting the rigs yellow would make them safer, stop delaying, give us a bucket of paint and let us get started, Nungesser said of those in power.
Critics of BP called the report self-serving.
This report is not BP's mea culpa, said Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., a member of a congressional panel investigating the spill. Of their own eight key findings, they only explicitly take responsibility for half of one. BP is happy to slice up blame as long as they get the smallest piece.The disaster began when the Deepwater Horizon exploded off the coast of Louisiana on April 20, killing 11 workers. BP's well spewed oil into the Gulf for three months before a temporary cap stopped it in mid-July.Members of Congress, industry experts and workers who survived the blast have accused BP's engineers of cutting corners to save time and money on a project that was 43 days and more than $20 million behind schedule at the time of the blast.Nearly 24 hours before the explosion, Halliburton was using cement to seal the gap between the well casing and the hole drilled in the seafloor. It was also cementing the bottom of the well shut until the day BP was ready to begin extracting oil and gas from it.In its report, BP said that it was a bad cementing job that contributed to the blowout and that the design of the well was probably not to blame. It also said more thorough review and testing by Halliburton and stronger quality assurance by BP's well team might have identified weaknesses in the plan for cementing.BP blaming others for the Gulf oil disaster is like Bernie Madoff blaming his accountant, said Robert Gordon, an attorney for fishermen, hotels and restaurants affected by the spill.The report acknowledged, as investigators have previously suggested, that BP's engineers and employees of Transocean misinterpreted a pressure test of the well's integrity before the explosion.They also blamed employees on the rig from both companies for failing to respond to other warning signs that the well was in danger of blowing out.
The team did not identify any single action or inaction that caused this accident, the investigators said. Rather, a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human judgments, engineering design, operational implementation and team interfaces came together to allow the initiation and escalation of the accident.Mark Bly, who as BP's safety chief led the internal investigation, said the report was a reconstruction of what happened on the rig based on the company's data and interviews with mostly BP employees and was not meant to focus on assigning blame.
Transocean blasted the report as a self-serving attempt to conceal what it called the real cause of the explosion — BP's fatally flawed well design.Halliburton said it found a number of omissions and inaccuracies in the report and is confident the work it completed on the well met BP's specifications. Contractors do not specify well design or make decisions regarding testing procedures as that responsibility lies with the well owner, the company said. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs noted "there is an active investigation into what went wrong and said the administration's job is to find out what happened and hold those responsible accountable. Federal prosecutors are among those investigating. In Wednesday trading in New York, BP stock rose $1.18, or 3.2 percent, to close at $38.37. Investigators know the explosion was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that shot up the drill column and ignited. But they don't know exactly how and why the gas escaped. And they don't know for certain why the blowout preventer didn't work.But in its report, BP said the blowout preventer didn't do its job because it was damaged in the explosion and because it had a bad valve and weak batteries. Transocean, which was responsible for maintaining the blowout preventer, has insisted the batteries were in working order.Cappiello reported from Washington. Associated Press Writers Curt Anderson in Miami, Chris Kahn in New York and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report. Online: http://www.bp.com
EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq5cQMiAB8&feature=related
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)
REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
WORLD GOVERNMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq5cQMiAB8&feature=related
http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-are-already-under-global-government.html#links
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
EPHESIANS 6:10-13
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,(DEMONIC ANGELS IN HIGH PLACES) against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.(SPIRTIUAL DEMONIC PERSONS)
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
LUKE 4:5-7(BECAUSE SATAN OFFERS WORLD POWER, WORLD ORDERERS HAVE ACCEPTED SATANS GIFT)
5 And the devil, taking him (JESUS) up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
G20 fin mins unlikely to meet in Washington: sources
SEPT 10,10
SEOUL (Reuters) – Finance ministers from the Group of 20 developed and leading emerging economies are not likely to meet on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Group annual gatherings in Washington early next month, sources said.Instead, deputy ministers would hold a meeting on the sidelines of the annual gathering from October 8-10, sources with knowledge of the matter said.But the sources said finance ministers from the five steering group members, Britain, Canada, France, South Korea and the United States, would probably meet.Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the 20 economies are due to meet in the South Korean city of Gyeongju in late October to fine tune the agenda for the November 11-12 leaders' summit in Seoul.
Officials at the South Korean committee preparing for the summit could not confirm details, but its website (http://www.seoulsummit.kr) showed a deputies' meeting was scheduled in Washington.When the IMF and the World Bank held spring meetings in Washington in April, finance and central bank chiefs from G20 economies also held a meeting.(Reporting by Yoo Choonsik; Editing by Chris Lewis)
Gold slides on reassuring jobs, trade reports By SANDY SHORE, AP Business Writer – Thu Sep 9, 4:09 pm ET
Gold prices slid Thursday after reassuring reports on the U.S. jobs market and trade created some optimism about the economy.Traders and investors also sold gold to take a profit after it hit a record high settlement price earlier this week, analysts said.Gold for December delivery fell $6.60 to settle at $1,250.90 an ounce. It settled at a record high of $1,259.30 an ounce Tuesday as investors sought assets viewed as safer amid renewed worries about the global economy.The Labor Department said new unemployment claims fell by 27,000 last week, an encouraging signs that companies are not moving as quickly to lay off workers as the economy slows.The government also said trade deficit narrowed in July as exports climbed to the highest level in nearly two years. The reports bolstered some appetite for risk, sending stocks higher.Most commodities were mixed because of an absence of significant news to shift specific markets, Lind-Waldock senior market strategist Rich Ilczyszyn said.In other December contracts, silver lost 15.4 cents to settle at $19.855 an ounce and copper fell 5.7 cents to $3.4435 a pound.
September palladium fell $4.90 to settle at $520.60 an ounce and October platinum fell $8.90 to $1,553.30 an ounce.In energy trading, oil prices retreated after the government said commercial crude inventories fell last week but remained at a 30-year high.Benchmark oil for October delivery dipped 42 cents to settle at $74.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.In other October contracts, heating oil lost 1.33 cents to settle at $2.0684 a gallon, gasoline fell 0.4 cent to $1.9354 a gallon and natural gas slipped 4.6 cents to $3.768 per 1,000 cubic feet.Meanwhile, wheat and corn prices rose amid speculation about the global supply.The Agriculture Department is expected to provide more insight into the market Friday when it issues a U.S. crop production outlook and world agricultural supply and demand estimates.
December wheat jumped 27 cents to $7.38 a bushel and corn added 8.25 cents to $4.7075a bushel. November soybeans fell 2.75 cents to $10.46 a bushel.
IMF to sell 400 million dollars' worth of gold to Bangladesh
– Thu Sep 9, 6:13 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday announced it would sell 10 metric tons of gold to Bangladesh, worth around 403 million dollars.This transaction is part of the total sales of 403.3 metric tons approved by the executive board, the IMF said in a statement.That decision was taken last September and was followed by the sale of 212 metric tons of gold to the Reserve Bank of India, the Bank of Mauritius, and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.The Washington-based institution has been selling gold as it seeks to bolster its finances amid the global economic crisis.IMF members agreed in 2008 that the fund could sell an eighth of its gold assets in order to diversify its financial model so that it no longer relies on lending.The fund is one of the world's largest holders of the precious metal.
Deutsche Bank to unveil 9-bln-euro rights issue
SEPT 10,10
LONDON (AFP) – Deutsche Bank is set to raise up to nine billion euros through a rights issue to bolster its capital as global banking regulators finalise tough new rules for the industry, a report said Friday.Germany's biggest bank aims to announce the offering on Monday or Tuesday, in what will be the largest rights issue by a European bank this year, reported the Financial Times, citing people close to the plan.The issue will raise between eight and nine billion euros (up to 11.4 billion dollars, 7.4 billion pounds). Deutsche Bank's current market value is 30 billion euros, according to the FT.The news came ahead of a meeting Sunday of global banking regulation chiefs in Basel, Switzerland, to approve new capital and liquidity measures drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, an international watchdog.Banks will have several years to meet higher capital ratios, but big banks are likely to move fast to reassure markets, according to analysts cited by the paper.Deutsche is likely to use some of the new funds to increase its stake in Postbank, the German post office bank, which will probably be its main explanation for raising fresh capital, according to the FT.But analysts believe the Postbank deal is a pretext.The size of the offering suggests its real aim is to bolster capital at Deutsche itself and help the financial giant pull ahead of its weaker German rivals, said the paper.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
World waits for unveiling of NKorean heir apparent By JEAN H. LEE, Associated Press Writer - Thu Sep 9, 8:43 pm ET
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean children are already singing the praises of the young man in line to become the reclusive nation's next leader, analysts say, but the rest of the world doesn't even know the age, or, until recently, how to spell the name of Kim Jong Il's youngest son.Kim Jong Un is expected to make his public debut as the Dear Leader's heir apparent at an upcoming convention of the Workers' Party, North Korea's biggest political gathering in 30 years. If so, it could be the first time the world - and many North Koreans - get a peek at the communist crown prince hidden so long from public view.Jong Un is said to look like his father, in face and figure, but there's no verifiable photo of him as an adult. The most widely circulated image of him was taken as a boy, a cherubic imp with bright eyes and a cheeky grin.The man reportedly tapped to take over leadership of the nuclear-armed nation of 24 million is believed to be 27, but the exact year of his birth remains in dispute. Until last year, the South Korean government didn't even know how to spell his name because it's so rarely seen in print and has never been published in North Korean media.The mystery is typical in reclusive North Korea, which maintains strict control over information and enforces a reverent cult of personality focused on the Kim family. Portraits of national founder Kim Il Sung and son Kim Jong Il grace the walls of every room and pins bearing their images adorn every lapel.
Kim Jong Il was similarly kept out of the public eye until his official debut at the last major political conference in 1980. He succeeded his father when the Great Leader died in 1994 of heart failure in what was the communist world's first hereditary transition of power.Since then, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has handed the reins to his brother, Raul. And there have been other dynastic transfers of power. Former dictator Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier of Haiti was named president for life when his father, Francois, Papa Doc, died. Syrian President Bashar Assad was groomed by his father, Bashar, for years and also took over upon his death.Now, in North Korea, analysts believe the torch will pass to the third generation, with Jong Un assuming a key Workers' Party position, perhaps becoming the organizational secretary like his father before him, said Cheong Seong-chang, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute think tank.But the next leader of the Stalinist state may not have the same benefit of years of grooming. Kim Jong Il reportedly suffered a stroke two years ago and is believed to have diabetes and a kidney ailment. In fact, the political convention - scheduled for early September - may have been postponed a few days because of the leader's poor health, said Ha Tae-keung, chief of Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based station specializing in North Korean affairs.Jong Un is the youngest of Kim's three sons, but signs that he is his father's choice to succeed him began emerging last year.He's already being hailed as the Young General and Our Commander, and North Koreans are busy learning an ode to him called Footsteps, analysts said.
The state-run art studio is making portraits and badges bearing Jong Un's image, Open Radio for North Korea said last month, citing sources in the North.Jong Un is tough and ambitious like his father, according to the memoir of a man who says he who spent 11 years as his sushi chef.As a graduate of Kim Il Sung Military University, Jong Un has a military education - a key attribute for leading a country operating on a songun - military first - policy, said analyst Paik Hak-soon, also of the Sejong Institute.The young son has steadily built his political clout by getting involved in domestic and foreign policy, securing a position in the ruling party as well as head of the State Security Agency that monitors the party elite, said Cheong.
He has also begun playing a leadership role with the military, Cheong said.Rather than saying he's won the military's loyalty, it would be more accurate to say he seized military power, he said.How a young man untested and inexperienced, raised in Europe and now living a cloistered life in Pyongyang will lead a country locked in a standoff over its nuclear ambitions and struggling to feed its people remains an open question. On the negative side, he's more aggressive than Kim Jong Il, Cheong said. But he's more open-minded when it comes to the economy. He could carry out reform and policies encouraging openness. Experts and media outlets are scrambling to learn what they can about Jong Un, one of three children Kim Jong Il had with dancer Ko Yong Hui. The chef, who goes by the pen name Kenji Fujimoto, has described Jong Un as a competitive, even ruthless, child. Dressed in a military outfit, the young Jong Un glared at me with a menacing look when we shook hands the first time they met, Fujimoto wrote in Kim Jong Il's Chef.I can never forget the look in his eyes which seemed to be saying, This one is a despicable Japanese.He recalled a 12-year-old Jong Un blowing up when his sister addressed him as little older brother. He preferred top comrade. He hated to lose and berated teammates who faltered on the basketball court. But he also had a surprising sensitive streak, Fujimoto writes. After Fujimoto mentioned running out of beer, Jong Un turned up one day with two bottles of Heineken stuffed in his pockets - a gesture that brought the chef to tears. Basketball was his chief passion, especially following the Chicago Bulls, the chef recalled. He also loved movies, just like his dad. In looks, tastes and personality, the youngest son was the spitting image of his father, and it was clear even back then he was the leader's favorite, he said. During his middle school years, Jong Un and his brother Jong Chol were shuttled off to Switzerland, the younger one reportedly enrolled under the name Pak Un, a name combining his middle name and an uncle's surname. Authorities at the Liebefeld-Steinhoelzi school near Bern confirmed last year that a North Korean youth studied there in the late 1990s but declined to give his name.
The pupil was well integrated, industrious and ambitious, town education director Ueli Studer said in a statement to The Associated Press. His hobby was basketball, and he spoke English, German and French. Desperate to claim the first photo of the future leader as an adult, Japan's TV Asahi last year published a picture of a man it said was Jong Un, complete with paunch, perm and sunglasses like the ones his father famously sports.It turns out the photo was of a 40-year-old South Korean construction worker who posted the snap online, joking at his own resemblance to the North Korean leader.Associated Press writer Kwang-tae Kim contributed to this report.
YOU WOULD NEVER READ A MUSLIM COUNTRY SAYING SHAMEFUL ARE HONOR KILLINGS OR SHARIA(NO WOMENS RIGHTS)LAWS.HOW HIPOCRITICAL ARE MUSLIMS AND ISLAM.
Bahrain calls Quran burning plans shameful
– Thu Sep 9, 3:10 am ET
MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahrain says plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran are a shameful attack on efforts for dialogue between faiths.The statement by Bahrain's Foreign Ministry on Thursday is among the first official denunciations in the Arab world against the planned torching of Islam's holy book.The pastor at the Florida church is vowing to go ahead with the Saturday burning despite protests. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, worries it will enflame Muslim extremists.Bahrain's government calls it a shameful act which is incompatible with the principles of tolerance and coexistence.Bahrain is home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Pessimistic about peace, Israelis greet new year By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 8, 4:14 pm ET
JERUSALEM – Israelis usher in the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashana, at sundown Wednesday with a widespread sense of pessimism that a new round of U.S.-sponsored Mideast talks can achieve peace.President Barack Obama wants a deal within a year, but Israelis are deeply skeptical after decades of failed efforts.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the widespread doubts.There are many obstacles, many skeptics, and many reasons for skepticism, he said in a holiday address. He called the talks an important step in an attempt to reach peace, but said it is an attempt because there is no certainty of success.Still some took heart from the simple fact that the Israelis and Palestinians are talking again after negotiations broke down over the Gaza war nearly two years ago.The Middle East swamp becomes even more toxic, even more dangerous, when the water stands still, commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the daily Yediot Ahronot. But even those who fear, as I do, that no agreement will come of these ceremonies, has to be glad that something is moving.
Obama wished Israelis a happy new year in a greeting published in Yediot Ahronot, and expressed hope the new peace talks would succeed. A second round is slated for next week in Egypt.Across Israel, Jews were far more excited about Rosh Hashana than renewed peace talks. They cleaned frantically, rushed to crowded marketplaces, cooked and clogged the highways en route to family dinners to mark the start of the two-day new year's festival that begins at sundown.Israel's military closed crossing points into the West Bank until the end of the holiday out of concern that militants could carry out attacks.Rosh Hashana this year coincides with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — both religions rely on the lunar calendar.For Jews, the holiday begins a 10-day period of soul-searching solemnity leading up to the fast day of atonement, Yom Kippur. Muslims are preparing to celebrate the end of Ramadan and its daytime fasts with a three-day festival called Eid al-Fitr, which will begin Friday.In Jewish west Jerusalem, the outdoor market of Mahane Yehuda was teeming with shoppers closely examining fruits and vegetables, piping-hot breads and sticky honey-glazed cakes. Sales in two popular holiday items — honey and pomegranates — were brisk.Observant Jews prepared for long hours in synagogues over the holiday. Highlights of the ritual include the sounding of the shofar, a trumpet made of a ram's horn, and dipping an apple in honey to symbolize a sweet new year.At the same time, hundreds of thousands of secular Israelis were taking advantage of a rare four-day weekend. With the seasonal heat wave in full swing, beaches on the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee were expected to be full.In Arab areas of Jerusalem's Old City, where key Muslim and Jewish holy sites are located just yards (meters) apart, walls were strung with gleaming lights and women haggled over the price of new clothes as children bounced in tow, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr.
A constant stream of Muslim worshippers flowed through the cobblestone streets, heading for the Al-Aqsa compound where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. Palestinian Muslims and Israeli Jews rubbing shoulders — even as they avoided each others eyes — inspired at least some of the residents of this densely packed, tense cobblestone district.Between people, I think there can be coexistence, said Othman Ibrahim, a smiling 70-year-old Palestinian man.A few steps away, 25-year-old Chaya Cherkis sat in front of her home in the Jewish quarter. From my rooftop, you can see the Kotel and the Al-Aqsa mosque, Cherkis said, referring to the Hebrew name of the Western Wall. You can see thousands of people bowing in prayer — it's amazing and inspirational.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Iran opposition claims to have found secret nuclear site
– Thu Sep 9, 3:23 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Leading Iranian opposition members claimed Thursday to have uncovered a secret nuclear enrichment site buried in the mountains northwest of Tehran and run by Iran's defense ministry.But the Pentagon and independent Institute for Science and International Security expressed (ISIS) skepticism over the claims.
Information obtained by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) has revealed Iran began building the site in Abyek, about 70 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Tehran, in 2005, the opposition members said.This is controlled, run and operated... by the ministry of defense, Alireza Jafarzadeh, former media spokesman for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told a press conference in Washington.The People's Mujahedeen, the main group in the NCRI, is officially listed as a foreign terrorist organization in the United States, although a judge ruled in July that it should be removed from the blacklist.Jafarzadeh said the information about the Behjatabad-Abyek site was shared this week with the US government, Congress and the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.Soona Samsami, who was US representative for the NCRI, said the Iranian authorities have so far spent 100 million dollars on the project and completed about 85 percent of the construction.The pair presented satellite pictures of excavation work at the alleged nuclear site, which they said supports information gleaned from sources inside the Iranian regime and showed what they said were four entrances and a tunnel.The mountain peak sitting atop the tunnel stands at 100 meters (330 feet), higher than the 80 meters (260 feet) nuclear experts say is required to prevent detection via radioactive emissions, Jafarzadeh said.The mountain also reinforces the facility against any aerial bombardment, he added.The tunnel, which is eight meters (26 feet) wide and 200 meters (650 feet) long leads deep inside the ground to three large halls designed to house centrifuge cascades used in the enrichment of uranium, he said.The opposition members said the construction work began at a time when the Islamic Republic insisted it had halted its controversial nuclear activities.The United States and other Western powers suspect Iran is using its nuclear enrichment program to build a bomb. Iran denies the charge, saying its atomic program is for peaceful purposes.
But the claims were met with some skepticism.
I don't know if this site is one that they have discovered that our intelligence experts have not seen. I find that hard to believe, but we shall see, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said.State Department spokesman Mark Toner was not aware that the Iranian opposition had contacted the administration about the claims, but told reporters US officials would study whatever they present.David Albright, the founder of the ISIS, said it's just another one of their results you can't verify. It doesn't hold up very well in our minds. There's nothing in the satellite images that suggest a centrifuge plant.He told AFP the NCRI have made a lot of mistakes with past claims about Iranian nuclear activity and they also exaggerate their accomplishments dramatically.Nonetheless, it would be worth having the IAEA visit such sites, he said.
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.
Strong earthquake strikes Chile's disaster area
– Thu Sep 9, 12:15 pm ET
SANTIAGO, Chile – A magnitude-6.1 earthquake has hit the same part of Chile that suffered a catastrophic quake in February. The new temblor has caused alarm but no reported damage or injuries.It struck the regions of Maule, BioBio and Araucani — just where the earlier magnitude-8.8 quake caused the most damage.The U.S. Geological Survey says the new quake struck at 3:28 a.m. (3:28 a.m. EDT; 0728 GMT) Thursday and it was centered about 22 miles (35 kilometers) south of the hard-hit regional capital of Concepcion.
NZ quake city no-go zones remain after more aftershocks
SEPT 9,10
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) – New Zealand authorities delayed plans to lift no-go zones in quake-hit Christchurch Friday after major aftershocks again rattled the country's second largest city.Christchurch mayor Bob Parker had hoped to open the city centre for the first time since last weekend's 7.0-magnitude earthquake but said fresh tremors early Friday measuring up to magnitude 4.5 temporarily scuppered the plan.We're erring on the side of caution, Parker told Radio New Zealand.We've lost nobody in this event and the controllers and everybody else working here want it to stay that way.Parker said the cordons, which are being enforced by police and the military, would be scaled back over the next few days, aftershocks permitting.
We've got to send a message that the majority of the city is open for business and people are in some ways getting back to their lives,he said.The city of 340,000 will remain under a state of emergency until Wednesday following the main tremor on Saturday, which caused damage estimated at four billion dollars (2.7 billion US).
Civil defence director John Hamilton said 300 people made homeless by the tremor remained in welfare centres and the recovery would be a long, complex process.
Authorities are focusing on restoring loss of sewerage services, addressing housing needs, provision of psychological services, ensuring negative business impacts are (minimised) and setting up recovery structures.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 09, 2010
STOCK RESULTS SEPT 9,10
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/
CNBC VIDEOS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=15839796&tabheader=false
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS WED MAY 30,2010
09:30 AM +1.85
10:00 AM +70.91
10:30 AM +54.04
11:00 AM +53.47
11:30 AM +67.28
12:00 PM +66.52
12:30 PM +67.17
01:00 PM +26.26
01:30 PM +6.39
02:00 PM +1.06
02:30 PM +24.14
03:00 PM +37.12
03:30 PM +49.49
04:00 PM +28.23 10,415.24
S&P 500 1104.19 +5.32
NASDAQ 2236.20 +7.33
GOLD 1,245.80 -11.70
OIL 73.99 -0.70
TSE 300 12,033.50 -8.70
CDNX 1582.00 -6.06
S&P/TSX/60 700.80 -0.70
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +83 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -2 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,255.00.OIL opens at $75.66 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -2 points at low today so far.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -2 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,266.90 (NOT AT CLOSE)
CRUDE OIL -1.8 MILLION BARRELS
GASOLINE -240,000 BARRELS
DISTILLATE INVENTORIES -380,000 BARRELS
REFINERY UTILIZATION
NATURAL GAS +58 BCF
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/
CNBC VIDEOS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=15839796&tabheader=false
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS WED MAY 30,2010
09:30 AM +1.85
10:00 AM +70.91
10:30 AM +54.04
11:00 AM +53.47
11:30 AM +67.28
12:00 PM +66.52
12:30 PM +67.17
01:00 PM +26.26
01:30 PM +6.39
02:00 PM +1.06
02:30 PM +24.14
03:00 PM +37.12
03:30 PM +49.49
04:00 PM +28.23 10,415.24
S&P 500 1104.19 +5.32
NASDAQ 2236.20 +7.33
GOLD 1,245.80 -11.70
OIL 73.99 -0.70
TSE 300 12,033.50 -8.70
CDNX 1582.00 -6.06
S&P/TSX/60 700.80 -0.70
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +83 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -2 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,255.00.OIL opens at $75.66 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -2 points at low today so far.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -2 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,266.90 (NOT AT CLOSE)
CRUDE OIL -1.8 MILLION BARRELS
GASOLINE -240,000 BARRELS
DISTILLATE INVENTORIES -380,000 BARRELS
REFINERY UTILIZATION
NATURAL GAS +58 BCF
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
ROSH HASHANA-NEW YEAR IN ISRAEL TODAY
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
THIS IS THE DAY IN THE FUTURE THAT THE 7 YR PEACE TREATY WILL BE SIGNED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR,ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS AND MANY.AND 7 YEARS LATER JESUS BODILY RETURNS TO EARTH TO RULE AND REIGN FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER.COME QUICKLY LORD KING JESUS.
NO SUCH PEOPLE AS PALESTINIANS.THE MUSLIMS CAN'T EVEN SAY PALESTINE,THEY SAY BALESTINE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN HAVE A P IN THERE VOCABULARY.HOW CAN A PEOPLE NOT EVEN PROPERLY HAVE A LAND WHEN THEY CAN NOT EVEN PRONOUNCE THEIR OWN TERRITORY.GODS PROOF ITS ISRAELS LAND AND NOT THE ARAB,MUSLIMS.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2513
ROSH HASHANA
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2512
ROSH HASHANA FOR CHILDREN
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/roshhashannah.php
SHOFAR
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/shofar.php
BLESSINGS
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/roshhashana_blessings.php
TASHLICH
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/tashlich.php
http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/roshhashanah/#
ITS 11AM IN CANADA,6PM IN ISRAEL,ROSH HASHANA IS OFFICIALLY UNDER WAY.THE NEW YEAR IN ISRAEL.
Rosh Hashanah Significance: New Year
Observances: Sounding the shofar (ram's horn trumpet)
Length: 2 Days (Some: 1 Day)
Customs: Dipping apples in honey; Casting off sins into a river
Greeting: L'shanah tovah! (For a good year!)
...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24
Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, head of the year or first of the year. Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game. There is, however, one important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one: Many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making resolutions. Likewise, the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. More on this concept at Days of Awe. The name Rosh Hashanah is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.
The shofar is a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. One of the most important observances of this holiday is hearing the sounding of the shofar in the synagogue. A total of 100 notes are sounded each day. There are four different types of shofar notes: tekiah, a 3 second sustained note; shevarim, three 1-second notes rising in tone, teruah, a series of short, staccato notes extending over a period of about 3 seconds; and tekiah gedolah (literally, big tekiah), the final blast in a set, which lasts (I think) 10 seconds minimum. Click the shofar above to hear an approximation of the sound of Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah. The Bible gives no specific reason for this practice. One that has been suggested is that the shofar's sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat. No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded. In fact, there is a special prayerbook called the machzor used for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because of the extensive liturgical changes for these holidays. Another popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. This was the second Jewish religious practice I was ever exposed to (the first one: lighting Chanukkah candles), and I highly recommend it. It's yummy. We also dip bread in honey (instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.
Another popular practice of the holiday is Tashlikh (casting off). We walk to flowing water, such as a creek or river, on the afternoon of the first day and empty our pockets into the river, symbolically casting off our sins. Small pieces of bread are commonly put in the pocket to cast off. This practice is not discussed in the Bible, but is a long-standing custom. Tashlikh is normally observed on the afternoon of the first day, before afternoon services. When the first day occurs on Shabbat, many synagogues observe Tashlikh on Sunday afternoon, to avoid carrying (the bread) on Shabbat.
Religious services for the holiday focus on the concept of G-d's sovereignty.
The common greeting at this time is L'shanah tovah (for a good year). This is a shortening of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (or to women, L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi), which means May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. More on that concept at Days of Awe. You may notice that the Bible speaks of Rosh Hashanah as occurring on the first day of the seventh month. The first month of the Jewish calendar is Nissan, occurring in March and April. Why, then, does the Jewish new year occur in Tishri, the seventh month? Judaism has several different new years, a concept which may seem strange at first, but think of it this way: the American new year starts in January, but the new school year starts in September, and many businesses have fiscal years that start at various times of the year. In Judaism, Nissan 1 is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar, Elul 1 (in August) is the new year for the tithing of animals, Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees (determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for years (when we increase the year number. Sabbatical and Jubilee years begin at this time). See Extra Day of Jewish Holidays for an explanation of why this holiday is celebrated for two days instead of the one specified in the Bible.
List of Dates
Rosh Hashanah will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar:
Jewish Year 5769: sunset September 29, 2008 - nightfall October 1, 2008
Jewish Year 5770: sunset September 18, 2009 - nightfall September 20, 2009
Jewish Year 5771: sunset September 8, 2010 - nightfall September 10, 2010
Jewish Year 5772: sunset September 28, 2011 - nightfall September 30, 2011
Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012
Rosh HaShanah - Special Readings
Rosh HaShanah - First Day
Samuel I 1:1 - 1:28 & 2:1 - 2-10
There was a man from Ramathaim-Tzophim on Mount Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, son of Yerocham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Tzuph, a native of Ephrath. He had two wives, one named Hannah, and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. Now this man went up from his city annually to worship and to sacrifice to HaShem in Shiloh where the two sons of Eli, Chophni and Pinchas were priests of HaShem. When Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he would give a double portion; because he loved Hannah although HaShem had made her childless. Peninnah, however, taunted her mercilessly to irritate her, because she had no children. This happened year after year -- when she went up to HaShem's house she provoked her, so that she cried and did not eat. Then Elkanah, her husband, said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? Why are you not eating? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?
After the eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of HaShem's Temple. With a sorrowful soul, she prayed to HaShem and cried bitterly. Then she made a vow, saying, HaShem if you know my suffering, and remember me, and give me a son, then I will give him to You all the days of his life, and a razor will never touch his head.As she continued praying to HaShem, Eli observed her. Now Hannah was speaking inwardly; only her lips moved and her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? But Hannah answered, No, my master, I am a deeply grieved woman. I am not drunk, but have poured out my soul before HaShem. Do not regard me as a worthless woman.Then Eli answered, Go in peace; may the HaShem grant you your prayers.Then she went her way, and ate, and was no longer sad. They rose early in the morning, worshiped before HaShem, and returned to their house in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and HaShem remembered her. In due time, Hannah conceived and bore a son, whom she named Samuel, saying I asked HaShem for him.The man Elkanah, and his whole household, went up to offer to HaShem the yearly sacrifice and what he had vowed.
But Hannah did not go up; for she told her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, so that he may appear before HaShem, and stay there forever.Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him and may HaShem establish His word.So she remained, and nursed her son until she weaned him. When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bullocks, one measure of flour, and a bottle of wine; and brought him to the house of HaShem in Shiloh, when he was but a child. Then they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. She said, O my master, as you live; my master, I am the woman who was standing near you, praying to HaShem. I prayed for this child; and HaShem has granted me my petition which I made to Him. I have therefore lent him to HaShem; as long as he lives he will be lent to HaShem.Then Hannah prayed and said: My heart rejoices in HaShem, my glory is raised by HaShem; my mouth derides my enemies; because I rejoice in Your salvation. Do not talk so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth. For HaShem is a Lord of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty men are broken, while those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who had plenty have hired themselves out for bread; while those who were hungry are at ease. The barren has borne seven and she who had many children is desolate. HaShem causes death and brings to life. He brings down to the grave, and raises up. HaShem makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He lifts the poor from the dust, and raises the beggar from the rubbish, to be seated among princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are HaShem's, and He has set the world on them. He will guard the feet of his saints, and the wicked will perish in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength. HaShem's foes will be crushed; He will thunder in heaven against them. HaShem will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to His king, and exalt the power of His anointed.
Rosh HaShanah - Second Day
Jeremiah 31:1 - 31:19
The people who survived the sword will find grace in the wilderness, when Israel goes to seek rest. HaShem has loved you with an everlasting love. HaShem will build you again and you will be restored, you will again plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the planters will plant and enjoy its fruit. For there will come a day, when the watchmen in the hills of Ephraim will cry, Let us rise, and go up to Zion, to HaShem our Lord. For this is what HaShem says: Sing merrily for Jacob, and shout on the hilltops of the nations; cry out, praise, and say, O HaShem, save your people, the remnant of Israel.Behold, HaShem will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the farthest ends of the earth; among them the blind and the lame, women with child and women in labor; a great company will return here. They will come weeping and I will lead them with supplications. I will guide them by the streams of water in a straight path, in which they will not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My first born. Hear HaShem's word and declare it in the far-off islands, saying, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and tend him as a shepherd tends his flock.For HaShem has redeemed Jacob and freed him from a stronger power. Therefore, they will come and sing on the heights of Zion, and be radiant over HaShem's bounty, over the grain, the wine, the oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd; their souls will be like a watered garden; and they will sorrow no more.
Then the maidens will rejoice in dancing, the young men and old will rejoice together; for I will turn their mourning into joy and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow. I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people will be filled with My goodness.A voice is heard in Ramah weeping; Rachel is weeping for her children and refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are away. HaShem says: Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded, says HaShem; and they will return from the land of the enemy. There is hope for your future that your children will return to their own country. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: 'You have chastised me, and I was punished, like an untrained calf; take me back, so that I may return; for You are HaShem. Surely after I turned away, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote myself in remorse; I was ashamed and confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.Is Ephraim My favorite son? Is he My beloved child? For as often as I speak of him, I still remember him fondly; therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
THIS IS THE DAY IN THE FUTURE THAT THE 7 YR PEACE TREATY WILL BE SIGNED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR,ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS AND MANY.AND 7 YEARS LATER JESUS BODILY RETURNS TO EARTH TO RULE AND REIGN FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER.COME QUICKLY LORD KING JESUS.
NO SUCH PEOPLE AS PALESTINIANS.THE MUSLIMS CAN'T EVEN SAY PALESTINE,THEY SAY BALESTINE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN HAVE A P IN THERE VOCABULARY.HOW CAN A PEOPLE NOT EVEN PROPERLY HAVE A LAND WHEN THEY CAN NOT EVEN PRONOUNCE THEIR OWN TERRITORY.GODS PROOF ITS ISRAELS LAND AND NOT THE ARAB,MUSLIMS.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2513
ROSH HASHANA
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2512
ROSH HASHANA FOR CHILDREN
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/roshhashannah.php
SHOFAR
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/shofar.php
BLESSINGS
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/roshhashana_blessings.php
TASHLICH
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/roshhashana/tashlich.php
http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/roshhashanah/#
ITS 11AM IN CANADA,6PM IN ISRAEL,ROSH HASHANA IS OFFICIALLY UNDER WAY.THE NEW YEAR IN ISRAEL.
Rosh Hashanah Significance: New Year
Observances: Sounding the shofar (ram's horn trumpet)
Length: 2 Days (Some: 1 Day)
Customs: Dipping apples in honey; Casting off sins into a river
Greeting: L'shanah tovah! (For a good year!)
...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24
Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, head of the year or first of the year. Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game. There is, however, one important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one: Many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making resolutions. Likewise, the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. More on this concept at Days of Awe. The name Rosh Hashanah is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.
The shofar is a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. One of the most important observances of this holiday is hearing the sounding of the shofar in the synagogue. A total of 100 notes are sounded each day. There are four different types of shofar notes: tekiah, a 3 second sustained note; shevarim, three 1-second notes rising in tone, teruah, a series of short, staccato notes extending over a period of about 3 seconds; and tekiah gedolah (literally, big tekiah), the final blast in a set, which lasts (I think) 10 seconds minimum. Click the shofar above to hear an approximation of the sound of Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah. The Bible gives no specific reason for this practice. One that has been suggested is that the shofar's sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat. No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded. In fact, there is a special prayerbook called the machzor used for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because of the extensive liturgical changes for these holidays. Another popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. This was the second Jewish religious practice I was ever exposed to (the first one: lighting Chanukkah candles), and I highly recommend it. It's yummy. We also dip bread in honey (instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.
Another popular practice of the holiday is Tashlikh (casting off). We walk to flowing water, such as a creek or river, on the afternoon of the first day and empty our pockets into the river, symbolically casting off our sins. Small pieces of bread are commonly put in the pocket to cast off. This practice is not discussed in the Bible, but is a long-standing custom. Tashlikh is normally observed on the afternoon of the first day, before afternoon services. When the first day occurs on Shabbat, many synagogues observe Tashlikh on Sunday afternoon, to avoid carrying (the bread) on Shabbat.
Religious services for the holiday focus on the concept of G-d's sovereignty.
The common greeting at this time is L'shanah tovah (for a good year). This is a shortening of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (or to women, L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi), which means May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. More on that concept at Days of Awe. You may notice that the Bible speaks of Rosh Hashanah as occurring on the first day of the seventh month. The first month of the Jewish calendar is Nissan, occurring in March and April. Why, then, does the Jewish new year occur in Tishri, the seventh month? Judaism has several different new years, a concept which may seem strange at first, but think of it this way: the American new year starts in January, but the new school year starts in September, and many businesses have fiscal years that start at various times of the year. In Judaism, Nissan 1 is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar, Elul 1 (in August) is the new year for the tithing of animals, Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees (determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for years (when we increase the year number. Sabbatical and Jubilee years begin at this time). See Extra Day of Jewish Holidays for an explanation of why this holiday is celebrated for two days instead of the one specified in the Bible.
List of Dates
Rosh Hashanah will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar:
Jewish Year 5769: sunset September 29, 2008 - nightfall October 1, 2008
Jewish Year 5770: sunset September 18, 2009 - nightfall September 20, 2009
Jewish Year 5771: sunset September 8, 2010 - nightfall September 10, 2010
Jewish Year 5772: sunset September 28, 2011 - nightfall September 30, 2011
Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012
Rosh HaShanah - Special Readings
Rosh HaShanah - First Day
Samuel I 1:1 - 1:28 & 2:1 - 2-10
There was a man from Ramathaim-Tzophim on Mount Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, son of Yerocham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Tzuph, a native of Ephrath. He had two wives, one named Hannah, and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. Now this man went up from his city annually to worship and to sacrifice to HaShem in Shiloh where the two sons of Eli, Chophni and Pinchas were priests of HaShem. When Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he would give a double portion; because he loved Hannah although HaShem had made her childless. Peninnah, however, taunted her mercilessly to irritate her, because she had no children. This happened year after year -- when she went up to HaShem's house she provoked her, so that she cried and did not eat. Then Elkanah, her husband, said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? Why are you not eating? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?
After the eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of HaShem's Temple. With a sorrowful soul, she prayed to HaShem and cried bitterly. Then she made a vow, saying, HaShem if you know my suffering, and remember me, and give me a son, then I will give him to You all the days of his life, and a razor will never touch his head.As she continued praying to HaShem, Eli observed her. Now Hannah was speaking inwardly; only her lips moved and her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? But Hannah answered, No, my master, I am a deeply grieved woman. I am not drunk, but have poured out my soul before HaShem. Do not regard me as a worthless woman.Then Eli answered, Go in peace; may the HaShem grant you your prayers.Then she went her way, and ate, and was no longer sad. They rose early in the morning, worshiped before HaShem, and returned to their house in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and HaShem remembered her. In due time, Hannah conceived and bore a son, whom she named Samuel, saying I asked HaShem for him.The man Elkanah, and his whole household, went up to offer to HaShem the yearly sacrifice and what he had vowed.
But Hannah did not go up; for she told her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, so that he may appear before HaShem, and stay there forever.Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him and may HaShem establish His word.So she remained, and nursed her son until she weaned him. When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bullocks, one measure of flour, and a bottle of wine; and brought him to the house of HaShem in Shiloh, when he was but a child. Then they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. She said, O my master, as you live; my master, I am the woman who was standing near you, praying to HaShem. I prayed for this child; and HaShem has granted me my petition which I made to Him. I have therefore lent him to HaShem; as long as he lives he will be lent to HaShem.Then Hannah prayed and said: My heart rejoices in HaShem, my glory is raised by HaShem; my mouth derides my enemies; because I rejoice in Your salvation. Do not talk so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth. For HaShem is a Lord of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty men are broken, while those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who had plenty have hired themselves out for bread; while those who were hungry are at ease. The barren has borne seven and she who had many children is desolate. HaShem causes death and brings to life. He brings down to the grave, and raises up. HaShem makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He lifts the poor from the dust, and raises the beggar from the rubbish, to be seated among princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are HaShem's, and He has set the world on them. He will guard the feet of his saints, and the wicked will perish in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength. HaShem's foes will be crushed; He will thunder in heaven against them. HaShem will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to His king, and exalt the power of His anointed.
Rosh HaShanah - Second Day
Jeremiah 31:1 - 31:19
The people who survived the sword will find grace in the wilderness, when Israel goes to seek rest. HaShem has loved you with an everlasting love. HaShem will build you again and you will be restored, you will again plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the planters will plant and enjoy its fruit. For there will come a day, when the watchmen in the hills of Ephraim will cry, Let us rise, and go up to Zion, to HaShem our Lord. For this is what HaShem says: Sing merrily for Jacob, and shout on the hilltops of the nations; cry out, praise, and say, O HaShem, save your people, the remnant of Israel.Behold, HaShem will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the farthest ends of the earth; among them the blind and the lame, women with child and women in labor; a great company will return here. They will come weeping and I will lead them with supplications. I will guide them by the streams of water in a straight path, in which they will not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My first born. Hear HaShem's word and declare it in the far-off islands, saying, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and tend him as a shepherd tends his flock.For HaShem has redeemed Jacob and freed him from a stronger power. Therefore, they will come and sing on the heights of Zion, and be radiant over HaShem's bounty, over the grain, the wine, the oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd; their souls will be like a watered garden; and they will sorrow no more.
Then the maidens will rejoice in dancing, the young men and old will rejoice together; for I will turn their mourning into joy and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow. I will satisfy the soul of the priests with abundance, and My people will be filled with My goodness.A voice is heard in Ramah weeping; Rachel is weeping for her children and refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are away. HaShem says: Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded, says HaShem; and they will return from the land of the enemy. There is hope for your future that your children will return to their own country. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: 'You have chastised me, and I was punished, like an untrained calf; take me back, so that I may return; for You are HaShem. Surely after I turned away, I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote myself in remorse; I was ashamed and confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.Is Ephraim My favorite son? Is he My beloved child? For as often as I speak of him, I still remember him fondly; therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him.
ROSH HASHANA FREE PRAYER ACROSS AMERICA
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE ALSO.
NETANYAHU ACCEPT JEWISH STATE ARABS
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139553
FARMERS HELP
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139550
ROSH HASHANA LETS DO IT RIGHT THIS YEAR-ISRAELIS
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2519
Free Prayer Across America for Rosh HaShanah
by Chana Ya'ar SEPT 7,10
As Jews around the world prepare for the Rosh HaShanah New Year's holiday, North American families this year will have many more options for places to pray than ever before.The High Holy Days, as the New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement are called, often are a time for scrambling to ante up for the annual synagogue membership.Paying for one's synagogue seats can mean added stress after the recession has taken such a large bite out of the family coffers, and often less-than-observant Jews decide to skip the service.This year, however, quite a number of congregations and Jewish community centers are offering no-cost services, or discounted seats for members of the general public. Many advertise in local Jewish newspapers, and some have even taken to issuing public service announcements on the local Jewish radio programs.The Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement always offers free High Holy Day services at numerous college and university campuses, and in most cities across North America. Locations can be found by clicking here.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Mosque Debate: Gov. Paterson Asks for a Week's Silence
by Gil Ronen SEPT 7,10
New York Governor David Paterson suggested that New Yorkers refrain, this week, from discussing the highly contentious plan for a Muslim mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero. The reason: the week is one that includes the Jewish New Year, the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, and the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 massacres. Paterson was quoted on the New York Daily News website.The greater issue involving this situation is how can we bring New York's people back together and I propose that perhaps in light of the fact that Rosh Hashanah is this week, the Jewish New Year, that the celebration of Ramadan is coming at the end of the week and that we should all be focused on our concern to those who lost relatives [on] Sept. 11, Paterson said, perhaps we might think more in terms of supporting those families who are on both sides of this issue as all of us are and maybe all step back and try to devote a week of peace.The governor announced that he would try not to speak about the issue for a week, just to see if this exercise would help New Yorkers and Americans remember that the terrorists didn't care who we were when they attacked us and we should think a lot about the fact that in many ways, we were all victims.
Rosh HaShana will commence Wednesday evening. Eid al-Fitr will occur on Thursday or Friday, depending on sightings of the moon. September 11 will be Saturday.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/
CNBC VIDEOS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=15839796&tabheader=false
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS WED SEPT 08,2010
09:30 AM +1.55
10:00 AM +58.16
10:30 AM +72.92
11:00 AM +69.17
11:30 AM +75.00
12:00 PM +64.78
12:30 PM +71.22
01:00 PM +76.55
01:30 PM +69.67
02:00 PM +41.55
02:30 PM +51.09
03:00 PM +52.86
03:30 PM +50.48
04:00 PM +46.32 10,387.01
S&P 500 1098.87 +7.03
NASDAQ 2228.87 +19.98
GOLD 1,257.90 -1.40
OIL 74.60 +0.51
TSE 300 12,042.30 -59.70
CDNX 1588.06 -6.90
S&P/TSX/60 701.50 -3.63
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +33 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -3 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,257.70.OIL opens at $74.17 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -3 points at low today so far.
Dow +88 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -3 points at low today.
Dow +88 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,266.90 (NOT AT CLOSE)
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.(TRADE 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).
Finance ministers give green light to EU oversight of national budgets-The semester system is the most significant element yet in place of a new EU economic architecture (Photo: Council of the European Union)LEIGH PHILLIPS 07.09.2010 @ 15:41 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European finance ministers on Tuesday (7 September) gave the green light to a system of mutual supervision and oversight of each others' budgets.
But in a significant victory for the UK, London managed to wrangle an exception, allowing it to submit its spending plans to the House of Commons before it hands them over to Brussels and other member states for consideration.The ministers endorsed a new system of a European Semester, pushing EU nations closer towards fiscal harmonisation than ever before.The semester, to kick in as soon as January next year, will begin with the European Commission producing a survey of the overall state of the economy, identifying difficulties facing both eurozone nations and the EU as a whole. This in turn will be presented to the European Parliament.EU member states will then submit by April broad budgetary outlines for the commission to assess. Following this, based on the commission's opinion, may then choose to issue country-specific guidance by June and July.European economics commissioner Olli Rehn called the sign-off a major improvement of our economic governance architecture.We can act preventatively, instead of sending in the fire brigade when the house is already burning.The agreement is the most significant element yet put in place of the last year's discussions of a new EU economic architecture, provoked by the fiscal destruction wrought by the global economic crisis.London however managed to, in the words of the British chancellor George Osborne, secure an important agreement to protect the parliamentary procedures of the UK.In the case of Britain, the information will be submitted for EU oversight after the submission of the spring budget to the UK parliament.
We had a particular concern, Mr Osborne told reporters after the meeting, that I would have to present information to the commission before the House of Commons. Events like this are unacceptable. But I am very pleased that Britain's unique schedule is explicitly recognised.Once having won the exception, the chancellor said he cheered the new semester system: As someone who believes strongly in single market, i welcome the creation of an architecture at the EU level that can co-ordinate supervision.He described the oversight as a healthy exchange of budgetary data.Specific sanctions for flouting the guidance of the Council and Commission remain to be decided.The European Commission will on 29 September unveil a proposal for the imposition of quasi-automatic sanctions for delinquents. It is understood that this package of measures would invert the current framework, wherein a qualified majority in the Council must be reached to impose sanctions on countries in breach of the current fiscal rules. Under the commission's plan, sanctions would be imposed automatically and it would require a qualified majority to block their imposition. It is also thought that such a sanctions regime would initially be proposed for just eurozone countries and only in the much longer term be proposed for all EU states.Broader discussion of what sort of punishment should be meted out is being left for European Council President's special task force on economic governance to consider. Meeting on Monday evening for the first time after the summer break, the task force did not make much progress.
No progress on bank levy talks either
The second major discussion point amongst finance chiefs, the imposition of a levy or tax on banks to to cover the costs of any future banking sector bail-out, foundered as member states are still very far apart on the details of such a move, already agreed in principle in June. The heart of the controversy concerns whether the funds raised would be gathered together in a common pot - in Brussels jargon, a resolution fund - or return to national coffers to be spent by governments to balance their accounts. The UK in particular does not support an EU-level resolution fund.We are very clear. It is up to national governments to decide what should happen to those revenues, said Mr Osborne. He added that the UK has plenty of allies around the table opposing a European fund.
Whither an EU Tobin Tax?
A second type of levy, a tax on financial transactions, possibly being extended to a range of banking products, and that would deliver up billions for spending on low-carbon infrastructure, development in the third world and social programmes domestically was also discussed, but found even less agreement.Championed by France, the idea, also known as a Tobin Tax, met with no unanimity, as Belgian finance minister and current chair of the council of economy ministers, Didier Reynders, put it.Blunter still was Mr Osborne, who said: The idea of such a tax has been discussed for many decades, and, I suspect, will continue to be discussed for many decades to come.It is difficult to see how in practice to make it operate in a world in which capital can move very quickly outside the EU.The worry is that unless such a tax were implemented globally, or at least by a large enough number of major powers, institutions would simply move to a jurisdiction where the tax did not exist.A paper on an EU Tobin Tax submitted to the meeting for discussion by tax commissioner Algirdas Semeta also questioned its feasibility.With the concept being shot down by a majority of states at this spring's G20 meeting of the world's major industrialised and emerging powers, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he intends to make a push for the tax when his country takes over the presidency of the global body next year.The UK finance minister however suggested that France's efforts at the G20 would be more fruitful if they focus on other more pressing issues.
EU has survived economic crisis, Barroso says in first State of Union address
Mr Barroso in Strasbourg on Tuesday indicated that the worst of the crisis has passed in an upbeat, presidential-type speech (Photo: ec.europa.eu)ANDREW RETTMAN
07.09.2010 @ 11:03 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in a major speech on Tuesday morning said the EU has survived the economic crisis.Over the last year, the economic and financial crisis has put our Union before one of its greatest challenges ever ... As I look back at how we have reacted, I believe that we have withstood the test, Mr Barroso told MEPs in his first ever so-called State of the Union address. Those who predicted the demise of the European Union were proved wrong.His remarks come after a threat of sovereign default by eurozone countries such as Greece and Spain threatened to pull apart the single currency in a potentially deadly blow to the 50-year-old European project. Noting that our work is not finished, the Portuguese politician put the EU's economic future at the top of his five-point agenda. He defended the commission's push to regulate EU countries' debt levels despite rising social tension in countries such as Greece, which has seen an outbreak of violent street protests in reaction to EU-and-IMF-imposed cutbacks. Unsustainable budgets make us vulnerable. Debt and deficit lead to boom and bust. And they unravel the social safety net. Money that is spent on servicing debt is money that cannot be spent on the social good, he said. He spoke up for an "ambitious" future budget, saying: The EU budget is not for Brussels - it is for the people that you represent ... a euro spent at European level gets you more than a euro spent at national level.With the commission to shortly publish ideas on how to raise extra EU money by, for example, directly taxing financial transactions, the commission chief attacked the culture of pessimism and Brussels nay-saying in some EU capitals: I find it extraordinary that some are already rejecting them [the new budget ideas], without even knowing what they will be.
He set out a shopping list of upcoming economic initiatives.
He said Brussels will propose launching EU project bonds together with the European Investment Bank to help finance new infrastructure. He promised an ambitious Single Market Act to cut red tape for small businesses, liberalise the energy sector and boost green collar jobs. He said the commission will attack risk-generating financial practices such as big bonuses, credit default swaps and naked short selling. He also promised to overhaul the byzantine complexity of the EU budget, in which countries give money with one hand and take it away with another, and to move to a 10-year budgeting period instead of the current seven.In a message pregnant with references to EU values, Mr Barroso took a swipe at France's controversial policy of expelling Roma.Without naming Paris, Mr Barroso said, to loud applause: Everyone in Europe must respect the law, and the governments must respect human rights, including those of minorities. Racism and xenophobia have no place in Europe.
He also lashed out at Iran over the case of a woman sentenced to death for adultery: I am appalled when I hear that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is sentenced to death by stoning. This is barbaric beyond words.European Parliament officials tweeted during the speech that around 600 MEPs attended the event despite earlier dropping plans to fine deputies who skipped it.
Mr Barroso's call for EU countries to support the EU's new foreign relations chief, Catherine Ashton, and her diplomatic service in order to give the EU more clout on the world stage was echoed in the plenary debate following the address.Senior MEPs began by criticising Ms Ashton for not going to the launch of Middle East peace talks in Washington last week, however. Joseph Daul, the French leader of the centre-right European People's Party did not name the British baroness, but said: How can we justify that we are not present at the [negotiating] table? The leader of the Liberal group, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, chided her for not attending the Barroso speech. It would be better if she were here, he said.The State of the Union address, which recalls the US President's annual speech to the houses of Congress, is to be repeated every year. Coming in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty, which is seen by eurosceptic politicians, such as British Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope, as a step towards [an EU] superstate, Mr Barroso's presidential speech has also raised the question of who is the new top man in the Brussels hierarchy.I thought Van Rompuy was the President of the EU, a Brussels-based diplomat from one non-EU country told this website, referring to the Belgian President of the European Council.
EU finance ministers to discuss bank-levy co-ordination
LEIGH PHILLIPS 07.09.2010 @ 10:14 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A levy on banks across the bloc to produce funds to cover the costs of any future banking sector bail-out is set to be the lead topic when EU finance ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday, aiming to ensure that never again should such economic disasters weigh so heavily on the public sector and taxpayers.
As a result of the 2008-2009 credit crunch, governments chose to bail-out teetering banks to the tune of 16.5 percent of EU GDP, effectively transferring private sector debt onto the back of governments. The current ongoing concerns markets have over the viability of European governments to pay their debts is largely a result of this transfer.In June this year, member states agreed that the imposition of a bank levy or tax on financial firms should be developed. But the detail of how such a levy would work has yet to be worked out, even as the three biggest EU states, France, Germany and the UK, are set to already move ahead with their own such taxes from the start of 2011. Sweden was the first EU state to introduce such a tax, in 2009.The European Commission for its part is worried that levies are being introduced haphazardly and will attempt to shepherd the bloc toward a co-ordinated solution.In our view, there is a need for a common framework, with some already introducing advanced plans for banking levies, said one commission official on Monday ahead of the meeting. There needs to be a properly co-ordinated framework.The official added: We have no desire to play referee [between the different approaches].At the heart of the issue is whether the funds raised would be gathered together in a common pot - in Brussels jargon, a resolution fund - or return to national coffers to be spent by governments to balance their accounts. The UK in particular favours the latter approach.There are also concerns that the current approach will result in double charging, with banks situated in two or more member states being hit twice or more by different national levies.Additionally, wide variations in the level of taxation could see financial institutions shopping around for the best deal amongst EU states.
The discussion will be a first exchange of views on the subject and the commission is still some way from any legislative proposal, expected to be put on the table in spring next year. The level or percentage of such a levy will only much later be discussed, according to officials.The second major item topping the ministers' agenda on Tuesday and still more controversial is the mutual oversight of each others' spending plans, the so-called European Semester, a six-month period where Brussels and EU finance ministers consider the budget outlines for the upcoming three years.Ministers on Tuesday are hoping to reach agreement on a revised Code of Conduct to make the semester fully operational by 2011. The semester's cycle would start early in the year, with the ministers, the Eurogroup - those states employing the euro currency, and premiers and presidents identifying the common economic challenges for the coming period and then guide each other into making the right spending decisions. The Council of Ministers and the commission will each provide an assessment and guidance to member states in June and July, aiming to complete the process in a window ahead of when most countries make their important budget decisions.
Will Jewish Businessmen Invest in Israel?
by Elad Benari SEPT 8,10
Efforts are always taking place to encourage more business investments in Israel.
One such effort was made last week by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who held a closed meeting with 80 Jewish American businessmen in the city of Silistra, Bulgaria, Yediot Aharonot reported earlier this week. During the meeting, Rabbi Pinto asked the businessmen to invest $5 billion in the Israeli economy, with $2 billion in the coming year.Among the businessmen who met with Rabbi Pinto was entrepreneur Jay Schottenstein and one of the owners of the Victoria’s Secret women’s wear retailer.
The rabbi told the businessmen during the meeting: In such days of economic opportunities, we must remember that we, the sons of the Jewish people, must preserve the country, built it and ensure that its economic flourishes. It’s unfortunate that there are so many wealthy Jews in the world who don’t even consider the Israeli economy as an option.Rabbi Pinto is 37 years old and speaks only Hebrew. He comes from a centuries-old rabbinic family from Morocco, and has rabbinic connections on both sides of his family: On his father’s side he is the great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim Pinto, while on his mother's side, he is the grandson of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, who is known as the Baba Sali.Rabbi Pinto, who lives and operates in Midtown New York City, is visited by many businessmen, both Israeli and Jewish-American, who consult with him on both business and personal matters. Some of the more well-known visitors he has received include Yitzhak Tshuva, talk-show host Donny Deutsch, real estate mogul Ofer Yardeni, and even former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He has also been visited by Israeli politicians such as Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, MK Danny Naveh, and MK Danny Danon.Recently, it was reported that NBA star LeBron James of the Miami Heat consulted with Rabbi Pinto and even paid him a six-figure sum to sit in on a merchandising meeting.
Silistra, the city in which the meeting with the businessmen was held, is the place where renowned Jewish scholar Rabbi Eliezer Papo is buried. Rabbi Pinto visits the grave once a year, as part of an event similar to the pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav.Recently, it was reported that French businessmen Baron Edouard de Rothschild has decided to move to Israel. Rothschild will live part time in his Tel Aviv home while continuing to maintain his businesses in France. In July 2003, Rothschild was made head of Rothschild & Cie Banque, a Paris based bank. He is currently a 37% majority shareholder in the French newspaper Libération, a left-wing daily French newspaper that was founded in 1973.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Im Tirtzu: Zionist Donors Must Start Thinking Differently
by Gil Ronen SEPT 7,10
In Israeli politics, it has been the year of Im Tirtzu – the media-savvy Zionist students' movement that managed to create a true stir with a February campaign that exposed the New Israel Fund's dastardly doings before the Israeli public.The campaign targeted NIF chair Naomi Chazan and received high-profile news coverage. Im Tirtzu's research focused on the NIF's complicity in the Goldstone Report that attacked the IDF for its Cast Lead Gaza operation. The NIF came under fire in Israel and in Jewish communities worldwide. Used to being ignored by the leftist media and to waging losing battles, Zionist pundits were ecstatic at the new movement's successes.A few months later, Im Tirtzu was back with another report – this time about the overwhelming proportion of radical leftists in Ben Gurion University's Political Science Department. Again, the media was full of the story.In a Rosh HaShanah interview with Arutz Sheva, Ronen Shoval, 29, chairman of the movement, expressed his belief that the movement and others like it could be doing a lot more to save Israel if only Jewish donors begin to think differently. Donors, he said, are used to buying houses from Arabs in Judea and Samaria or eastern Jerusalem, and settling Jews in them. That is important, but they should also be thinking about shaping public consciousness.The question is, he explains, do facts on the ground create public consciousness, or is it the other way around? The Jewish approach he feels, is that the universe was created through words: that is to say, consciousness creates reality.Throughout the history of Zionism, these rival approaches competed with each other and complemented each other. Herzl believed in shaping consciousness and asked the world's powers for a charter to settle in the Land of Israel. The Hovevei Tzion movement, meanwhile, believed in buying another dunam [area of land,ed.] and another goat.
These two great streams collided in the summer of 2005, in the Disengagement. The settlement movement thought that it was creating facts on the ground in Gush Katif – but it turned out that without proper consciousness, one government decision was enough for all of the communities there to be destroyed. It won't help us to buy another house in eastern Jerusalem, and another one after that, if they decide to hand over eastern Jerusalem to the Arabs in the end.The other side understands this but the nationalists continue to think in terms of material, not spirit. That is why we lose touch with the nation of Israel. The nationalists invest in buildings, not books. Do we have one publishing house? One theater? The entire cultural world is controlled by one side. We used to comfort ourselves and say that the dogs bark but the caravan passes,but this no longer works. If we do not wake up – the entire Zionist venture is in danger.We must invest in thinkers, in culture – and not just in yet another outpost and another useless caravan. What is it good for? If the public consciousness is not there, it will be seen as an illegal outpost and torn down. But if the public consciousness is primed, it will be seen as part of the Zionist settlement ethos and a great mitzvah.
A7: Why doesn't the nationalist side have a fund like the NIF?
RS: It is easier to destroy than to build.
A7: What happened to the Knesset subcommittees that were supposed to look into the New Israel Fund after your campaign?
RS: There are several bills that are being prepared. There is a lot of work to be done. The Knesset members tend to work on things that are on the public agenda – otherwise they need to be pressured.
A7: Do you think someone is trying to stonewall you?
RS: I hope and tend to believe that the Knesset members understand the national importance of this matter and are working at full tilt in order to remove the radical anti-Zionist threat facing us.
A7: How does the NIF achieve such control over the Israeli media?
RS: They support the Agenda Center for media, which pumps out the correct positions to journalists. They find jobs for journalists and provide training for them. That is how the PC mechanism is created. In addition, social and legal organizations place issues on the public agenda.As a result of all this, Israel is much less pluralistic than the US. The Americans have both Fox and CNN, they have the Washington Post and the New York Times: the media airs about 80% of the spectrum of public opinion on various subjects. The remaining 20% are considered extreme and illegitimate. In Israel, the media mechanism makes sure that only 20%-30% of the public's views are heard – and everything else is branded as illegitimate. They determine the consensus. The silencing is much more radical.
A7: Some leftist bloggers claimed that all your activists are men, and that women dislike your movement. Is this true?
RS: Not every stupid claim deserves a response. There are many women in Im Tirtzu.
A7: So what is the next step?
RS: There are many interesting surprises in the works.
A7: For Naomi Chazan?
RS: Yes, for her too.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139556
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.
Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico By ANTONIO VILLEGAS and MIGUEL ANGEL HERNANDEZ, Associated Press Writers - SEPT 7,10
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico – Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.Tens of thousands more are sleeping on their roofs, refusing to abandon their possessions even as the rivers around them rise rapidly.Authorities on Tuesday started releasing 2,000 cubic meters (71,000 cubic feet) of water per second from four damns in the region that have reached capacity. That caused several rivers to overflow.Hipolito Hernandez swiftly hauled many of his belongings onto his roof as the Rio Carrizal jumped its banks and flooded dozens of home in the farming community of Sauces in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.Hernandez, 38, gave some of his possessions to relatives who went to shelters but he stayed put. In 2007, he lost everything when he left his home during flooding that left 1 million homes underwater and killed 33 people.We are waiting to see what happens, we can still withstand this flood, Hernandez said.The flooding has affected all four southernmost Mexican states: Tabasco, Veracruz, Chiapas and Oaxaca. People in the region are accustomed to severe flooding every year, and the government often struggles to persuade residents to leave dangerous zones.In Tabasco, the homes of more than 124,000 people have been severely flooded. More than 187,000 hectares of crops belonging to 20,000 people have been lost.
But only 2,000 people in the state are in shelters.They are refusing to leave their homes and they don't want to go to shelters because they have a culture of living with water, Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier said during a meeting with President Felipe Calderon, who flew over the affected areas Tuesday and walked through some flooded towns.Granier warned Calderon the situation could become even worse than in 2007 as record rainfall is expected.What worries me is that the worst is yet to come for Tabasco, Granier said. The state and these people cannot keep suffering these problems each year, or live in permanent uncertainty.Already, authorities said the region has received twice the amount of rainfall that normally falls during the season, which does not officially end until November.The government has built relief ditches and other infrastructure in the past years to ease the annual flooding in southern Mexico. Calderon acknowledged more needs to be done, but said the flooding would be much worse this year without the government's advances.He pointed to emergency levees made of concrete and dirt erected on the banks of the Grijalva, which has swelled rapidly and threatens to flood the state capital, Villahermosa. A few outlying neighborhoods were severely flooded, however.In neighboring Veracruz state, flooding has forced 200,000 people from their homes over the past weeks, although some have started returning.They evacuated us when the water was up to our waists, but the water had already broke all the doors of our house, said Angelica Martinez Galindo, the mother of a 3-year-old girl who had to flee Tlacotalpan, a colonial town in Veracruz state that UNESCO named a World Heritage site.She said at least 20 men stayed behind in her neighborhood to try to salvage possessions. Clara Luz Montalvo said she resisted leaving her home in El Juchil because her 82-year-old mother didn't want to move. When they finally were forced to flee, they were nearly swept away by floodwaters and had to be rescued by marines on a boat. It was a very serious situation. My mother can hardly walk and I have a sister who is disabled. I don't know what I would have done if it hadn't been for the government, the marines, said Montalvo, waiting her turn at a food line at a shelter in Veracruz city.
Associated Press writer Miguel Angel Hernandez in Veracruz, Mexico contributed to this report.
A common link among fire, floods, food riots: extreme weather
– Tue Sep 7, 6:49 pm ET By JOHN CAREY Special to Yahoo! News
Deadly riots in the streets of Mozambique over sharply higher food prices have left 13 dead. Anger is growing in Egypt and Serbia as well. Panicked Russian shoppers have cleared the shelves of staple grains. And the devastating floods that have left as many as 10 million Pakistanis homeless are also raising concerns about the country's ability to feed itself.A series of isolated disasters? Not at all. The common thread: extreme weather, which is putting pressure on food supplies around the globe.
What's going on?
For most of the summer, Russia was in the grip of an unprecedented heat wave. Fires darkened the skies of Moscow with thick smoke, and the Russian wheat crop withered and burned. Fully a third of the usual Russian harvest of buckwheat -- one of the country's most commonly used grains -- was lost. That has led to shortages of wheat at home in Russia -- and an export ban on Russian wheat.The export cutback has in turn driven up food prices in countries like Mozambique and Egypt, which depend on food imports, sparking anger and riots.Meanwhile, the same weather pattern of high pressure that brought searing heat to Russia diverted moisture in the atmosphere toward Pakistan, causing torrential rains and devastating flooding.
Who is affected?
Mostly, just those people in countries now facing shortages and price spikes. There's no overall shortage of food. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says that 2010 brought the third-largest harvest of grains on record, leaving global food stocks high.But the shortfall in Russian wheat did push up grain prices. As a result, the government of Mozambique raised the official price of bread by 20%. That touched off the riots, forcing the government to backtrack.In hard-hit Pakistan, prices of food have risen 15%.
[Pakistan floods: How to help]
The Food and Agriculture Organization acknowledges that higher prices are causing hardships. But it adds that the situation now is far less dire than it was in 2007-08, when the soaring price of energy caused an even bigger spike in food prices.
Will the United States be affected?
In the short term, there are few concerns outside countries hit by natural disasters or higher prices. Even Russians aren't facing actual shortages of food, just limited supplies of one of their favorite staples -- buckwheat.In fact, the problems have been a boon for American farmers. Exports of farm products nearly hit record levels in 2010, thanks to bountiful harvests and higher prices for wheat, corn, cotton and other crops.
How worried should we be?
Nevertheless, the long-term threat -- the potential impact of climate change on agriculture throughout the globe -- is major. Until recently, scientists were careful to say that any single natural disastrous climate event, such as the Russian drought or Hurricane Katrina, could not be attributed to global warming. No longer. The issue isn't whether these events are natural or caused by climate change, former Energy Department official Joseph J. Romm told Yahoo! News. It's both. You can't separate the two.For instance, a study by Kevin Trenberth -- head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. -- has shown that Hurricane Katrina dumped more rain on the Gulf Coast than would have happened without climate change. What we can say is that certain events would have been extremely unlikely to have occurred without global warming, and that includes the Russian heat wave and wildfires, and Pakistan, Chinese and Indian floods, Trenberth told Yahoo! News. Even the Russians have become believers in the threat. The Russian government used to doubt the existence of climate change, or argue that it might be beneficial for Russia to get a bit warmer. Now, suggests Romm, they've realized that global warming won't bring a gradual and relatively benign increase in temperatures. Instead, as scientists' climate models have long predicted, the effect will be to intensify extreme events. As Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev told the Russian Security Council this month: Everyone is talking about climate change now. Unfortunately, what is happening now in our central regions is evidence of this global climate change, because we have never in our history faced such weather conditions in the past.
How critical could the situation get?
If you think the Russian heat wave or Pakistan floods are bad, wait until the Earth's temperature rises a few more degrees, as scientists' models also predict. We ain't seen nothing yet, warns Romm. I think we can't even imagine future events. So agriculture -- and the world's ability to feed itself -- face huge challenges. We are getting to a point where we are getting more water, more rainy days, but it's more variable, so it leads to droughts and it leads to floods, Sunita Narain, the head of the Center for Science and Environment in India, told AFP during a world conference on water, being held through Saturday in Sweden.That is leading to huge amounts of stress on agriculture and livelihoods.
What can be done to ease the problems?
When it comes to short-term problems -- shortages and high prices -- the key is to ensure that global food stocks get to the countries that most need them, agricultural experts say. The long-term problem is far more complicated. The only real solution, many scientists believe, is to tackle global warming at its root, by reducing emissions from fossil fuels or by stepping up efforts to take carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. John Carey is an environmental writer.
Hermine gives south Texas another tropical lashing By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer - SEPT 7,10
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas – Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression, leaving only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin.Hermine lost steam after crossing into Texas with tropical storm strength. A peeled-back motel roof in the coastal farming town of Raymondville and scattered power outages were about the worst leftover from the gusty, drenching storm that came and went quickly after creeping up on Texas and Mexico in the warm Gulf waters over the long holiday weekend.I think we're lucky. It could've been worse, said Art Nelson, sizing up the hulking aluminum shed that collapsed on a farming plow at his John Deere store in Raymondville.Mexico didn't get off as easy. Hermine knocked out power for several hours in Matamoros and damaged about 20 homes, whose inhabitants were among 3,500 people who evacuated to shelters.About 1,000 families were still in shelters Tuesday morning. Authorities in Mexico said there were no reports of serious injuries or death, which was welcome news after 12 people in Mexico died in flooding caused by Hurricane Alex earlier this summer.Texas also had no reports of serious injuries, and evacuations orders weren't necessary even in the most low-lying regions. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday night that the storm had weakened to a tropical depression that was still bringing heavy rain to central Texas.
It was another sigh of relief for the flood-prone Rio Grande Valley, which got lashed by Alex at the start of the summer and soaked by another tropical system in July.So damp is the area that only last week did Hidalgo County finally put away its last water-pumping machine. But much of the 5 inches to a foot of rain from Hermine fell harmlessly in the Gulf, and flooding was limited to only minor nuisances.The storm made landfall early Tuesday in northeastern Mexico with winds of up to 65 mph (100 kph), arriving near the same spot as Alex. By Tuesday night, maximum winds speeds had decreased to about 35 mph (55 kph).But Hermine was expected to cover more of the U.S. than Alex, which swiped Texas in June as a Category 1 storm before plunging southwest and breaking up over Mexico.Forecasters expect Hermine's remnants to spread as far north as Oklahoma and Kansas. Flash flood advisories remained in effect for counties in its path.This is going to be much more of a memorable storm than Alex, National Weather Service meteorologist Joseph Tomaselli said.The Coast Guard said it received multiple reports of vessels in distress late Monday and early Tuesday. Monday evening's incoming tide freed a fishing boat that had run aground in the Brownsville Ship Channel near Port Isabel, but Coast Guard crews and other officials had to rescue 17 crew members and a dog from three other fishing vessels that got stuck near the South Padre Island beach. All were treated for minor injuries, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.In Mexico, authorities had released water from some dams to make room for rain. It added more anxiety in the northeast cattle-ranching region where residents already live under the fear of a bloody turf war between drug cartels. Hermine struck around the same area where 72 migrants were killed two weeks ago in what is believed to be the country's worst drug gang massacre to date.
By Tuesday afternoon, lights were gradually turning back on for about 50,000 people who lost power. Practically all of Raymondville had been in the dark after Hermine blew out signs, snapped utility poles and skinned the roof of the Best Rest Inn motel.Melodie Tamyl and Roy Tamez were in their second-story room when their ceiling began bowing up and down. They opened the door just in time to watch the wood awning flip violently backward.I told (Melodie) that we've got to get out of here right now, said Tamez, 52. The whole roof is about to go.The couple returned Tuesday to find half the roof over their room gone and their bedding soaked and soiled with ceiling tile and mud. They picked through soggy clothes and food, salvaging what they could. Hermine made landfall barely a day after becoming a tropical storm. That left many south Texas residents with little notice, but also gave the storm little time to build up steam. Associated Press Writers Jorde Vargas in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Emilio Lopez in Pachuca, Mexico, and Schuyler Dixon in Dallas contributed to this report.
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DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE ALSO.
NETANYAHU ACCEPT JEWISH STATE ARABS
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ROSH HASHANA LETS DO IT RIGHT THIS YEAR-ISRAELIS
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Free Prayer Across America for Rosh HaShanah
by Chana Ya'ar SEPT 7,10
As Jews around the world prepare for the Rosh HaShanah New Year's holiday, North American families this year will have many more options for places to pray than ever before.The High Holy Days, as the New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement are called, often are a time for scrambling to ante up for the annual synagogue membership.Paying for one's synagogue seats can mean added stress after the recession has taken such a large bite out of the family coffers, and often less-than-observant Jews decide to skip the service.This year, however, quite a number of congregations and Jewish community centers are offering no-cost services, or discounted seats for members of the general public. Many advertise in local Jewish newspapers, and some have even taken to issuing public service announcements on the local Jewish radio programs.The Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement always offers free High Holy Day services at numerous college and university campuses, and in most cities across North America. Locations can be found by clicking here.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Mosque Debate: Gov. Paterson Asks for a Week's Silence
by Gil Ronen SEPT 7,10
New York Governor David Paterson suggested that New Yorkers refrain, this week, from discussing the highly contentious plan for a Muslim mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero. The reason: the week is one that includes the Jewish New Year, the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, and the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 massacres. Paterson was quoted on the New York Daily News website.The greater issue involving this situation is how can we bring New York's people back together and I propose that perhaps in light of the fact that Rosh Hashanah is this week, the Jewish New Year, that the celebration of Ramadan is coming at the end of the week and that we should all be focused on our concern to those who lost relatives [on] Sept. 11, Paterson said, perhaps we might think more in terms of supporting those families who are on both sides of this issue as all of us are and maybe all step back and try to devote a week of peace.The governor announced that he would try not to speak about the issue for a week, just to see if this exercise would help New Yorkers and Americans remember that the terrorists didn't care who we were when they attacked us and we should think a lot about the fact that in many ways, we were all victims.
Rosh HaShana will commence Wednesday evening. Eid al-Fitr will occur on Thursday or Friday, depending on sightings of the moon. September 11 will be Saturday.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS WED SEPT 08,2010
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Dow +33 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
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Dow +88 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,257.70.OIL opens at $74.17 today.
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Dow -3 points at low today.
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GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,266.90 (NOT AT CLOSE)
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.(TRADE 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).
Finance ministers give green light to EU oversight of national budgets-The semester system is the most significant element yet in place of a new EU economic architecture (Photo: Council of the European Union)LEIGH PHILLIPS 07.09.2010 @ 15:41 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European finance ministers on Tuesday (7 September) gave the green light to a system of mutual supervision and oversight of each others' budgets.
But in a significant victory for the UK, London managed to wrangle an exception, allowing it to submit its spending plans to the House of Commons before it hands them over to Brussels and other member states for consideration.The ministers endorsed a new system of a European Semester, pushing EU nations closer towards fiscal harmonisation than ever before.The semester, to kick in as soon as January next year, will begin with the European Commission producing a survey of the overall state of the economy, identifying difficulties facing both eurozone nations and the EU as a whole. This in turn will be presented to the European Parliament.EU member states will then submit by April broad budgetary outlines for the commission to assess. Following this, based on the commission's opinion, may then choose to issue country-specific guidance by June and July.European economics commissioner Olli Rehn called the sign-off a major improvement of our economic governance architecture.We can act preventatively, instead of sending in the fire brigade when the house is already burning.The agreement is the most significant element yet put in place of the last year's discussions of a new EU economic architecture, provoked by the fiscal destruction wrought by the global economic crisis.London however managed to, in the words of the British chancellor George Osborne, secure an important agreement to protect the parliamentary procedures of the UK.In the case of Britain, the information will be submitted for EU oversight after the submission of the spring budget to the UK parliament.
We had a particular concern, Mr Osborne told reporters after the meeting, that I would have to present information to the commission before the House of Commons. Events like this are unacceptable. But I am very pleased that Britain's unique schedule is explicitly recognised.Once having won the exception, the chancellor said he cheered the new semester system: As someone who believes strongly in single market, i welcome the creation of an architecture at the EU level that can co-ordinate supervision.He described the oversight as a healthy exchange of budgetary data.Specific sanctions for flouting the guidance of the Council and Commission remain to be decided.The European Commission will on 29 September unveil a proposal for the imposition of quasi-automatic sanctions for delinquents. It is understood that this package of measures would invert the current framework, wherein a qualified majority in the Council must be reached to impose sanctions on countries in breach of the current fiscal rules. Under the commission's plan, sanctions would be imposed automatically and it would require a qualified majority to block their imposition. It is also thought that such a sanctions regime would initially be proposed for just eurozone countries and only in the much longer term be proposed for all EU states.Broader discussion of what sort of punishment should be meted out is being left for European Council President's special task force on economic governance to consider. Meeting on Monday evening for the first time after the summer break, the task force did not make much progress.
No progress on bank levy talks either
The second major discussion point amongst finance chiefs, the imposition of a levy or tax on banks to to cover the costs of any future banking sector bail-out, foundered as member states are still very far apart on the details of such a move, already agreed in principle in June. The heart of the controversy concerns whether the funds raised would be gathered together in a common pot - in Brussels jargon, a resolution fund - or return to national coffers to be spent by governments to balance their accounts. The UK in particular does not support an EU-level resolution fund.We are very clear. It is up to national governments to decide what should happen to those revenues, said Mr Osborne. He added that the UK has plenty of allies around the table opposing a European fund.
Whither an EU Tobin Tax?
A second type of levy, a tax on financial transactions, possibly being extended to a range of banking products, and that would deliver up billions for spending on low-carbon infrastructure, development in the third world and social programmes domestically was also discussed, but found even less agreement.Championed by France, the idea, also known as a Tobin Tax, met with no unanimity, as Belgian finance minister and current chair of the council of economy ministers, Didier Reynders, put it.Blunter still was Mr Osborne, who said: The idea of such a tax has been discussed for many decades, and, I suspect, will continue to be discussed for many decades to come.It is difficult to see how in practice to make it operate in a world in which capital can move very quickly outside the EU.The worry is that unless such a tax were implemented globally, or at least by a large enough number of major powers, institutions would simply move to a jurisdiction where the tax did not exist.A paper on an EU Tobin Tax submitted to the meeting for discussion by tax commissioner Algirdas Semeta also questioned its feasibility.With the concept being shot down by a majority of states at this spring's G20 meeting of the world's major industrialised and emerging powers, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he intends to make a push for the tax when his country takes over the presidency of the global body next year.The UK finance minister however suggested that France's efforts at the G20 would be more fruitful if they focus on other more pressing issues.
EU has survived economic crisis, Barroso says in first State of Union address
Mr Barroso in Strasbourg on Tuesday indicated that the worst of the crisis has passed in an upbeat, presidential-type speech (Photo: ec.europa.eu)ANDREW RETTMAN
07.09.2010 @ 11:03 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in a major speech on Tuesday morning said the EU has survived the economic crisis.Over the last year, the economic and financial crisis has put our Union before one of its greatest challenges ever ... As I look back at how we have reacted, I believe that we have withstood the test, Mr Barroso told MEPs in his first ever so-called State of the Union address. Those who predicted the demise of the European Union were proved wrong.His remarks come after a threat of sovereign default by eurozone countries such as Greece and Spain threatened to pull apart the single currency in a potentially deadly blow to the 50-year-old European project. Noting that our work is not finished, the Portuguese politician put the EU's economic future at the top of his five-point agenda. He defended the commission's push to regulate EU countries' debt levels despite rising social tension in countries such as Greece, which has seen an outbreak of violent street protests in reaction to EU-and-IMF-imposed cutbacks. Unsustainable budgets make us vulnerable. Debt and deficit lead to boom and bust. And they unravel the social safety net. Money that is spent on servicing debt is money that cannot be spent on the social good, he said. He spoke up for an "ambitious" future budget, saying: The EU budget is not for Brussels - it is for the people that you represent ... a euro spent at European level gets you more than a euro spent at national level.With the commission to shortly publish ideas on how to raise extra EU money by, for example, directly taxing financial transactions, the commission chief attacked the culture of pessimism and Brussels nay-saying in some EU capitals: I find it extraordinary that some are already rejecting them [the new budget ideas], without even knowing what they will be.
He set out a shopping list of upcoming economic initiatives.
He said Brussels will propose launching EU project bonds together with the European Investment Bank to help finance new infrastructure. He promised an ambitious Single Market Act to cut red tape for small businesses, liberalise the energy sector and boost green collar jobs. He said the commission will attack risk-generating financial practices such as big bonuses, credit default swaps and naked short selling. He also promised to overhaul the byzantine complexity of the EU budget, in which countries give money with one hand and take it away with another, and to move to a 10-year budgeting period instead of the current seven.In a message pregnant with references to EU values, Mr Barroso took a swipe at France's controversial policy of expelling Roma.Without naming Paris, Mr Barroso said, to loud applause: Everyone in Europe must respect the law, and the governments must respect human rights, including those of minorities. Racism and xenophobia have no place in Europe.
He also lashed out at Iran over the case of a woman sentenced to death for adultery: I am appalled when I hear that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is sentenced to death by stoning. This is barbaric beyond words.European Parliament officials tweeted during the speech that around 600 MEPs attended the event despite earlier dropping plans to fine deputies who skipped it.
Mr Barroso's call for EU countries to support the EU's new foreign relations chief, Catherine Ashton, and her diplomatic service in order to give the EU more clout on the world stage was echoed in the plenary debate following the address.Senior MEPs began by criticising Ms Ashton for not going to the launch of Middle East peace talks in Washington last week, however. Joseph Daul, the French leader of the centre-right European People's Party did not name the British baroness, but said: How can we justify that we are not present at the [negotiating] table? The leader of the Liberal group, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, chided her for not attending the Barroso speech. It would be better if she were here, he said.The State of the Union address, which recalls the US President's annual speech to the houses of Congress, is to be repeated every year. Coming in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty, which is seen by eurosceptic politicians, such as British Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope, as a step towards [an EU] superstate, Mr Barroso's presidential speech has also raised the question of who is the new top man in the Brussels hierarchy.I thought Van Rompuy was the President of the EU, a Brussels-based diplomat from one non-EU country told this website, referring to the Belgian President of the European Council.
EU finance ministers to discuss bank-levy co-ordination
LEIGH PHILLIPS 07.09.2010 @ 10:14 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A levy on banks across the bloc to produce funds to cover the costs of any future banking sector bail-out is set to be the lead topic when EU finance ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday, aiming to ensure that never again should such economic disasters weigh so heavily on the public sector and taxpayers.
As a result of the 2008-2009 credit crunch, governments chose to bail-out teetering banks to the tune of 16.5 percent of EU GDP, effectively transferring private sector debt onto the back of governments. The current ongoing concerns markets have over the viability of European governments to pay their debts is largely a result of this transfer.In June this year, member states agreed that the imposition of a bank levy or tax on financial firms should be developed. But the detail of how such a levy would work has yet to be worked out, even as the three biggest EU states, France, Germany and the UK, are set to already move ahead with their own such taxes from the start of 2011. Sweden was the first EU state to introduce such a tax, in 2009.The European Commission for its part is worried that levies are being introduced haphazardly and will attempt to shepherd the bloc toward a co-ordinated solution.In our view, there is a need for a common framework, with some already introducing advanced plans for banking levies, said one commission official on Monday ahead of the meeting. There needs to be a properly co-ordinated framework.The official added: We have no desire to play referee [between the different approaches].At the heart of the issue is whether the funds raised would be gathered together in a common pot - in Brussels jargon, a resolution fund - or return to national coffers to be spent by governments to balance their accounts. The UK in particular favours the latter approach.There are also concerns that the current approach will result in double charging, with banks situated in two or more member states being hit twice or more by different national levies.Additionally, wide variations in the level of taxation could see financial institutions shopping around for the best deal amongst EU states.
The discussion will be a first exchange of views on the subject and the commission is still some way from any legislative proposal, expected to be put on the table in spring next year. The level or percentage of such a levy will only much later be discussed, according to officials.The second major item topping the ministers' agenda on Tuesday and still more controversial is the mutual oversight of each others' spending plans, the so-called European Semester, a six-month period where Brussels and EU finance ministers consider the budget outlines for the upcoming three years.Ministers on Tuesday are hoping to reach agreement on a revised Code of Conduct to make the semester fully operational by 2011. The semester's cycle would start early in the year, with the ministers, the Eurogroup - those states employing the euro currency, and premiers and presidents identifying the common economic challenges for the coming period and then guide each other into making the right spending decisions. The Council of Ministers and the commission will each provide an assessment and guidance to member states in June and July, aiming to complete the process in a window ahead of when most countries make their important budget decisions.
Will Jewish Businessmen Invest in Israel?
by Elad Benari SEPT 8,10
Efforts are always taking place to encourage more business investments in Israel.
One such effort was made last week by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who held a closed meeting with 80 Jewish American businessmen in the city of Silistra, Bulgaria, Yediot Aharonot reported earlier this week. During the meeting, Rabbi Pinto asked the businessmen to invest $5 billion in the Israeli economy, with $2 billion in the coming year.Among the businessmen who met with Rabbi Pinto was entrepreneur Jay Schottenstein and one of the owners of the Victoria’s Secret women’s wear retailer.
The rabbi told the businessmen during the meeting: In such days of economic opportunities, we must remember that we, the sons of the Jewish people, must preserve the country, built it and ensure that its economic flourishes. It’s unfortunate that there are so many wealthy Jews in the world who don’t even consider the Israeli economy as an option.Rabbi Pinto is 37 years old and speaks only Hebrew. He comes from a centuries-old rabbinic family from Morocco, and has rabbinic connections on both sides of his family: On his father’s side he is the great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim Pinto, while on his mother's side, he is the grandson of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, who is known as the Baba Sali.Rabbi Pinto, who lives and operates in Midtown New York City, is visited by many businessmen, both Israeli and Jewish-American, who consult with him on both business and personal matters. Some of the more well-known visitors he has received include Yitzhak Tshuva, talk-show host Donny Deutsch, real estate mogul Ofer Yardeni, and even former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He has also been visited by Israeli politicians such as Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, MK Danny Naveh, and MK Danny Danon.Recently, it was reported that NBA star LeBron James of the Miami Heat consulted with Rabbi Pinto and even paid him a six-figure sum to sit in on a merchandising meeting.
Silistra, the city in which the meeting with the businessmen was held, is the place where renowned Jewish scholar Rabbi Eliezer Papo is buried. Rabbi Pinto visits the grave once a year, as part of an event similar to the pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav.Recently, it was reported that French businessmen Baron Edouard de Rothschild has decided to move to Israel. Rothschild will live part time in his Tel Aviv home while continuing to maintain his businesses in France. In July 2003, Rothschild was made head of Rothschild & Cie Banque, a Paris based bank. He is currently a 37% majority shareholder in the French newspaper Libération, a left-wing daily French newspaper that was founded in 1973.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Im Tirtzu: Zionist Donors Must Start Thinking Differently
by Gil Ronen SEPT 7,10
In Israeli politics, it has been the year of Im Tirtzu – the media-savvy Zionist students' movement that managed to create a true stir with a February campaign that exposed the New Israel Fund's dastardly doings before the Israeli public.The campaign targeted NIF chair Naomi Chazan and received high-profile news coverage. Im Tirtzu's research focused on the NIF's complicity in the Goldstone Report that attacked the IDF for its Cast Lead Gaza operation. The NIF came under fire in Israel and in Jewish communities worldwide. Used to being ignored by the leftist media and to waging losing battles, Zionist pundits were ecstatic at the new movement's successes.A few months later, Im Tirtzu was back with another report – this time about the overwhelming proportion of radical leftists in Ben Gurion University's Political Science Department. Again, the media was full of the story.In a Rosh HaShanah interview with Arutz Sheva, Ronen Shoval, 29, chairman of the movement, expressed his belief that the movement and others like it could be doing a lot more to save Israel if only Jewish donors begin to think differently. Donors, he said, are used to buying houses from Arabs in Judea and Samaria or eastern Jerusalem, and settling Jews in them. That is important, but they should also be thinking about shaping public consciousness.The question is, he explains, do facts on the ground create public consciousness, or is it the other way around? The Jewish approach he feels, is that the universe was created through words: that is to say, consciousness creates reality.Throughout the history of Zionism, these rival approaches competed with each other and complemented each other. Herzl believed in shaping consciousness and asked the world's powers for a charter to settle in the Land of Israel. The Hovevei Tzion movement, meanwhile, believed in buying another dunam [area of land,ed.] and another goat.
These two great streams collided in the summer of 2005, in the Disengagement. The settlement movement thought that it was creating facts on the ground in Gush Katif – but it turned out that without proper consciousness, one government decision was enough for all of the communities there to be destroyed. It won't help us to buy another house in eastern Jerusalem, and another one after that, if they decide to hand over eastern Jerusalem to the Arabs in the end.The other side understands this but the nationalists continue to think in terms of material, not spirit. That is why we lose touch with the nation of Israel. The nationalists invest in buildings, not books. Do we have one publishing house? One theater? The entire cultural world is controlled by one side. We used to comfort ourselves and say that the dogs bark but the caravan passes,but this no longer works. If we do not wake up – the entire Zionist venture is in danger.We must invest in thinkers, in culture – and not just in yet another outpost and another useless caravan. What is it good for? If the public consciousness is not there, it will be seen as an illegal outpost and torn down. But if the public consciousness is primed, it will be seen as part of the Zionist settlement ethos and a great mitzvah.
A7: Why doesn't the nationalist side have a fund like the NIF?
RS: It is easier to destroy than to build.
A7: What happened to the Knesset subcommittees that were supposed to look into the New Israel Fund after your campaign?
RS: There are several bills that are being prepared. There is a lot of work to be done. The Knesset members tend to work on things that are on the public agenda – otherwise they need to be pressured.
A7: Do you think someone is trying to stonewall you?
RS: I hope and tend to believe that the Knesset members understand the national importance of this matter and are working at full tilt in order to remove the radical anti-Zionist threat facing us.
A7: How does the NIF achieve such control over the Israeli media?
RS: They support the Agenda Center for media, which pumps out the correct positions to journalists. They find jobs for journalists and provide training for them. That is how the PC mechanism is created. In addition, social and legal organizations place issues on the public agenda.As a result of all this, Israel is much less pluralistic than the US. The Americans have both Fox and CNN, they have the Washington Post and the New York Times: the media airs about 80% of the spectrum of public opinion on various subjects. The remaining 20% are considered extreme and illegitimate. In Israel, the media mechanism makes sure that only 20%-30% of the public's views are heard – and everything else is branded as illegitimate. They determine the consensus. The silencing is much more radical.
A7: Some leftist bloggers claimed that all your activists are men, and that women dislike your movement. Is this true?
RS: Not every stupid claim deserves a response. There are many women in Im Tirtzu.
A7: So what is the next step?
RS: There are many interesting surprises in the works.
A7: For Naomi Chazan?
RS: Yes, for her too.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
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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.
Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico By ANTONIO VILLEGAS and MIGUEL ANGEL HERNANDEZ, Associated Press Writers - SEPT 7,10
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico – Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.Tens of thousands more are sleeping on their roofs, refusing to abandon their possessions even as the rivers around them rise rapidly.Authorities on Tuesday started releasing 2,000 cubic meters (71,000 cubic feet) of water per second from four damns in the region that have reached capacity. That caused several rivers to overflow.Hipolito Hernandez swiftly hauled many of his belongings onto his roof as the Rio Carrizal jumped its banks and flooded dozens of home in the farming community of Sauces in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.Hernandez, 38, gave some of his possessions to relatives who went to shelters but he stayed put. In 2007, he lost everything when he left his home during flooding that left 1 million homes underwater and killed 33 people.We are waiting to see what happens, we can still withstand this flood, Hernandez said.The flooding has affected all four southernmost Mexican states: Tabasco, Veracruz, Chiapas and Oaxaca. People in the region are accustomed to severe flooding every year, and the government often struggles to persuade residents to leave dangerous zones.In Tabasco, the homes of more than 124,000 people have been severely flooded. More than 187,000 hectares of crops belonging to 20,000 people have been lost.
But only 2,000 people in the state are in shelters.They are refusing to leave their homes and they don't want to go to shelters because they have a culture of living with water, Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier said during a meeting with President Felipe Calderon, who flew over the affected areas Tuesday and walked through some flooded towns.Granier warned Calderon the situation could become even worse than in 2007 as record rainfall is expected.What worries me is that the worst is yet to come for Tabasco, Granier said. The state and these people cannot keep suffering these problems each year, or live in permanent uncertainty.Already, authorities said the region has received twice the amount of rainfall that normally falls during the season, which does not officially end until November.The government has built relief ditches and other infrastructure in the past years to ease the annual flooding in southern Mexico. Calderon acknowledged more needs to be done, but said the flooding would be much worse this year without the government's advances.He pointed to emergency levees made of concrete and dirt erected on the banks of the Grijalva, which has swelled rapidly and threatens to flood the state capital, Villahermosa. A few outlying neighborhoods were severely flooded, however.In neighboring Veracruz state, flooding has forced 200,000 people from their homes over the past weeks, although some have started returning.They evacuated us when the water was up to our waists, but the water had already broke all the doors of our house, said Angelica Martinez Galindo, the mother of a 3-year-old girl who had to flee Tlacotalpan, a colonial town in Veracruz state that UNESCO named a World Heritage site.She said at least 20 men stayed behind in her neighborhood to try to salvage possessions. Clara Luz Montalvo said she resisted leaving her home in El Juchil because her 82-year-old mother didn't want to move. When they finally were forced to flee, they were nearly swept away by floodwaters and had to be rescued by marines on a boat. It was a very serious situation. My mother can hardly walk and I have a sister who is disabled. I don't know what I would have done if it hadn't been for the government, the marines, said Montalvo, waiting her turn at a food line at a shelter in Veracruz city.
Associated Press writer Miguel Angel Hernandez in Veracruz, Mexico contributed to this report.
A common link among fire, floods, food riots: extreme weather
– Tue Sep 7, 6:49 pm ET By JOHN CAREY Special to Yahoo! News
Deadly riots in the streets of Mozambique over sharply higher food prices have left 13 dead. Anger is growing in Egypt and Serbia as well. Panicked Russian shoppers have cleared the shelves of staple grains. And the devastating floods that have left as many as 10 million Pakistanis homeless are also raising concerns about the country's ability to feed itself.A series of isolated disasters? Not at all. The common thread: extreme weather, which is putting pressure on food supplies around the globe.
What's going on?
For most of the summer, Russia was in the grip of an unprecedented heat wave. Fires darkened the skies of Moscow with thick smoke, and the Russian wheat crop withered and burned. Fully a third of the usual Russian harvest of buckwheat -- one of the country's most commonly used grains -- was lost. That has led to shortages of wheat at home in Russia -- and an export ban on Russian wheat.The export cutback has in turn driven up food prices in countries like Mozambique and Egypt, which depend on food imports, sparking anger and riots.Meanwhile, the same weather pattern of high pressure that brought searing heat to Russia diverted moisture in the atmosphere toward Pakistan, causing torrential rains and devastating flooding.
Who is affected?
Mostly, just those people in countries now facing shortages and price spikes. There's no overall shortage of food. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says that 2010 brought the third-largest harvest of grains on record, leaving global food stocks high.But the shortfall in Russian wheat did push up grain prices. As a result, the government of Mozambique raised the official price of bread by 20%. That touched off the riots, forcing the government to backtrack.In hard-hit Pakistan, prices of food have risen 15%.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization acknowledges that higher prices are causing hardships. But it adds that the situation now is far less dire than it was in 2007-08, when the soaring price of energy caused an even bigger spike in food prices.
Will the United States be affected?
In the short term, there are few concerns outside countries hit by natural disasters or higher prices. Even Russians aren't facing actual shortages of food, just limited supplies of one of their favorite staples -- buckwheat.In fact, the problems have been a boon for American farmers. Exports of farm products nearly hit record levels in 2010, thanks to bountiful harvests and higher prices for wheat, corn, cotton and other crops.
How worried should we be?
Nevertheless, the long-term threat -- the potential impact of climate change on agriculture throughout the globe -- is major. Until recently, scientists were careful to say that any single natural disastrous climate event, such as the Russian drought or Hurricane Katrina, could not be attributed to global warming. No longer. The issue isn't whether these events are natural or caused by climate change, former Energy Department official Joseph J. Romm told Yahoo! News. It's both. You can't separate the two.For instance, a study by Kevin Trenberth -- head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. -- has shown that Hurricane Katrina dumped more rain on the Gulf Coast than would have happened without climate change. What we can say is that certain events would have been extremely unlikely to have occurred without global warming, and that includes the Russian heat wave and wildfires, and Pakistan, Chinese and Indian floods, Trenberth told Yahoo! News. Even the Russians have become believers in the threat. The Russian government used to doubt the existence of climate change, or argue that it might be beneficial for Russia to get a bit warmer. Now, suggests Romm, they've realized that global warming won't bring a gradual and relatively benign increase in temperatures. Instead, as scientists' climate models have long predicted, the effect will be to intensify extreme events. As Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev told the Russian Security Council this month: Everyone is talking about climate change now. Unfortunately, what is happening now in our central regions is evidence of this global climate change, because we have never in our history faced such weather conditions in the past.
How critical could the situation get?
If you think the Russian heat wave or Pakistan floods are bad, wait until the Earth's temperature rises a few more degrees, as scientists' models also predict. We ain't seen nothing yet, warns Romm. I think we can't even imagine future events. So agriculture -- and the world's ability to feed itself -- face huge challenges. We are getting to a point where we are getting more water, more rainy days, but it's more variable, so it leads to droughts and it leads to floods, Sunita Narain, the head of the Center for Science and Environment in India, told AFP during a world conference on water, being held through Saturday in Sweden.That is leading to huge amounts of stress on agriculture and livelihoods.
What can be done to ease the problems?
When it comes to short-term problems -- shortages and high prices -- the key is to ensure that global food stocks get to the countries that most need them, agricultural experts say. The long-term problem is far more complicated. The only real solution, many scientists believe, is to tackle global warming at its root, by reducing emissions from fossil fuels or by stepping up efforts to take carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. John Carey is an environmental writer.
Hermine gives south Texas another tropical lashing By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer - SEPT 7,10
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas – Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression, leaving only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin.Hermine lost steam after crossing into Texas with tropical storm strength. A peeled-back motel roof in the coastal farming town of Raymondville and scattered power outages were about the worst leftover from the gusty, drenching storm that came and went quickly after creeping up on Texas and Mexico in the warm Gulf waters over the long holiday weekend.I think we're lucky. It could've been worse, said Art Nelson, sizing up the hulking aluminum shed that collapsed on a farming plow at his John Deere store in Raymondville.Mexico didn't get off as easy. Hermine knocked out power for several hours in Matamoros and damaged about 20 homes, whose inhabitants were among 3,500 people who evacuated to shelters.About 1,000 families were still in shelters Tuesday morning. Authorities in Mexico said there were no reports of serious injuries or death, which was welcome news after 12 people in Mexico died in flooding caused by Hurricane Alex earlier this summer.Texas also had no reports of serious injuries, and evacuations orders weren't necessary even in the most low-lying regions. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday night that the storm had weakened to a tropical depression that was still bringing heavy rain to central Texas.
It was another sigh of relief for the flood-prone Rio Grande Valley, which got lashed by Alex at the start of the summer and soaked by another tropical system in July.So damp is the area that only last week did Hidalgo County finally put away its last water-pumping machine. But much of the 5 inches to a foot of rain from Hermine fell harmlessly in the Gulf, and flooding was limited to only minor nuisances.The storm made landfall early Tuesday in northeastern Mexico with winds of up to 65 mph (100 kph), arriving near the same spot as Alex. By Tuesday night, maximum winds speeds had decreased to about 35 mph (55 kph).But Hermine was expected to cover more of the U.S. than Alex, which swiped Texas in June as a Category 1 storm before plunging southwest and breaking up over Mexico.Forecasters expect Hermine's remnants to spread as far north as Oklahoma and Kansas. Flash flood advisories remained in effect for counties in its path.This is going to be much more of a memorable storm than Alex, National Weather Service meteorologist Joseph Tomaselli said.The Coast Guard said it received multiple reports of vessels in distress late Monday and early Tuesday. Monday evening's incoming tide freed a fishing boat that had run aground in the Brownsville Ship Channel near Port Isabel, but Coast Guard crews and other officials had to rescue 17 crew members and a dog from three other fishing vessels that got stuck near the South Padre Island beach. All were treated for minor injuries, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.In Mexico, authorities had released water from some dams to make room for rain. It added more anxiety in the northeast cattle-ranching region where residents already live under the fear of a bloody turf war between drug cartels. Hermine struck around the same area where 72 migrants were killed two weeks ago in what is believed to be the country's worst drug gang massacre to date.
By Tuesday afternoon, lights were gradually turning back on for about 50,000 people who lost power. Practically all of Raymondville had been in the dark after Hermine blew out signs, snapped utility poles and skinned the roof of the Best Rest Inn motel.Melodie Tamyl and Roy Tamez were in their second-story room when their ceiling began bowing up and down. They opened the door just in time to watch the wood awning flip violently backward.I told (Melodie) that we've got to get out of here right now, said Tamez, 52. The whole roof is about to go.The couple returned Tuesday to find half the roof over their room gone and their bedding soaked and soiled with ceiling tile and mud. They picked through soggy clothes and food, salvaging what they could. Hermine made landfall barely a day after becoming a tropical storm. That left many south Texas residents with little notice, but also gave the storm little time to build up steam. Associated Press Writers Jorde Vargas in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Emilio Lopez in Pachuca, Mexico, and Schuyler Dixon in Dallas contributed to this report.
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