Wednesday, April 09, 2014

HEARTBLEED CYBER BUG

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

ISN'T THIS INTERESTING.MICROSOFT YESTERDAY STOPPED PROTECTING WINDOWS XP.AND THEN THIS CYBER BUG HEARTBLEED BUG SUDDENLY TURNS UP YESTERDAY.DO WE SEE CONNECTIONS HERE.MICROSOFT CAN GRAB ALL OUR INFORMATION UNDER THE GUISE OF THIS CYBER BUG.THIS BUG IS AFFECTING CANADAS INCOMETAX DATA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLDS COMPUTERS. CANADAS INcomeTAX SITE IS CLOSED AS A RESULT ONLINE.

Heartbleed’ Bug Exposes Passwords, Web Site Encryption Keys
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Researchers have uncovered an extremely critical vulnerability in recent versions of OpenSSL, a technology that allows millions of Web sites to encrypt communications with visitors. Complicating matters further is the release of a simple exploit that can be used to steal usernames and passwords from vulnerable sites, as well as private keys that sites use to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.“The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. This compromises the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop communications, steal data directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users.”An advisory from Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT notes that the vulnerability is present in sites powered by OpenSSL versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f. According to Netcraft, a company that monitors the technology used by various Web sites, more than a half million sites are currently vulnerable. As of this morning, that included Yahoo.com, and — ironically — the Web site of openssl.org. This list at Github appears to be a relatively recent test for the presence of this vulnerability in the top 1,000 sites as indexed by Web-ranking firm Alexa.An easy-to-use exploit that is being widely traded online allows an attacker to retrieve private memory of an application that uses the vulnerable OpenSSL “libssl” library in chunks of 64kb at a time. As CERT notes, an attacker can repeatedly leverage the vulnerability to retrieve as many 64k chunks of memory as are necessary to retrieve the intended secrets.Jamie Blasco, director of AlienVault Labs, said this bug has “epic repercussions” because not only does it expose passwords and cryptographic keys, but in order to ensure that attackers won’t be able to use any data that does get compromised by this flaw, affected providers have to replace the private keys and certificates after patching the vulnerable OpenSSL service for each of the services that are using the OpenSSL library [full disclosure: AlienVault is an advertiser on this blog].It is likely that a great many Internet users will be asked to change their passwords this week (I hope). Meantime, companies and organizations running vulnerable versions should upgrade to the latest iteration of OpenSSL - OpenSSL 1.0.1g — as quickly as possible.Update, 2:26 p.m.: It appears that this Github page allows visitors to test whether a site is vulnerable to this bug (hat tip to Sandro Süffert).

Tax services may be offline until weekend because of Heartbleed bug-TU THANH HA, BILL CURRY And ADRIAN MORROW-The Globe and Mail-Wednesday, Apr. 09 2014, 4:35 PM EDT

The Canada Revenue Agency probably won’t have tax services back online until at least the weekend after shutting down public access on Tuesday evening in response to a major international security glitch.The agency made the move just three weeks ahead of the April 30 deadline for filing personal income tax returns.Private security researchers announced on Monday the discovery of Heartbleed, a massive Internet encryption flaw that exposed millions of passwords and had been undetected for more than two years.“We are currently working on a remedy for restoring online services and, at this time, anticipate that services will resume over the weekend,” the agency said in an updated statement posted at 3 p.m. Wednesday.“The CRA recognizes that this problem may represent a significant inconvenience for individual Canadians who count on the CRA for online information and services. Recognizing this, the Minister of National Revenue has confirmed that individual taxpayers will not be penalized for this service interruption,” the agency said.The impact of the bug could soon lead to a much wider shutdown of federal government services. A government official told The Globe and Mail that other federal departments are “on an urgent basis” deciding whether they should follow the CRA in pulling its online options.The official described the bug as one of the most serious security flaws uncovered in recent years and said Heartbleed has the capacity to reveal the sensitive contents of a server’s memory.The federal government is likely going through its inventory of servers to decide which websites need to be dealt with first, said cybersecurity expert Raymond Vankrimpen “They’ve obviously identified this CRA website as a critical one to take offline. But I have no doubt that there are other government websites that use SSL technology,” said Mr. Vankrimpen, a partner at the financial advisory firm Richter.“They’re probably triaging everything.”

WHAT IS HEARTBLEED?

The Heartbleed bug affects a common cryptographic program called OpenSSL, and specifically how OpenSSL is used in combination with a communication protocol called the RFC6520 heartbeat.Such “ heartbeats” help a remote user remain in touch after connecting with a website server, Mr. Vankrimpen said.Because of a coding flaw, a small chunk of the server’s memory content, about 64 kilobytes of memory, can leak out with each heartbeat.While 64 kilobytes doesn’t represent a large amount of memory content, it is large enough to hold a password or an encryption key, allowing an unscrupulous user to return to exploit the server further.“Once you have the encryption key, then you have the keys to the kingdom,” Mr. Vankrimpen said.Servers at the CRA run on a common hosting software called Apache, which uses OpenSSL, though it is not known if they rely on the RFC6520 heartbeat.

ANXIETY IN ONTARIO

The Ontario government confirmed that it uses OpenSSL, but it said it has not found that any information is at risk of getting hacked as a result of Heartbleed.“As of right now, we have not seen any data, personal information or servers compromised as a result of the software flaw that has affected the federal government,” said Jenna Mannone, a spokeswoman for Government Services Minister John Milloy, whose ministry oversees the collection of information for such things as health cards and drivers’ licences.She said IT staff are taking a close look at the system.“The Ontario government does use OpenSSL software and is aware of the reported software flaw,” Ms. Mannone wrote in an e-mail. “As a result, government IT experts immediately acted to look into the matter, and are working to ensure that all data and information remains protected.”

HOW IS THE CRA AFFECTED?

The CRA temporarily shut down public access to its online services late Tuesday evening and issued a public notice on its website Wednesday morning. The notice said that affected online services include EFILE, NETFILE and My Account, which taxpayers would normally access their account to track their refund or check their RRSP limit.The shutdown also affects business accounts.While promising to resume the online services as soon as possible, the CRA said that it would give consideration to taxpayers who are unable to meet filing deadlines.The shutdown will not affect appointments at the more than 1,000 Canadian offices of H&R Block, a leading tax preparer, according to the company’s senior tax analyst, Cleo Hamel.Ms. Hamel said tax returns will be prepared and then filed later when the electronic filing option is back online. If the shutdown turns out to be prolonged, other options would be used.“If we have to print them all off and take them into the CRA ourselves, we’ll do that,” she said. “I would anticipate within a couple of days or less this will get rectified.”Ms. Hamel noted that the CRA had a temporary shutdown during tax time in 2008 and it did not cause major problems.While Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay said the agency is acting out of precaution, her U.S. counterpart is not making any changes in response to the bug.Bruce Friedland, a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service, said the IRS continues to accept tax returns as normal as it approaches its April 15 tax deadline.“Our systems continue operating and are not affected by this virus, and we are not aware of any security vulnerabilities related to this situation. We continue to monitor the situation and remain in contact with our software partners. The IRS advises taxpayers to continue filing their tax returns as they normally would,” he said in an e-mail.

SCHOOL STABBING IN MURRAYSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA - 20 INJURED IN CHINESE STYLE STABBING

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

AROUND 7:15AM TODAY AT FRANKLIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN MURRYSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA.WE HAD A CHINESE STYLE STABBING INCIDENT.A STUDENT CAME TO THE SCHOOL AT 7:15AM BEFORE CLASSES STARTED AT 7:30AM.WHILE THE HALLWAYS WERE FULL OF STUDENTS.HE PULLED OUT A KNIFE-WERE NOT SURE IF ONLY ONE KNIFE OR 2.BUT HE PROCEEDED TO STAB 18 STUDENTS AND 2 ADULTS REPORTS SAY.THE AGES BETWEEN 14 AND 60.THE STABBER SHOVED THE KNIFE IN THE STUDENTS AND ADULTS BACKS-STOMACHS AND TORSOS.REPORTS SAY.7 OF THE INJURED ARE IN SERIOUS TO GRAVE SITUATION IN HOSPITAL THE STAB WOUNDS WERE DEEP AND THE STABBER WAS VICIOUS LIKE THE CHINESE STABBING IN BEJING I THINK IT WAS A MONTH OR SO AGO WHEN A GROUP OF 10-20 CHINESE RADICALS  STABBED UP A MALL OF PEOPLE I THINK IT WAS AND 140 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.A POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCHOOL OR NOT SUBDUED THE STABBER AND HE IS NOW IN CUSTODY.THE STABBER WAS A STUDENT AT THE FRANKLIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO NOW WE DO NOT ONLY HAVE VICIOUS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS GOING ON IN AMERICA.BUT NOW WE HAVE VICIOUS CHINESE STYLE STABBINGS IN OUR SCHOOLS IN NORTH AMERICA NOW. 


THE SUSPECT IS IN THE VEHICLE AND TO ME HE DOES LOOK LIKE A 16 YR OLD ASIAN SOPHMORE FROM FRANKLIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.WE WILL SEE WHEN HIS ETHNICITY COMES OUT.BUT MY HEADLINE MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON.THE STABBINGS WERE MOSTLY ALL NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STOMACH.THIS KID KNEW WERE TO GET THE MOST DAMAGE TO THE STOMACH AREA.AT LEAST 3 HAD THESE STAB WOUNDS TO THE BOTTOM STOMACH AREA.THIS WAS A CONTRIVED DELIBERATE ACT TO KILL THESE STUDENTS.THREE OF THE STUDENTS ARE STILL IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

BY 7:11AM THE POLICE KNEW IT WAS ALEX HRIBAL THE STABBER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJdLh4u9OI#t=124 

View image on TwitterA 16-year-old sophomore identified as Alex Hribal by KDKA brandished two large knives before spreading terror ahead of the school day in several classrooms and a hallway at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville — a typically peaceful community about 18 miles east of Pittsburgh.-2 more pictures at link-pic from link dailynews


20 injured in knife attack at Franklin Regional High School
April 9, 2014 11:53 AM-post-gazette.com
By Molly Born, Mary Niederberger, Rich Lord and Liz Navratil / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Franklin Regional stabbing, suspect in patrol car The teen suspected in the Franklin Regional stabbings is taken from the Murrysville police station Wednesday.
Franklin Regional stabbing, suspect in patrol car The teen suspected in the Franklin Regional stabbings is taken from the Murrysville police station Wednesday.Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette

• Teenager conducted attack with two knives about 7:15 a.m.
• 20 people hurt, including security guard
• Assistant principal tackled suspect; another student pulled fire alarm
EMS, police: Incident over, prayers are with victims
• Suspect, 16, taken for medical evaluation

Twenty people were injured — four critically — when a teenager wielding two knives started attacking students at Franklin Regional Senior High School in Murrysville. All of the injured were students with the exception of an adult security guard.Westmoreland County public safety spokesman Dan Stevens said the suspect, a 16-year-old, is in custody and was questioned by Murrysville police and Westmoreland County detectives before being taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries to his hands.Authorities said the teen showed two knives in the attacks, but they didn't say what kind or why. Murrysville police Chief Thomas Seefeld said a motive is still unclear."We don't know what led up to this," he said.A witness said the suspect was tackled by assistant principal Sam King.The chief said the 20 injured were either slashed or stabbed and four are in critical condition."We're praying and hoping the best for all the victims," he said.Four students were flown to hospitals by medical helicopter. Eight victims were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville. Seven of those injured were between the ages of 15 and 17; one was an adult, according to Forbes trauma surgeon Christoph Kaufman, who described the injuries as ranging “superficial to some quite serious.”The security guard was slashed or stabbed in the stomach, the chief said.Dr. Timothy Van Fleet, of the department of emergency medicine at UPMC, said six victims were brought to UPMC East and one was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC. Four of the victims were treated and released, and one was undergoing plastic surgery for facial lacerations and is expected to be treated and released later today.One student was treated and released at UPMC Mercy. Five — including the victim transferred from UPMC East — were at Children’s Hospital, where one was in critical condition, two were in serious condition, and two were fair.

UPMC Presbyterian had one victim in critical condition.

One 15-year-old girl, Ariana Schofield of Export, was flown from the school to Allegheny General Hospital, where she was treated and released.According to the state Department of Education, Franklin Regional Senior High School has an enrollment of 1,222.Just before 7:15 a.m., a school resource officer asked for medical assistance at the school for a stabbing. The students were injured in several first-floor classrooms and in the hallways before the classes started, Mr. Stevens said.Gracey Evans, a junior from Murrysville, said she arrived at the school around 6:50 a.m. Around 20 minutes later, as she stood in the sophomore hall while her best friend stopped at his locker, she heard another student say something about blood."I saw this kid in all black running down the hallway, stabbing," said Ms. Evans. "He was just stabbing everybody that was in his way."Her friend was stabbed in the back, she said, and a nearby student was stabbed in the stomach.Then somebody pulled a fire alarm as the perpetrator ran off, and a teacher ordered all of the kids into a classroom."My friend was on his stomach, and the other kid who was severely injured was told to sit up. I knew that wasn't right."I said to a few students, we need pressure on this wound, and they gave me some paper towels, and I held pressure on that wound for about 10 minutes, and he started barfing."

She was overcome by the smell.

"Probably 30 seconds later an actual EMT came into the room and helped," she said. "I hear my best friend start screaming in pain. ... I held his hand."She was taken with her injured friends to Forbes Regional Hospital, where social workers attended to her. "They told me I was a real hero. I was just freaking out because I was so traumatized."I'm still shaking. I was crying. Then the mother of the boy that I helped comes in, and she saw me and she just started crying, and I said to her, 'I saved your son,' and she started crying some more."School director Roberta Cook said the district has done extensive training for a mass casualty at the schools."This is the training that you hope you never have to use. But everyone is doing what they are supposed to do. The administrators and the first-responders are doing what they need to do," Mrs. Cook said.Although she had not received any official information as a board members, she said other reports she heard indicating the incident happened before classes started means that it happened at one of the most vulnerable times of day."Once the students are in the building and in classes we can go into lockdown. But before school starts it's hard to completely secure the building," Mrs. Cook said.Most of the training done in the district focused on an active shooter, not someone with a knife, she said.When Ms. Cook heard that someone pulled the fire alarm after the stabbing started, she said that action would have followed the training."This is terribly unfortunate. I hope that all of the students are OK," Mrs. Cook said.Franklin Regional High School has no metal detectors, but it has a reputation as a relatively safe school. Its most recent state Safe Schools report shows 17 reportable incidents in 2012-13, none of them involving weapons. The report notes that there were no arrests and no incidents involving local police. The most common reportable incident was fights, for which there were eight.Parents of the injured students are being contacted. Parents of other students were asked to go to Heritage Elementary, also in Murrysville, to pick up their children.

The FBI is on the scene.

Meanwhile, two Murrysville police officers were stationed about 11 a.m. outside the home of the suspect, a two-story house with tan siding and tan brick in a cul de sac. The family has not responded to calls and was not at the house. Next-door neighbors Sonya and John Kokalis said the neighborhood was built about 13 years ago and they and the suspect's family moved in around that time.Ms. Kokalis said she saw the suspect's parents around 8:30 a.m. and at that point, "They didn't know anything."She described them as a "nice family.""It's surreal," she said. "You see this and it happens other places. ... It's not sinking in."We're providing free access to our coverage of the Franklin Regional high school stabbings today.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2014/04/09/Multiple-stabbings-reported-at-Franklin-Regional-High-School/stories/201404090148#ixzz2yPKxme3b



20 injured in Penn. high school stabbing



MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) – Police and paramedics are on the scene of a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.Dan Stevens with Westmoreland Emergency Management says 20-students have been injured, four of those are seriousA school resource officer called in the stabbing at 7:13 a.m.
Forbes Hospital says 7 victims have been taken to their hospital, 1 victim has been flown to Allegheny General Hospital, and 2 taken to UPMC-Presby.Three air medical helicopters were dispatched to the scene as well as dozens of ambulances.Police say the male suspect is in custody, and is reportedly a student at the school.According to a witness, the stabbings happened in the science wing of the building."One of the children that pulled the alarm, my daughter said, after the incident happened to clear the school. She reported to me it was a 10th grade student," parent Tim Graham told KDKA.Franklin Regional school district has canceled all elementary classes and say that high school and middle school students are secured.Franklin Regional High School posted this statement on their website:A critical incident has occurred at the high school. All elementary schools are cancelled, the middle school and high school students are secure. Additional information will be released as soon as possible. Please keep our campus clear of traffic.

DAY 33 MH370 - MISSING PLANE - WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PINGS

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

LINKS FROM DAYS 1 TO 32 ABOUT MH370-777-200ER 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-32-mh370-missing-plane-they-may.html 

 
 
left top-dailymail.uk - top right-ctvnews.ca - left bottom-nst.com.my right bottom-themalaysianinsider.com

THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 12:03AM WED APR 09,2014

NOW WE HAVE HAD NO PING HITS SINCE CHINA ON APR 5 AND AUSTRALIA ON APR 6,14.COULD THE COVERUP COUNTRY OF THE KIDNAPPING.HAVE THROWN 2 BLACK BOXES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN SO AUSTRALIA IS PREOCCUPIED FOR A FEW WEEKS SO THE CRIMINAL COUNTRY CAN SETUP THE NEXT DECEPTION IN THIS VERY MYSTEROUS CRONTRIVED-MANIPULATED KIDNAPPING.THEN AFTER APR 6-THE CRIMINAL COUNTRY DISHED THE BLACK BOXES BACK OUT OF THE OCEAN.AND AUSTRALIA WILL BE SEARCHING IN THE AREA FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.THIS IS TO FISHY-NO DEBRIS BUT STUMBLE UPON THE BLACK BOXED.THEM ODDS ARE TRILLIONS TO ONE. WHY WOULD AUSTRALIA NOT HAVE KEPT TRACK AND START MAPPING THE FIRST SOUND OF THE PING FOR THE 2 HOURS.THEY SHOULD HAVE MAPPED IT ALL OUT-THEN THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN WERE TO DROP THAT SUBMARINE APR 6TH ALREAD.AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER PING TO OCCUR.HERE AGAIN IS ANOTHER FACT THAT DOES NOT ADD UP IN THIS MISSING KIDNAPPED CITIZENS OF MH370.

WE FIND OUT THE CHINA DETECTION OF THEIR PINGS ARE RULED OUT AS NOT LEGIT.I STILL SAY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THIS RECOVERY IS INVOLVED IN THE COVERUP KIDNAPPING AND LEADING THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES ASTRAY.WE WILL NEVER FIND THAT PLANE IN THE OCEAN-I STILL SAY.AND WHAT IF THE CRIMINAL COUNTRY IS TRYING TO BREAK SOME OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH. THE MONEY THESE COUNTRIES ARE USING IS INCREDIBLE.SO THE CRIMINAL COUNTRY IS BREAKING COUNTRIES-DISTRACTING COUNTRIES ARMIES AND HURTING A LOT OF INNOCENT LOVED ONES OF THE KIDNAPPED CITIZENS.


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 

THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 11:40PM TUE APR 08,2014

THE UPDATE BY ANGUS TONIGHT SHOWED 2 MORE PING HITS.BUT HE WILL NOT CONFIRM IT IS MH370 UNTIL HE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THE PLANE FOR THE FAMILIES TO SEE.THEN HE WILL SAY IT IS MH370.BUT THIS WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS AT LEAST YET.THEN MAYBE THE FAMILIES CAN START THEIR LIFE RECOVERY HEALING.


THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 6:00AM WED APR 09,2014

Transcript of Press Conference, 9 April 2014-Angus Houston-JACC
Angus Houston: Good Morning. I'm accompanied by the same team as on previous occasions, and I'm pleased to be here to brief you today.Today I can report some further encouraging information regarding the search for missing flight MH370. On Monday I advised that the Towed Pinger Locator deployed by the Ocean Shield had detected signals consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes on two separate occasions. I can now tell you that Ocean Shield has been able to re-acquire the signals on two more occasion—late yesterday afternoon and late last night, Perth time.The detection yesterday afternoon was held for approximately five minutes and 32 seconds. The detection late last night was held for approximately seven minutes. Ocean Shield has now detected four transmissions in the same broad area. Yesterday's signals will assist in better defining a reduced and much more manageable search area on the ocean floor. I believe we are searching in the right area, but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place of MH370. For the sake of the 239 families, this is absolutely imperative.Today the Ocean Shield is continuing the slow, painstaking and methodical work to refine the location around the four acoustic detections. We are not yet at the point of deploying the autonomous underwater vehicle. The better Ocean Shield can define the area, the easier it will be for the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to subsequently search for aircraft wreckage.It is important to note that Ocean Shield can search six times the amount of area with a Towed Pinger Locator than can be done with the sonar on the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Searching underwater is an extremely laborious task, so the more work we can do on the surface with the Towed Pinger Locator to fix the position of the transmission, the less work we will have to do below the surface, scouring the sea floor. Given the guaranteed shelf life of the pinger batteries is 30 day and it is now 33 days since the aircraft went missing, it is important that we gather as much information to fix the possible location of the aircraft while the pingers are still transmitting.In further promising information, we have received the results of the data analysis conducted on the signals detected by Ocean Shield on the first two occasions. This data analysis was conducted by the Australian Joint Acoustic Analysis Centre based at HMAS Albatross in Nowra, NSW. It is the Australian Defence Force's centre of excellence for acoustic analysis.

The analysis determined that a very stable, distinct, and clear signal was detected at 33.331 kilohertz and that it consistently pulsed at a 1.106 second interval. They, therefore, assess that the transmission was not of natural origin and was likely sourced from specific electronic equipment. They believe the signals to be consistent with the specification and description of a Flight Data Recorder.Up to 11 military aircraft, four civil aircraft, and up to 14 ships will assist in today's search. A modified RAAF AP-3C will coordinate with Ocean Shield in conducting a sonar buoy search in the same vicinity. Today a weak front is moving in from the south-east and is expected to bring scattered showers. The planned search area is about 75,000 square kilometres. You may have noticed the size of the search area has significantly reduced over the last couple of days.Based on Ocean Shield's detections, we are now searching a much more concentrated area based on the drift predications made possible by Ocean Shield's detections. The smaller area has also allowed to us to plan much tighter search patterns, based entirely on visual search principles. In other words, we have intensified our search in the visual search area.Just a bit of housekeeping. At my last press conference, I said I would come back to you with the precise timings of when the signals were detected by the Ocean Shield. The first detection took place on Saturday 5 April at 4:45pm, Perth time. The second detection took place on Saturday 5 April at 9:27pm, Perth time. The third detection took place on Tuesday 8 April at 4:27pm, Perth time. The fourth detection took place on Tuesday 8 April at 10:17pm, Perth time.I'm now happy to take your questions, but before I do that, I would refer you to the diagram there which shows you where all the detections were made, and I would also highlight to you the satellite handshake calculation number seven. That was the handshake which was a partial ping, where the experts in Kuala Lumpur assess that the aircraft might have—plane engines might have flamed out, and it's probably significant in terms of the end of powered flight.


Chart showing advanced <em>Ocean Shield</em> towed pinger locator detectionsThe 4 Pings that were heard Since Sunday
 Chart showing search area for 9 April 2014The search area-JACC

Media Release-9 April 2014—am-JACC

Up to 11 military aircraft, four civil aircraft and 14 ships will assist in today's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Today AMSA has planned a search area of about 75,423 square kilometres.The centre of the search area is approximately 2261 kilometres north west of Perth.A weak front is moving in from the south east, expected to bring scattered showers.The underwater search continues today, with ADV Ocean Shield at the northern end of the defined search area, and Chinese ship Haixun 01 and HMS Echo at the southern end.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau continues to refine the area where the aircraft entered the water based on continuing ground-breaking and multi-disciplinary technical analysis of satellite communication and aircraft performance, passed from the international air crash investigative team comprising analysts from Malaysia, the United States, the UK, China and Australia.


Flight MH370 and the impact of loss-How does grief affect when you don’t know if your loved one is dead or alive?-By Anupa Kurian, Readers Editor-April 7, 2014-Gulfnews.com
Dubai: It’s what we fear most, other than our own death, the loss of a loved one. And what happens if that loss is from an unexplained disappearance? There were 239 people on-board the missing Malaysian aircraft MH370. What is the biopsychosocial impact of that? “It’s the worst kind of scenario … similar to what people experienced during 9/11,” Martin Kramar, clinical psychologist at Health Call Clinic in Dubai Healthcare City, told Gulf News.He explained that for many who lost their family members on-board those aircraft and in the World Trade Centre towers took weeks to receive closure.Similarly, in the case of MH370, not knowing what has happened has only served to prolong the period of mourning.“The bodies have not been found giving families hope that people might still be alive. There has not been acceptance of death.”Kramar said that the most immediate impact of this would be lowered immunity from stress, depression and anxiety.Added to this are panic attacks that could last for over a year, as per a report on the American Psychological Association’s website, featuring research by psychiatrist Selby Jacobs of Yale University. And this is a relatively normal manifestation of grief.Christina Burmeister, counselling psychologist at the UAE-based German Neuroscience Center, explained that the current scenario creates a complex sense of guilt.

Stages of grief

“When somebody dies and you go through the burial process and the rituals associated, it allows you to start the grieving process and deal with the loss. You undergo the five stages of grief as per the Kuebler-Ross model, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance.“The not knowing is the worst part because you might start grieving but you feel guilty that you are giving up on people, and you bounce back and forth,” she said.The report on the APA website talked about work by psychiatrist Colin Murray Parkes, who “has found that mortality among surviving spouses in the six months following a loss increases 40 to 70 per cent compared with the general population”.Burmeister said that it is possible to die of a “broken heart” as a romantic notion. However, the medical perspective is that as a direct result of the death of a loved one, a person’s system undergoes severe physical stress, which can affect the heart, increase cholesterol, lead to hypertension, along with manifesting symptoms of depression.“You are not taking care of yourself, feeling hopeless and then hopeful. Being stuck between the two states, in limbo, might break some people,” she said.The symptoms of depression and bereavement-related depression are similar. They include loss of interest in daily activities, impaired social and occupational functioning, depressed mood and irritability, decreased interest in most activities, change in body weight and sleep pattern, fatigue and loss of energy, misplaced sense of guilt or feeling of worthlessness, diminished ability to concentrate and thoughts of death or plans for suicide.“If an individual has five of these symptoms for a period of over two months after the death of a person close to them, they need urgent help,” Burmeister said. She warned that a person could seriously contemplate suicide.

Complicated grief

A small percentage suffers harder with what medical professionals term as ‘complicated grief’. According to a report in the Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (2003), it is a “condition more severe than the average loss-related life transition, depression and anxiety. It is marked by broad changes to all personal relationships, a sense of meaninglessness, a prolonged yearning or searching for the deceased and a sense of rupture in personal beliefs.”So, essentially, the person becomes quite unrecognisable from who he or she was before that particular loss.Kramar added: “Everybody copes differently … but not knowing if the person died peacefully or not is troubling. You cannot imagine or rationalise what they went through.“For some it takes years to heal, some mourn till the end of their lives. It is a difficult situation. It also depends on what was the age of the person when he or she died.”It is a tough time and Burmeister stressed the need for all those affected by the MH370 to be given proper counselling and support by the authorities to help them survive. 

NETANYAHU WANTS TO CUT TIES WITH THE BALESTINIAN FRAUDS IN SO CALLED PEACE TALKS

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

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 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

GENESIS 25:20-26
20  And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21  And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22  And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

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.

Netanyahu suspends state contact with PA-Punitive step against Ramallah excludes Defense Ministry, security collaboration and peace negotiations-By Spencer Ho and Elhanan Miller April 9, 2014, 11:23 am 4-The Times of Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved forward with punitive steps Tuesday in response to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s application to international bodies, ordering government officials not to meet with their Palestinian counterparts.“In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks… Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts,” an official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The order did not ban contact between the Defense Ministry and the PA, which would have hampered security cooperation in the West Bank, according to Israel news site Ynet. Peace negotiations are also unaffected, the site reported.Low-level cooperation in the field will also continue, a senior Israeli official said, according to the Haaretz daily.Mohammed al-Madani, a Fatah official and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s contact person with Israeli society, told The Times of Israel that he was unaware of the details of the Israeli decision.“If true, this decision is mistaken,” Madani said. “It’s impossible to sever the ties between Israelis and Palestinians. “We must continue to have normal relations in order to reach a just and lasting peace.”The move by Netanyahu came as peace efforts between the sides have hit an impasse amid a series of escalating moves by Jerusalem and Ramallah.On Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that the peace talks started to crumble only after Israel refused to release a fourth round of prisoners 10 days ago.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 [new housing] units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.Cutting off ministerial contact is one of a series of low-level sanctions Israel is reportedly pursuing against the PA in response to the crisis in peace talks, according to press reports. Other measures being considered include canceling permits for the Palestinian telecommunications company al-Watanya and withholding tax revenues.On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that unilateral moves would be met with the same, alluding to PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision last week to apply for membership to 15 international treaty organizations, some of which are tied to the United Nations.The Palestinians said the move came in response to Israel’s refusal to free a final round of prisoners from the 104 inmates Jerusalem agreed to release before peace talks began in July, and a tender. Israel said it would not free them without a commitment to continue talks beyond the April 29 deadline.Ramallah was also incensed by the republication of tenders for 708 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.In comments to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, Kerry also deemed Abbas’s actions “unhelpful.”Both sides say they want to continue talks but so far efforts and bringing the parties together have yielded few results.Madani, the Palestinian official, said that Palestinians are still obligated to continuing negotiations with Israel until the end of April.“We hope these negotiations result in a positive outcome,” he said.Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Sunday and Monday with US mediator Martin Indyk.State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said gaps remained between the sides after the Monday meeting.Despite the impasse, world leaders have continued to express hope and urge the two parties to return to the negotiating table.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, speaking at the annual dinner of the Israel-France Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night, said that there is still a “window of opportunity” to achieve an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and the world should not allow it to close, adding that France and other European countries were continuing to work with the US to revive the talks.Also on Tuesday, Chinese President President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make “brave decisions” for peace with the Palestinians.
“At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties,” Xi said.“[China] hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks.”
Raphael Ahren and AFP contributed to this report.

Israel limits contact with Palestinians as peace talks falter-By Daphne ROUSSEAU -APR 9,14-YahooNews

The move comes a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry, who kick-started talks in July, blamed Israel for derailing the process by announcing new settlement homes in what he described as a "poof" moment in negotiations."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the Israeli government official told AFP, requesting anonymity.Palestinian minister of labour Ahmad Majdalani dismissed the significance of Israel's tactic."In any case there are no (regular) meetings organised between Palestinian and Israeli ministers, apart from the finance ministers," he told AFP."Ninety percent of day-to-day dealings are done with the Israeli military administration" of the occupied West Bank, Majdalani added.Kerry on Tuesday blamed Israel's approval of Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem on April 1 for the latest stalemate in the negotiations, a charge that has left Israeli officials bristling.While he blamed intransigence on both sides, Kerry told US lawmakers that a delayed Israeli plan to release several Palestinian prisoners as part of a good faith effort was sabotaged by the settlements move."In the afternoon, when they were about to maybe get there, 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem and, poof, that was sort of the moment," he testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.At the end of March, Israel refused to release a final batch of long-serving Palestinian prisoners as agreed under the talks, and at the same time reissued tenders for 708 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem.The Palestinians responded to the prisoner issue by applying for membership of 15 international treaties, breaking their own commitment to refrain from such action during the nine months of talks.Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have teetered on the brink of collapse, with Washington fighting an uphill battle to get the two sides to agree to a framework proposal to extend the negotiations beyond an April 29 deadline to the year's end.Kerry's remarks were met with a crisp response from Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the far-right Jewish Home party."Israel will never apologise for building in Jerusalem," Bennett said."I hear that the (building) programme in Jerusalem was defined as 'poof'. For many years (the Palestinians) tried with explosions and bombs to stop us being in the eternal capital of the Jewish people, it will not happen."The State Department, perhaps assessing the potential impact Kerry's comments could have in the Middle East, rushed to explain that the secretary of state was fairminded in apportioning blame."John Kerry was again crystal clear today that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Twitter."He even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions throughout process."Kerry was also drawn into a heated exchange with Senator John McCain, who declared the peace talks "finished".While Kerry insisted that Israelis and Palestinians were keen on continuing the process, McCain cut in: "It is stopped," he told Kerry. "Recognise reality."Meanwhile, the two sides met US envoy Martin Indyk late on Monday and were to see him again on Wednesday, a Palestinian source told AFP.It was unclear if the latest Israeli decision would affect that meeting.

Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks-Secretary of state highlights both sides’ ‘unhelpful moves’ but indicates crisis began with failure to release prisoners-By Raphael Ahren April 8, 2014, 7:48 pm-The Times of Israel

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both Israelis and Palestinians were responsible for the current crisis in peace talks, but appeared to allocate the lion’s share of the blame to Jerusalem.At the same time, he expressed hope that the two sides would continue to negotiate, but also warned that there was a “limit” to how much effort the US government could invest in the process if the two parties weren’t serious about negotiating a pact.“Both sides wound out in a position of unhelpful moves,” Kerry said at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, delineating what he said led to the current impasse.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.The secretary of state was referring to the planned fourth release of Palestinian security prisoners, which was originally slated for March 29. Israel did not proceed with the release on time, with Jerusalem saying that it was delayed because the Palestinian Authority had demanded that Israeli Arabs be among those freed and was unwilling to commit to extend peace talks beyond their April 29 deadline.
On April 1, the Israel Lands Authority reissued a call for tenders for 708 homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, which is located beyond the 1967 lines and was annexed by Israel.Later that same day, PA President Mahmoud Abbas signed 15 letters of accession to multilateral treaties and conventions, in what Israel said was a clear breach of Ramallah’s commitment not to take unilateral steps to advance their statehood bid so long as the talks were ongoing.“The treaties were unhelpful, and we made that crystal clear to the Palestinians,” Kerry said at the Senate hearing.He also said that Palestinians recognition of Israel as a Jewish state should be part of a final peace agreement, but added that the step would likely only be achieved at the very end of the process and not at the outset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent months elevated the demand for such Palestinian recognition to that of a core issue.Despite his evident frustration, Kerry said it was still possible for the two sides to find a way to extend the talks and return to “substantive discussion.”Senator John McCain told Kerry that “talks, even though you might drag them out for a bit, are finished,” but the secretary of state replied by saying that the peace process should not be declared dead as long as the two sides declare their willingness to continue negotiating.At the same time, Kerry said, “there are limits to the amount of time the president and myself can put into this, considering the other challenges around the world, especially if the parties can’t commit to being there in a serious way.”Afterward, the State Department attempted to dispel the impression that Israel had been singled out for harsher criticism in Kerry’s comments.“As he has been throughout this impasse, today Secretary Kerry was again crystal clear that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.“Today he even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions to bring the process this far. Now it is up to the parties and their leaders to determine whether we maintain a productive path,” she added.Kerry was set to meet US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office later Tuesday to discuss the fate of the peace talks.Senior officials have rejected the idea that Obama intends to pull the plug on the peace effort, and say he deeply appreciates his top diplomat’s efforts.But equally, Obama may need to be convinced that Kerry’s intense focus on the initiative is merited given its apparently slim chance of success and deepening global crises crying out for US attention elsewhere.“The issue now is whether the parties can demonstrate that they are willing to make the difficult decisions necessary to move the process forward,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.“The parties understand what the choices are and they understand that these are not decisions that the United States or any other country can make. The parties themselves have to make them.”On Wednesday, Kerry will meet with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in Washington.AFP contributed to this report.

Lapid: Settlement freeze preferable to prisoner release-Finance Minister says he would leave coalition if it was responsible for collapse of peace talks-By Ben Sales April 9, 2014, 2:33 am 5-The Times of Israel

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said he supports freezing settlement growth to help jump-start peace negotiations and vowed that his centrist Yesh Atid party would leave Israel’s governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were responsible for the collapse of the peace process.In an interview this week with JTA, his first with an American Jewish news organization since entering the Knesset last year, Lapid continued his recent shift toward placing the peace process at the top of his party’s agenda.A year ago he told The New York Times that Israel should not change its settlement policy to advance negotiations, nor should it curb its “natural expansion” or limit financial inducements to Israelis who move there.But on Monday, Lapid told JTA that he would sooner agree to freeze settlement growth than free Palestinian prisoners, as Netanyahu has done previously in an effort to advance the process. A fourth round of prisoner releases was due to take place March 29, but Israel reneged.“I would choose, every day of the week, freezing the settlements over freeing prisoners,” he said. “But in this coalition, in this particular moment, this was the favorable option.”A former television news anchor, Lapid entered politics for the first time in advance of the January 2013 elections with the aim of re-energizing Israel’s political center. He stayed relatively quiet on security issues during the campaign, running on a largely domestic platform of lowering the cost of living and expanding the mandatory military draft to include the haredi Orthodox.But over the past year, Lapid has become increasingly vocal about the need for Israel to reach a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians. And while he laid the blame for the current impasse in peace talks squarely at the feet of the Palestinian leadership, Lapid said he could not stay in the government if it did not aggressively pursue a deal.“If I would think this coalition did not exhaust all options and it is our fault that the negotiation is not in progress or process, then I can’t stay in this government,” Lapid said. “We decided we’ll do everything in our power to back up the negotiations.”Lapid said that overall, he is happy with how the past year has gone for his party. He dismissed criticism that Yesh Atid’s signature achievement, a bill mandating that the haredi Orthodox perform military service, is too weak. The bill defers criminal sanctions for haredi draft dodgers for three years, but Lapid said a stricter law would have been unrealistic.“If we would just send draft bills to any young 18-year-old haredim, we’ll be the winners of some game, but nothing would have happened,” Lapid said. “The way we’ve been doing this, it will actually happen.”Lapid also campaigned on establishing civil unions in Israel, a measure that would have broken the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate’s control of Jewish marriage. Yesh Atid introduced a bill to create civil unions in October, but it is opposed by Jewish Home, a religious Zionist party that entered the coalition in alliance with Yesh Atid.Lapid sounded confident that he could get a civil unions bill past Jewish Home, possibly with support from left-wing parties. But though he vowed to continue to push the issue, he would not say if Yesh Atid would leave the coalition if the bill fails.“I don’t think this is good partnership,” Lapid said, “to keep a coalition under threat.”Lapid said all Jewish denominations should have equal standing in Israel, which he said would strengthen Israel’s relationship with American Jews.He also called for ending the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over Jewish marriage and conversion, and for an end to all forms of religious coercion.But he stopped short of calling for the abolition of the Chief Rabbinate or for a complete separation of religion and state, which he said would hurt the country’s Jewish character.“I don’t think the American model of total separation of religion and state is feasible in Israel because it was established as a Jewish state,”Lapid said. “I don’t want to give up this identity.“I would favor having parallel institutions to the Rabbinate. If someone wants to get married in the rabbinate, he can. If someone wants to get married at City Hall, he should be able to do so as well.”Yesh Atid surprised pundits when it captured 19 seats in Knesset elections last year, becoming Israel’s second largest political party. Soon after, Lapid said that he expected to be prime minister after the next ballot.On Monday, Lapid said his party was in the Knesset to stay, but he declined to make similar boasts about his own political future.“I’ll tell you one thing I’ve learned in this last year: There’s no problem in politics being an idiot — there’s a big problem being an idiot twice,” he said. “I’ve learned my lesson and I’m not going to declare such declarations anymore because this is stupid.”

Opposition Attacks Netanyahu For 'Adding Fuel' to Haters-Labor leader attacks cutting ties with PA, calls it 'disengagement' from the world; other MKs praise 'firm response to PA rovocation.'-By Iddo Ben Porat, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 1:27 PM-Israelnationalnews

Critics and supporters alike did not waste time responding to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's instructions on Wednesday to cut off all governmental ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), excluding those of the Defense Ministry and the peace talks. The move came as promised, after Israel warned the PA last Thursday it would take several punitive actions and sanctions as a response to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's breaching of peace talk conditions by requesting membership in 15 UN agencies.Opposition Chairman and Labor Party Chair Yitzhak Herzog, who has expressed support for dividing Jerusalem and withdrawing from most of Judea and Samaria, slammed Netanyahu's orders on Wednesday."The prime minister is putting gasoline and flammable materials in the hands of the haters of Israel, it's not clear what benefit will sprout from this excessive step," claimed Herzog. "Netanyahu has started the process of Israel's disengagement from the world."However, other voices spoke out in support of Netanyahu's move. Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) welcomed the call to cut cooperation with the PA."The practice of free gifts that Israel is giving the Palestinians has to stop. The time has come for Abbas, who has proven time and again he isn't interested in peace, and the Palestinians, to understand that every unilateral step they take has immediate consequences," declared Wortzman.Finance Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) similarly said "the Palestinians need the peace talks much more than we do." The assessment follows a new survey released Tuesday, which found 45.5% of Israeli Jews felt the talks were not urgent."It's a serious mistake to think that we need to pay some kind of price for them to talk to us," argued Slomiansky. "I welcome the prime minister's decision to respond firmly to the provocation of the Palestinian Authority."

Government Cutting Most Ties with Ramallah-Prime Minister forbids meetings with Palestinians and cooperation with the Palestinian Authority.-By Gil Ronen, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 10:14 AM-IsraelnationalNews

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has issued instructions to government ministries forbidding meetings with Palestinian officials, and halting all civilian and economic cooperation with the Palestinian Authority (PA), following the collapse of negotiations with the PA."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The new instructions do not include the Defense Ministry or talks carried out as part of the Israel-PA negotiations.Israel last Thursday informed the Palestinian Authority (PA) of a series of punitive measures against it, following the PA’s request to join 15 international conventions, ahead of becoming a member of various UN bodies.According to Voice of Israel public radio, these measures include a suspension of high-level contacts between ministers and CEOs, and any contacts with the PA will now be led by the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai.It was also decided to freeze the implementation of 3G cellular technology in PA-assigned areas and stop the transfer into Gaza of communications equipment belonging to the PA cellular phone company Watania. US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke before the Senate on Tuesday, where he blamed Israel for the breakdown of peace talks last week."Israel didn't release the Palestinian prisoners on the day they were supposed to be freed, and another day passed, and another day, and then another 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem, and 'poof'...that was sort of the moment," remarked Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

China urges Israel to make 'brave' decisions on peace talks
APR 9,14-YahooNews


BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make "brave" decisions on the latest round of peace talks with the Palestinians, after negotiators ended another U.S-mediated session with no sign of a breakthrough."At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties," Xi told visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres, China's foreign ministry said late on Tuesday."(China) hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks," Xi added.The U.S.-brokered negotiations, which began in July, plunged into crisis last week after Israel, demanding a Palestinian commitment to continue talking beyond an April 29 deadline for a peace deal, failed to carry out a promised release of about two dozen Palestinian prisoners.China has traditionally had a low profile in Middle East diplomacy despite its reliance on oil imports from there, but is keen to assert its role as a force in international politics.Last year, Xi met both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, urging them to revive discussions.Xi, who took office in March last year, did not outline any specific proposals for the peace talks, saying simply that China would keep "playing a constructive role".Xi said the Chinese and Jewish peoples had long had friendly relations, pointing out China's role in fighting "fascism and militarism" during World War Two.Beijing has maintained close relations with the Palestinians for decades. In recent years, it has also cultivated ties with Israel, though Israel is wary of China's links with Iran.China, Iran's top oil customer and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has opposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, such as those imposed by Washington and the European Union, and has called repeatedly for talks to resolve the stand-off over Iran's contested nuclear program.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
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: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
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;(ISRAEL) 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,(OIL IS IN 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.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
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,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) 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 ATOMIC 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.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)

EZEKIEL 35:3-6,11-15
3  And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,(ARABS) I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5  Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,(AGAINST ISRAEL) and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
11  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12  And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13  Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14  Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.(ARAB,MUSLIMS)
15  As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir,(ARABS) and all Idumea,(ARAB,MUSLIMS) even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11  In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12  Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14  And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.

AMOS 1:5
5  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

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)

JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3  At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4  Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5  Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6  O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7  How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.

EGYPT

ISAIAH 19:1-5
1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS-MUSLIMS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,(BEFORE THE NUKE GOES OFF) and behind them a desolate wilderness;(AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB GOES OFF) yea, and nothing shall escape them.(EVERYTHING NUKED)
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate,(SIBERIAN DESERT) 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.(FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
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.

JEREMIAH 8:7
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;(MIGRATION TIME) and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;(IN MIGRATION SEASON) but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.(WW3 MIGRATING BIRDS EAT ISRAELS ENEMIES FLESH AND BLOOD)

Van Rompuy: Russia trying to 'restore a foregone world'
08.04.14 @ 16:11-By EUOBSERVER

EU Council chief Van Rompuy told a seminar in Vienna Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Crimea means it "tries to restore a foregone.world." He added: "The Cold War was ideological and based on fear, obliging countries to make a choice. That world is no longer, once and for all."

No more Russia sanctions for now, says Schulz
Today @ 09:21-APR 9,14-By EUOBSERVER


European Parliament chief Martin Schulz Tuesday urged caution over the crisis in Ukraine, saying that "it is not necessary for the moment to take new sanctions" against Russia. The German politician, who is the Socialist top candidate for the EU commission, pointed out the "common interests" of Russia and Europe.

Ukraine says separatists hold hostages; activists deny charge
By Thomas Grove 2 hours ago-APR 9,14-YahooNews


LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - More than 50 people left a state security service building overnight that had been seized by pro-Russia activists in eastern Ukraine, following negotiations between protesters and officials, Ukraine's state security service (SBU) said early on Wednesday.The SBU said on Tuesday that the protesters who seized the local headquarters of state security in Luhansk on Sunday had wired it with explosives and were holding 60 people hostage, though this was denied by the protesters themselves.After negotiations overnight, 51 people left the building without weapons, the SBU in the Ukrainian capital Kiev said. It was unclear if they were protesters or hostages.Interfax Ukraine news agency later put this number at 56 and said negotiations were continuing between the protesters and local officials to end the occupation.The activists denied on Tuesday they had any explosives or were holding hostages. But they conceded they had seized an armory full of automatic rifles."We do not need hostages to get what we want," said Anton, who declined to give his second name.The Luhansk building was one of several seized by protesters in the east of the country demanding regional referendums on independence from Kiev.Protesters in Donetsk, to the south, remain in control of the main regional authority building, but authorities ended the occupation in the city of Kharkiv.The Ukrainian government says the occupations are part of a Russian-led plan to dismember the country.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russian agents and special forces on Tuesday of stirring separatist unrest and said Moscow could be trying to prepare for military action as it had in Crimea, annexed by Russia last month.(Writing by Richard Balmforth; Editing by Ron Popeski)

US and EU prepare to strike Russian banks, energy firms
Today @ 09:29-APR 9,15-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - The US and EU are preparing to strike at Russian banks, energy and minerals firms if Russia invades mainland Ukraine.Speaking to US senators in Washington on Tuesday (8 April) secretary of state John Kerry used blunt terms to describe events in Ukraine's Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions in recent days.“Everything that we’ve seen in the last 48 hours from Russian provocateurs and agents operating in eastern Ukraine tells us that they’ve been sent there determined to create chaos … These efforts are as ham-handed as they are transparent,” he said.“No one should be fooled, and believe me, no one is fooled by what could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in Crimea.”He added: “The United States and our allies [the EU] will not hesitate to use 21st-century tools to hold Russia accountable for 19th-century behaviour,” noting that “tough new sanctions on those orchestrating this action and on key sectors of the Russian economy, in energy, banking, mining – they’re all on the table.”In Brussels, the European Commission will on Wednesday brief EU countries’ ambassadors on preparations for what the Union is calling “stage three" sanctions.EUobserver understands the draft measures designate curbs on Russian banks and financial services firms, trade in certain commodities, bans on EU companies’ services for Russian oil and gas firms, and a potential arms embargo.The oil and gas sector sanctions could cover transfer of technology, investments in new exploration and infrastructure, and peripheral services such as insurance or logistics, but not an Iran-type ban on EU imports of oil and gas.The EU is also preparing to blacklist more Russian officials from a draft list of over 100 people, 33 of whom were already put under a visa ban and asset freeze in March.Kerry’s warning comes ahead of his meeting with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine’s acting foreign minister, and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton next week and ahead of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.But some diplomats fear the Russian invasion could begin before the weekend.The US ambassador to the OSCE, a multilateral body in Vienna, Daniel Baer, in a statement published on Tuesday, said elite Russian army units and airforce assets on Ukraine’s border are ready to “conduct short-notice, sustained, offensive military operations into Ukraine” with “quick-strike capability and air support to potential ground operations”.A Kiev-based diplomat from one EU country told EUobserver: “Russia is getting ready to occupy eastern and southern Ukraine, cutting it off from the sea, and securing key Ukrainian arms industry facilities which service its own military.”If events escalate, the US is ready to impose sanctions immediately on the basis of an existing White House “executive order”.But the EU will have to play catch-up because the commission sanctions proposals are unlikely to be finalised before the middle of next week.The options paper is being drafted by line departments, primarily DG trade and DG energy, and co-ordinated by the commission’s secretary general, veteran Irish official Catherine Day.It is taking time because it includes impact assessments on potential Russian retaliations, including “asymmetric” retaliations, along the lines of its current ban on EU pork imports, as well as on “burden sharing” of the impact among EU countries.It is also wrestling with a concern that increased EU-Russia tensions could see oil prices spike on world markets, putting more money in Russia’s war chest.But EU diplomats say the delays are linked in part to political signals from several leading EU countries, including France, Italy, Germany, and Spain, on how far Europe is prepared to go.For his part, German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the most senior member of the centre-left SPD party in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition, has caused upset in Berlin by saying the EU was wrong to make Ukraine choose between trans-Atlantic integration and membership in Russia’s nascent “Eurasian Union”."That is a very problematic remark ... it was Russia and not the EU that forced Ukraine into such a choice," Andreas Schockenhoff, a Russia specialist in Merkel’s centre-right CDU party, told Reuters on Tuesday."Just because Russia categorically insists that Ukraine must never become a member of Nato, we shouldn't have to accommodate this," he added.

Iran, six powers face 'significant gaps' in nuclear talks
By Louis Charbonneau and Fredrik Dahl 2 minutes ago-APR 9,14-YahooNews


VIENNA (Reuters) - Negotiators from Iran and six world powers struggled on Wednesday to narrow "significant gaps" in talks aimed at clearing the way for a long-term accord on curbing Tehran's nuclear program.The negotiators from Iran and the so-called P5-plus-one - the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - plan after their two days of talks in Vienna to start drafting the agreement to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline."The Iranians clearly have a sense of urgency to get a deal done, as does the P5+1," a Western diplomat close to the talks told Reuters."We know that there are still some significant gaps that remain and know this process will not be easy. But we're all committed to getting it (the draft) done by July 20," he said, in an assessment echoed by other Western diplomats.The toughest areas to be tackled are Iran's future uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear facilities that Western powers believe have little or no civilian value, and future nuclear research work, as well as a schedule of steps to remove the international sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.Background tensions over Russia's involvement in Ukraine and Western threats of further sanctions against Moscow and over the U.S. denial of a visa for Iran's proposed new U.N. envoy in New York have so far not harmed the nuclear talks, diplomats say.A senior Iranian official said Tehran was seeking to protect its "red lines" in what he said were "difficult" negotiations.
"Iran wants a deal in which its rights have been considered," the official said. "The talks have entered a very difficult stage. Making progress is difficult."

"BREAKOUT" PERIOD

The six powers' goal is to extend the "breakout" period Iran would need to develop an atomic weapon as much as possible. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday the current Western view of that period is two months.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly said that the oil- producing OPEC member's "red lines" are that it will never give up enrichment or shut any nuclear facility. Among the toughest issues are Iran's centrifuge research and development program, the size of its uranium stockpiles, the future of the Arak research reactor that could eventually yield significant quantities of bomb-grade plutonium, and the future of the previously hidden Fordow underground enrichment plant.The stakes are high. Western powers, along with Russia and China, want to avert an escalation of tensions in the Middle East in the form of a new war or a regional nuclear arms race.Iran, which denies accusations it is seeking a nuclear weapons capability, wants an end to sanctions and to regain what it sees as its rightful place as a leading regional power.The current Vienna talks are building on a preliminary deal that Iran and the six powers reached in Geneva last November.(Additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Fredrik Dahl and Justyna Pawlak; Editing by Gareth Jones)

FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN

REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

04/ 8/2014 - The VATICAN INSIDER-Pope pays tribute to collegiality, appointing Synod’s Under-Secretary as Bishop-Baldisseri with the Pope, after he was just created cardinal (22 Feb.)-Fabio Fabene has been Under-Secretary of the Synod of Bishops headed by Lorenzo Baldisseri since 8 February 2014. Today Francis nominated him bishop in recognition of the Council’s “valuable legacy” and Paul VI’s all-important decision-Iacopo Scaramuzzi

vatican city-Pope Francis has elevated Mgr. Fabio Fabene, Under-Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, to the dignity of bishop and has written a letter to the Synod’s Secretary, Lorenzo Baldisseri, explaining his decision. In the letter, Francis says that after reading the signs of the times, he deemed it necessary to “enhance” the “valuable conciliar legacy” of this collegial body established by Paul VI in 1965 and the work it continues to do to foster collegiality between the Bishop of Rome and his Bishops.In his letter, Pope Francis recalls Paul VI’s decision to strengthen the bond between the Bishop of Rome and the Bishops called by the Holy Spirit to govern the Church of God, by establishing the Synod of Bishops with the Motu Proprio “Apostolica Sollicitudo” on 15 September 1965. On that occasion, as the Second Vatican Council drew to an end, the Synodal body that was just being born encouraged Catholic bishops to assist the Bishop of Rome in a bolder and more efficient way, for the good of the Universal Church.All Synodal Assemblies celebrated since then have shown the Synod’s vital contribution to solving the universal Church’s problems and enhancing its activities and has given the Bishop of Rome valuable assistance in safeguarding and strengthening the faith.The Argentinean Pope then remembered one of the reflections John Paul II made on the Synod back in 1983: “Perhaps this body can be improved further. Maybe the Synod can express its collegial pastoral responsibility even more fully”). The conclusion he draws is that the breadth and depth of the Synod’s goal derives from the infinite mystery of God’s Church, which is communion and mission. For this reason, bishops can and must search for deeper and more authentic forms of expressing synodal collegiality, in order to foster ecclesial communion and promote its never-ending mission. Fifty years after the Synod’s establishment and having considered the signs of the times and his duty to revive  the close bond between the Bishop of Rome with the Church’s Pastors,  With his decision, Francis aims to show due recognition for the Council’s precious legacy. After all, the Successor of Peter’s role is not only to announce to everyone who Christ, the Son of the living God is, but also to pay due attention to what the words the Holy Spirit plants on the lips of those who participate fully in the College of Cardinals.In today’s letter, the Pope expressed his gratitude for the Synod’s “generous, diligent and competent work throughout these years”, giving a special mention to Cardinal Baldisseri as well as all members of the Synod, past and present. To make his appreciation even more evident, Francis decided to elevate the Synod’s Under-Secretary, Mgr. Fabio Fabene, to the episcopal order. “In coordinating work within the secretariat general, the under-secretary will be required to express the fertile and fruitful consequences of participation in the episcopal 'munus', a source of sanctification for those who surround it and the foundation of the hierarchical communion with the Bishop of Rome, and with the head and members of the Episcopal College.”Last November, Francis convened an Extraordinary Synod on "pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization” for 5-9 October 2014. Participants at this Synod will include the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences (there are currently 114 of them), the heads of dicasteries of the Roman Curia, a number of members whom the Pope will nominate, “fraternal delegates” of other Christian Churches and denominations and various “auditors”, including some married couples. This will be the third Extraordinary Synod in the history of the Catholic Church. It will be followed by an Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod in 2015.Fabio Fabene, 55, was born in Rome on 12 March 1959. He attended the Minor Seminary of former Diocese of Montefiascone, completed his theological studies at the regional Pontifical Seminary of Viterbo in Italy’s Lazio region, where he was also ordained priest on 26 May 1984. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from the Lateran Pontifical University. He has served in a number of pastoral, administrative roles, including priest of the parish of Santa Maria del Giglio in Montefiascone and episcopal chancellor; office head of the Congregation for Bishops; and external judge of the Tribunal of First Instance for causes of nullity of marriage for the Latium region, at the Ordinary Tribunal of the diocese of Rome. He served the Congregation for Bishops from 1 January 1988 and has been office head of the Congregation for Bishops since 24 April 2010. He was named Prelate of His Holiness in 2012, and was appointed as under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops on 8 February 2014. Francis’ decision to elevate an under-secretary of a Vatican dicastery to the dignity of bishop is an extraordinary event. Francis had previously elevated the Governorate’s secretary, Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, to the episcopal dignity.

04/ 8/2014 - THE VATICAN INSIDER-Commissions on IOR and administrative reform are about to conclude their work-The head offices of the IOR-The news is yet to be announced but the two “Commissions for Reference” set up by the Pope are about to reach the end of their mandate-Andrea tORNIELLI

vatican city-In a recent interview with Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire, the Vatican Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin stressed that the Commissions for Reference on the IOR (CRIOR) and the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA) were only “temporary” structures. Their mandate therefore has a start and finish date. Some expected the conclusion of the groups’ investigation work to be announced in the next few days. CRIOR was established by papal chirograph at the end of last June, as was  COSEA, in July 2013.Last February, both Commissions – which have separate offices – informed the C8 (the Council of Cardinals set up by the Pope to assist him with Curia reform) of the work carried out up until that point.  At the time, it seemed that the establishment of the C8 involved the continuation of CRIOR’s work, to ensure the “Vatican bank” underwent necessary reforms that would help turn it into a virtuous evangelical establishment. Yesterday’s communiqué which presented a “proposal” for the future of the IOR suggests CRIOR’s proposals were also taken into account. Over the past months CRIOR has considered a number of different possibilities for the future of the “Vatican bank”, from shutting it down completely to transforming it into a true and proper foundation. The Commission’s suggestion had been to change the IOR’s structure and its current tasks.But this change was opposed by the Institute’s president, Ernst von Freyberg who believes that the IOR must continue to exist in its current form, though improvements need to be made to the way it operates and its accounts and client-base cleaned up. Although yesterday’s communiqué gave the impression that all commissions, councils and secretariats shared the same outlook, the reality is in fact rather more complex.The one proposal most cardinal advisors seemed to agree on, was that which outlined that the role of the IOR was to serve the Church around the world and the Pope himself (bank transfers, financial help for “works of religion”), while the management of the Holy See’s assets should be left up to a new financial analysis and investment centre (Vatican Asset Manager), which George Pell, the new Vatican “minister of finance” said he wanted to establish. This would ensure that the financial investments of all dicasteries and Holy See structure, including the IOR, were centralized and managed by one single entity.Meanwhile, it seemed the time frame for COSEA’s work was going to be longer. Unlike CRIOR, COSEA requested a number of external consultations. COSEA’s meeting with the eight-member Council of Cardinals last February certainly did not signal the end of the Commission’s work , Fr. Federico Lombardi said. He added this was also taking into consideration that the Commission was in the process of consulting a number of different agencies.The number of external consultations requested by COSEA did in fact increase significantly over the months. The Commission put Promontory Financial Group in charge of reviewing the IOR’s current accounts and also asked it for a “due diligence” review of the economic and financial activities of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (15 October): it will be interesting to see whether Promontory has played or will have some role to play in relation to the Secretariat for the Economy. Meanwhile, Ernst&Young was hired to help ''verify and assess'' the Holy See's administration and management; McKinsey & Company was asked to come up with an “integrated plan to render the organisation of means of communication within the Holy See more functional, effective and modern” and Kpmg was tasked with “bringing the accounting procedures of all the entities of the Holy See in line with international standards (19 December); PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Deloitte were asked to carry out due diligence reviews of the Bambin Gesù children’s hospital in Rome and the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza foundation (31 January).Francis speeded things up by establishing the Secretariat for the Economy, the Holy See’s new “ministry of finance”. He put Cardinal Pell at the helm, appointing Mgr. Alfred Xuereb – who left his post as the Pope’s personal secretary - as his right hand man. It was the very members of the Pope’s advisory council, the C8, who considered creating the Secretariat for the Economy suggested by COSEA. The statutes outlining the new dicastery’s tasks are still in the process of being drafted, but what is certain is that its powers will be far-reaching. Meanwhile, Mgr. Pell, who has already taken up his post, is dealing with all the Holy See’s economic and financial questions and yesterday’s communiqué is proof that his influence extends to the IOR as well. Besides the Secretariat, Francis also created the Council for the Economy which is linked to the new dicastery and has directional power. This Council is headed by the German cardinal Reinhard Marx and is made up of 15 members, half of whom are cardinals and the other half lay people. Some of the new Council’s members were formerly members of the COSEA commission and will continue their work, integrating themselves into the recently created dicastery. Although COSEA will cease to exist as a commission for reference, it will continue its work within the Council for the Economy and the Secretariat for the Economy, which will now have to manage all the various consultation services the Commission requested.

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
33 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-04-09 06:01:43 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)33 earthquakes in map area

    2.6 30km NW of Volcano, Hawaii 2014-04-09 04:35:50 UTC-04:00 7.4 km
    5.1 259km ESE of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-09 04:32:38 UTC-04:00 24.0 km
    2.7 13km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii 2014-04-09 04:29:30 UTC-04:00 0.9 km
    2.5 5km S of Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California 2014-04-09 03:53:44 UTC-04:00 18.3 km
    2.5 11km NW of Anza, California 2014-04-09 03:53:39 UTC-04:00 28.7 km
    4.4 78km WNW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-09 03:49:22 UTC-04:00 19.1 km
    4.5 40km NNE of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan 2014-04-09 02:29:03 UTC-04:00 132.7 km

    2.6 17km WNW of Progreso, Mexico 2014-04-09 02:21:10 UTC-04:00 9.1 km
    4.9 79km WNW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-09 00:32:58 UTC-04:00 15.8 km
    4.8 44km ENE of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2014-04-09 00:24:52 UTC-04:00 96.8 km

    2.5 3km SSW of Wofford Heights, California 2014-04-08 23:49:08 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
    3.0 67km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-04-08 23:47:56 UTC-04:00 87.6 km
    3.1 6km SW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-08 23:36:07 UTC-04:00 7.3 km
    2.5 4km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2014-04-08 22:37:47 UTC-04:00 3.5 km
    2.8 21km NW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-08 20:39:05 UTC-04:00 5.6 km
    2.5 8km N of Healy, Alaska 2014-04-08 20:09:26 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
    4.0 77km NNE of Calama, Chile 2014-04-08 19:27:56 UTC-04:00 131.4 km
    4.8 210km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-08 18:22:41 UTC-04:00 17.4 km

    2.6 138km W of Ferndale, California 2014-04-08 18:04:30 UTC-04:00 4.0 km
    2.8 16km NE of Perry, Oklahoma 2014-04-08 17:05:56 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
    3.0 17km ESE of Maneadero, Mexico 2014-04-08 15:55:43 UTC-04:00 13.5 km
    2.5 4km SSW of Wofford Heights, California 2014-04-08 15:07:37 UTC-04:00 10.9 km
    3.0 4km S of Wofford Heights, California 2014-04-08 15:06:19 UTC-04:00 10.4 km
    4.1 110km SSW of Ilo, Peru 2014-04-08 14:28:13 UTC-04:00 19.9 km
    4.8 292km SSW of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2014-04-08 11:50:01 UTC-04:00 29.9 km

    2.7 55km NNW of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2014-04-08 11:24:13 UTC-04:00 3.7 km
    4.9 111km ENE of Hasaki, Japan 2014-04-08 11:02:08 UTC-04:00 28.1 km
    4.6 136km N of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-08 10:41:40 UTC-04:00 462.2 km
    4.6 104km N of Constitucion, Chile 2014-04-08 09:19:45 UTC-04:00 21.3 km
    4.5 Kuril Islands 2014-04-08 08:41:21 UTC-04:00 79.6 km
    4.5 106km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-08 07:18:07 UTC-04:00 41.5 km
    4.4 100km WSW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-08 06:30:42 UTC-04:00 14.6 km
    5.7 87km WSW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-08 06:14:32 UTC-04:00 7.0 km

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