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Subject: [BPR] - Locusts
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:36:49 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

Someone sent me some information yesterday that is very
interesting. They also sent a picture but seeing I can't send that through the
list I'm going to rehash what they said but try and do it so that you don't
necessary need a map (although I would highly recommend it).

They start off with a reference to Og, king of Bashan:

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Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold,
his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the
children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits
the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

05747 `Owg {ogue}
probably from 05746;; n pr m
AV - Og 22; 22
Og = "long-necked"
1) the Amorite king of Bashan and one of the last representatives
of the giants of Rephaim

Long necked, buried in Amman, Jordan.

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Moza:

If you were to look at a picture of the Middle East you would see that the
borders of Jordan look like the flat- topped head of a man with a long neck.

Keep the image of a man's face turned to the south and continue reading.

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...Daniel 11
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he
shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

Fort of his own land, Mecca! Jordan is facing Mecca!

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Moza:

Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary:
Mecca also Mekka or Arab. Makkah, anc. Macoraba. Capital of Hejaz, W
Saudi Arabia...a holy city and chief pilgrimage destination of Islam;
birthplace of Muhammad, founder of Islam, c. 570 AD; contains the Great
Mosque with the Kaaba and sacred Black Stone.

The head of the man is pointed at Saudi Arabia which holds the holiest sites
of Islam.

Please see our earlier study on "Locusts"
(http://philologos.org/bpr/research.htm") for more info regarding Mohammed,
Arab nations and the correlation between them and locusts.

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Revelation 9
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto
battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, [Sinai]
and their faces were as the faces of men. [Jordan]

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, [Lebanon] and their teeth were
as the teeth of lions. [Jordan]

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; [Iraq,
iron, oil] and the sound of their wings [Saudi Arabia, Syria] was as the sound
of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, [I have to get another map!]
and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men
five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue
hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

God painted their borders with Rev. 9!

Yikes!

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Moza:

Jordan's border looks like the bottom 3/4 of a man's head and neck, Israel
makes up the rest of the head (possibly hair?) . Projected off to the left of
Israel is the Sinai which does look like a crown. Lebanon is projected off to
the right of Israel and looks like long hair. The "body" of the man is Iraq and
his "wings" are Syria on the "back" of the man and Saudi Arabia in front of
the man.

As far as the tails of scorpions, Uzbekistan and Pakistan seem to be more
in the shape of scorpion's tails than anything else but they seem to be pretty
far removed from the man (but then again, men aren't usually described as
having scorpion's tails). I might be just projecting what I think should be the
tail in this description but otherwise, everything seems to match up just like
Marty stated.

Remeber, these borders were only drawn very recently--before the latter half
of this century this study would have been impossible to do.

This study seems appropriate as the weekly reading in the Synagogue for
this week starts off with the plague of locusts before the Exodus and goes
through until the Israelites are set free.

If anyone would like to see the map that was sent along with the study, just
email me and I will blip it over. Or you can wait until it is put up on the
website and view the map then.

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Subject: [BPR] - Stern-faced king
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:38:40 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

The same "inspired by the Holy Spirit" person(s) that sent me the locust info
also sent along the following:

They have found the following url that contains a picture of the new king of
Jordan and propose that it describes Daniel 8:23.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/feb99/jordan8.htm

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Daniel 8:23

NIV
"In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked,
a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

RSV
And at the latter end of their rule, when the transgressors have reached their
full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall
arise.

KJV
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to
the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,
shall stand up.

DBY
And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have
come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall
stand up.

YLT
`And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the
transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden
things;

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Many thanks for their efforts and for sending me their conclusions.

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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (1/17/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:49:50 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

*** Palestinians make statehood threat

JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian leaders say they are preparing to
declare statehood as early as next month, a sign of their unhappiness
with the pace of peace talks with Israel. Salim Zanoun, chairman of
the Palestine Liberation Organization's Central Council, said Sunday
his organization will convene Feb. 2 to discuss the statehood issue.
If it decides in favor of the idea, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
would be authorized to declare statehood the same day, although he
could delay a declaration. Palestinian officials have said they
reserve the right to declare statehood if they suspect Israel of
reneging on its obligations in the ongoing peace talks. Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak has not objected to Palestinian statehood, but
Israeli opponents to the peace process would likely use a unilateral
statehood declaration as proof that Barak has lost control of the
negotiations. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563359381-44b

*** Communists prepare for Russia vote

MOSCOW (AP) - The head of Russia's Communist Party planned election
strategy Saturday with his supporters and said he had a good chance
of beating acting President Vladimir Putin in a March presidential
vote. Other political groups, including the reform Yabloko party,
also held pre-election planning meetings to map out their plans for
the election called after former President Boris Yeltsin's
resignation Dec. 31. Yabloko leaders formally nominated Grigory
Yavlinsky as their candidate, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. Support
for the Communists has been shrinking with each new election. Party
leader Gennady Zyuganov and his supporters were meeting in Moscow
behind closed doors to try to find ways to reverse the trend. Polls
show that Putin has enough backing to win the election on the first
round. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563316688-354
*** Also: Russians hope Putin brings change, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563357969-bf0
*** And: Russia to judge Putin on present, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563377331-c16

*** China quakes kill 4, injure 400

BEIJING (AP) - Two earthquakes struck southwest China hours apart
Saturday, killing at least four people, injuring 400 others and
collapsing thousands of buildings, officials said. A 5.9-magnitude
quake hit Yao'an county in Yunnan province, about 900 miles west of
Hong Kong, at 6:09 a.m. local time, sending people running from their
homes. An even stronger aftershock with a magnitude of 6.5 struck 90
minutes later, according to a county seismologist who gave just his
surname, Su. Four people were killed, 29 were seriously injured and
371 were slightly hurt, government seismologists said. The State
Seismology Bureau in Beijing said 4,000 buildings collapsed, but
state-run television said up to 10,000 buildings had fallen or were
seriously damaged. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563325833-104
*** Also: 11 dead in China mine collapse, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563319174-8c0

*** 2 moderate quakes shake Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Two small earthquakes rattled central Taiwan
early Monday, seismologists said. No damage or injuries were
immediately reported. The first quake, with a magnitude of 4.7,
struck 25 miles northeast of the island's third-largest city,
Taichung, the Central Weather Bureau said. Taichung, hit hard by a
massive tremor Sept. 21, is 80 miles south of Taipei. The epicenter
of the second tremor, which occurred minutes after the first quake,
was in the same general location as the first, the bureau said. The
second earthquake had a magnitude of 4.3. Tens of thousands of
aftershocks and small quakes have jolted the island since September's
7.6-magnitude tremor hit central Taiwan, killing 2,400 people and
leaving thousands homeless. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563374797-cda

*** Monk wants to revive black crown

NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The young Tibetan monk who fled last week to
India wants to revive the Black Crown ceremony, a 300-year-old
tradition lost since the death of his predecessor. Devotees believe
the black crown is the earthly embodiment of the aura that surrounds
the Karmapa, the leader of the Karma Kagyu sect of Buddhism founded
900 years ago. The crown was brought to the Indian state of Sikkim,
then an independent Buddhist kingdom, by the 16th Karmapa when he
fled Chinese rule in 1959. He died in 1981. The 17th Karmapa, who
defected to India last week, wants to go to Sikkim's Rumtek monastery
to reclaim the crown, the symbol of his enlightenment. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563329430-869
*** Also: Young monk may emerge as leader, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563330239-97f
*** And: More Chinese turning to religion, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563357991-9de

*** Camera might help blind man see

NEW YORK (AP) - A blind man can read large letters and navigate
around big objects by using a tiny camera wired directly to his
brain, the first artificial eye to provide useful vision, a
researcher reports. The 62-year-old man doesn't see an image. He
perceives up to 100 specks of light that appear and disappear, like
stars that come and go behind passing clouds, as his field of vision
shifts. But as he showed a reporter last week, that's enough to let
him find a mannequin in a room, walk to a black stocking cap hanging
on a white wall, and then return to the mannequin to plop the cap on
its head. He also can recognize a 2-inch-tall letter from five feet
away, said researcher William Dobelle. "He can do remarkably well"
with the limited visual signal, said Dobelle, who is developing the
artificial vision system. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563367924-04f

*** Internet making TV interactive

NEW YORK (AP) - Ready or not, the Internet is coming to the
television set, potentially transforming a passive pastime into an
engaging endeavor. Viewers could play along with TV game shows, check
stock quotes while watching a financial network, or chat with other
viewers during an episode of "Dawson's Creek." Advertisers could
capture a sale with the click of a remote control. Elements of
interactive TV are already here, and the impending merger of America
Online and Time Warner could accelerate its adoption. Microsoft's Web
TV has 1 million users, and AOL unveiled a competing AOL TV service
days before announcing the merger last Monday. Widespread interactive
offerings are still years away, and consumers have yet to clamor for
Internet functions on their TV. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563362172-499

*** Scientist tests wearable computer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The guy wired-up with a headset and keypad
in the dairy-food aisle is not just an information-age geek with a
21st century calculator. He's Andrew Fagg, a University of
Massachusetts scientist who could be shaping the future. Fagg is
working on making smarter wearable computers - and, yes, also picking
out his own groceries from a computerized list. He is doing research
in one of the newest fields in computing: devices that allow a
personal computer to be as wearable as a tool belt. The user can wear
the monitor as a headset and keypad as a wrist watch. The commercial
market for such wearable computers has expanded strongly over the
past year, mainly for specialized industrial uses. They're already
used by warehouse workers to check inventory, doctors to review
medical records, and transportation workers to inspect roadways. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563357968-1d3

*** Russian-U.S. Y2K missile center closes

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - No news was good news as a
Russian-American center established last month to monitor potential
Y2K-related missile mishaps closed Saturday - with nothing to report.
The former enemies created the joint unit at Peterson Air Force Base
to make sure there were no accidental missile launches at the dawn of
the year 2000. They wanted to ensure, for example, that their systems
didn't mistake a radar failure as a threat or misidentify a
commercial aircraft as a bomber. The Center for Year 2000 Strategic
Stability shut its doors following a ceremony attended by the Russian
and American officers who had kept a round-the-clock watch for
long-range missile and rocket launches around the world since Dec.
30. None were detected. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563326099-d23

*** Company aims to equip gyms with Internet

NEW YORK (AP) - Stay longer on the exercise bike or that Stairmaster.
An Internet company wants to let you surf the Web and check your
e-mail as you burn off calories. Netpulse Communications Inc. is to
announce Tuesday that it will spend $100 million equipping thousands
of fitness centers with free Internet terminals at workout stations.
That strikes one excuse for not working out: Tom Proulx, Netpulse
president and chief executive, said exercisers can no longer complain
of boredom. Advertisers, meanwhile, get a captive audience for
hawking nutritional bars, sports equipment and health products. "It's
an upscale audience that has the disposable income to pay monthly
dues to health clubs," Proulx said. "And you have them when they are
totally captive, bored out of their minds, actively seeking
distractions." See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563369351-282

*** Clinton plans environmental legacy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservation proposals are falling like rain from
the White House as President Clinton tries to create an environmental
legacy without the help of Congress. With just 12 months left in
Clinton's presidency, agencies are working quickly to try to complete
more than a dozen major rules this year. Authorities inside and
outside government cannot remember when there has been so much
activity. The rule-making is "absolutely unprecedented," said Sen.
Slade Gorton, R-Wash., chairman of the Senate Appropriations
subcommittee on the interior. He is hopeful the next president can
undo many of Clinton's initiatives. Dale Riddle, who tracks
regulatory proposals for Seneca Sawmill Co. in Eugene, Ore., compares
the blizzard of proposals to the New Deal years. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563358024-00d
*** Also: List of Clinton-environment actions, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563358025-b57

*** Environmentalists: Earth going bad

WASHINGTON (AP) - The rise of the Internet and soaring stock markets
threaten to obscure "real-world" troubles such as crises in water
supplies and other resources, an environmental group said Saturday.
"Global economic trends during the 1990s were remarkably bullish, but
environmental trends were disastrous," Worldwatch Institute said in
its State of the World 2000 report. The report noted the 20th century
brought spectacular technological achievements, boosted employment
and helped fuel America's longest peacetime economic expansion. But,
it said, the expanding global economy is outgrowing Earth's
ecosystems. Since Worldwatch started its annual assessments in 1984,
its list of troublesome trends - shrinking forests, falling water
tables, disappearing plant and animal species - has lengthened to
include rising temperatures, melting glaciers, more destructive
storms, dying coral reefs. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563330889-190

*** Experts see evidence of will to live

NEW YORK (AP) - A desire to see the year 2000 arrive may sit behind
an unusually high number of deaths in New York City in the year's
first seven days, experts say. Preliminary numbers from New York's
Department of Health show 1,791 people died in the city in the first
week of 2000 - a 50.8% increase from the 1999 total of 1,187 deaths
for the same period. The 2000 number is also 46% more than the 1,226
deaths in the first week of 1998, The New York Times reported
Saturday. The increase may be tied to what many researchers have long
believed is the human ability to postpone deaths as a major event
looms, experts told the newspaper. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563314651-5c9

*** Mother jailed for overdue books

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A pregnant mother of two spent a day in jail
for allegedly ignoring notices from the public library, becoming the
second reader in a week to be locked up for overdue books in Pinellas
County. Beverly J. Goldman, 24, said she changed addresses and didn't
receive a single notice from the library or the courts until two
detectives showed up at her door Thursday. Goldman, who is seven
months pregnant, was arrested on charges of failing to appear in
court on seven counts of failing to return overdue library materials.
The detectives let Goldman send her 5-year-old son and 6-year-old
daughter off to school before taking her in. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563290635-c38

See http://philologos.org/bpr for additional info.

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Subject: [BPR] - World at War 2000
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:54:47 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

WORLD AT WAR 2000
A fascinating look at the 38 ongoing conflicts around the world and future
potential conflicts.

http://geography.about.com/msub84.htm

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Subject: [BPR] - Religion Today items
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:58:41 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

January 17, 2000

Philadelphia's new mayor plans to run the city "in a manner that
the Lord would want me to." John Street said he will involve the
city's churches in addressing various needs, and commit himself
to maintain high personal standards of morality. He said he wants
an open, honest, hard-working administration committed to
promoting a health-conscious city, and will make education a high
priority.
...Street, a member of Ebenezer Seven-day Adventist Church and a
long-time City Council member, said he tried to preserve his
personal and professional dignity during the $10 million drive to
fund his mayoral race. For those who tried to discourage him
during the race, he said, "There is no way that I won't win if
God is for me."
...He also wants to be a role model for young people. "I want to
show them that the Lord indeed can and will lead them if they
place their trust in Him."

Police in Belarus won't arrest the Gospel. The principal of a
school in Novopolostsk refused to let two members of The Gideons
International (see link #1 below) pass out Scriptures in class,
so they stood in the hallways giving them out, Victor
Goncharenko, a field representative for the ministry, said.
...The principal ordered the men outside, but students followed
them, forming a long line to get a copy. She called the police,
who arrested the men, Goncharenko said.
...At the police station, the chief of police released the men
and asked them to hand out copies of the New Testaments to
everyone on his staff, Goncharenko said. Then the chief drove the
Gideons back to the school and told them to finish giving out
their Scriptures.

RELATED LINKS:
1: http://www.gideons.org/

http://www.religiontoday.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Russia's electronic police get carte blanche
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:07:11 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

St. Petersburg Times
January 14, 2000
Russia's Electronic Police Get Carte Blanche
By Jen Tracy
STAFF WRITER

Under an obscure bit of legislation quietly approved by acting President
Vladimir Putin, the nation's major law enforcement and security bodies -
from the tax police to the Border Guards - are to be technically equipped
to enjoy instant real-time access to e-mail and other electronic traffic.

Seven law enforcement bodies named in the new law are now to join the
Federal Security Service - the main KGB successor agency and acting
President Putin's alma mater - in being hard-wired to Russia's Internet
service providers.

These authorities are still required by the Russian Constitution to obtain
a court warrant before tapping phones, opening e-mails or accessing other
private correspondence between citizens or organizations. But for all of
them, e-mails, e-commerce transactions and other Internet traffic will be a
mere mouse-click away - easily perused without anyone ever knowing,
regardless of what the courts or the Constitution may say.

"This means Russia has officially become a police state," Yelena Bonner,
the human rights activist and wife of the late Soviet dissident Andrei
Sakharov, said in a telephone interview on Wednesday from Boston, where
she has been visiting for the past few months. "And this wartime police state
came about unnoticed when Putin rose to power on Dec. 31."

Putin signed the legislation - an amendment to the 1995 Law on Operational
Investigations that passed the State Duma on Dec. 1 - on Jan. 5. It took
force Jan. 6 upon publication in Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the official
government newspaper.

The original 1995 law gave the security services the right to monitor all
sorts of correspondence, from postal deliveries to cell phone
conversations, provided they first obtained a warrant.

With the growth of the Internet, the FSB and the State Communications
Committee have issued new regulations - based on their interpretation of
the 1995 law - that force Internet service providers to link their
computers to those at FSB headquarters.

Internet service providers do not like to talk about the FSB's so-called
SORM project - the acronym stands for Sistema Operativno-Rozysknykh
Meropriyatii, or System for Operational-Investigative Activities. But many
of them have already quietly complied.

The costs to the Internet service provider of installing the equipment are
estimated from $10,000 to $30,000, not including any future upgrades.
That's enough to shut down some smaller providers, and some SORM-
watchers argue that the big Internet players actually welcome SORM as it helps them
consolidate their market share.

The new amendment doesn't mention SORM by name or detail the new
technical requirements for Internet service providers. But it does extend the FSB's
hard-wired access to electronic traffic to seven other agencies: the tax
police, the Interior Ministry, the Border Guards, the Customs Committee,
the Kremlin security service, the presidential security service, the
parliamentary security services and the Foreign Intelligence Service, or
SVR.

Internet experts interviewed on Wednesday said they expected the additional
security organs could simply piggy-back on the FSB's SORM technology,
which has already been installed at the expense - and expertise - of the
providers.

Human rights activists worry that the FSB - and now the seven other
security organs - will not bother getting a court order when they can see
private information at a whim. And if once they placed some faint hopes on
the FSB simply not having the manpower to systematically track mass
quantities of e-mail and other traffic, the situation has drastically
changed now that eight security organs can in theory be working at once,
perhaps even in cooperation.

"It was bad enough that the FSB had unlimited control over confidential
correspondence, and now it is multiplied eight times," said Boris
Pustintsev, chairman of St. Petersburg-based Citizens' Watch rights group.

"The FSB alone had some problems implementing SORM as NGOs
[non-governmental organizations] were fighting it. Now, it will be routine
[to get SORM set up and functioning], as you can't fight a monster with
eight heads."

The FSB says SORM will help law enforcement track and capture criminals
ranging from tax evaders to pedophiles, because such people may conduct or
discuss their business electronically.

Human rights groups counter that the Russian security services are cannot
be trusted with such power. They argue that agents will abuse SORM to
assemble political dossiers and to steal and sell commercial secrets -
something that could line the pockets of agents and organizations who have
not fared well under post-Soviet budgets.

In the nationally televised New Year's Eve address in which he acknowledged
Boris Yeltsin's resignation and took on the duties of the presidency, Putin
promised he would be a generous patron to Russia's security services.

"The potential of the special services will not just be maintained but
increased," Putin pledged then.

The FSB and the tax police did not reply to questions faxed by The St.
Petersburg Times.

via: transhumantech@onelist.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Eclipse of the moon
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:28:37 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

Another subscriber sent me the following (they, also, want to remain
anonymous):

"I went to my astronomy program to get info for viewing the eclipse from my
house. I was clicking around to get the moon in view, and look what showed
up! I created this graphic using Jerusalem as the location (and a time-of-day
when I could get the whole thing on the viewing screen), but it's the same
thing, a sickle! And preceding a blood red eclipse? Yikes!

Joel 3:13

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the
press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great."

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The graphic shows all planets (except Pluto) including the Sun and Moon in
a semi-circle formation for the date of January 20, 2000. If anyone would like
to see the graphic, just email me or wait until we put it up on the website.

Please see our"Chronology of the Book of Revelation?" file
(http://philologos.org/bpr/research.htm). The contention is that end-time
events will follow the weekly reading schedule used by the Jews. With the
Syrians and Palestinians (locusts) moving it may be time for them to reap
what they've sowed, etc.

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Subject: [BPR] - Arutz-7 News items (1/17/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:39:20 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

SYRIA: NO TALKS UNTIL ISRAEL AGREES TO WITHDRAW
Following hours of uncertainty and Syrian threats not to show up for the
next round of talks with Israel in Shepherdstown, Damascus now says
officially that it will not renew the talks until Israel agrees to retreat
all the way up to the June 4, 1967 borders. Radio Damascus said this
afternoon that the mission of the Shepherdstown "borders" working-group was
to draw the exact line of the June 4, '1967 border, and not to discuss the
extent of the withdrawal.

The Prime Minister's Office says that it has not received an official
notice of cancellation of the talks, which were scheduled to resume this
Wednesday. "If they want to push off the talks," said Prime Minister Barak
today, "let them." The Syrians have denounced Israel for leaking an
American memorandum on a rough draft of the peace treaty - but have said
nothing about their own, earlier leak of a different version of the
agreements to a London paper. Barak told reporters today that if the
Syrians think they can pressure Israel by threatening to hold up the talks,
they will not succeed. The Golan Residents Committee stated today, "In
order to avert a situation wherein we are left with neither the Golan nor
peace, the government must stop the talks with Assad, and leave the Golan
under Israeli control, as most of the public wants."

Representatives of the Committee met today with Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir
Lau and the Chief Rabbinate board. At one point, Peace Now activists burst
into the meeting, eliciting a strong condemnation from the Rabbis. The
Chief Rabbis said that the Golan is an intrinsic part of the Land of Israel
regarding Halakhic [Jewish legal] matters, but that on issues of Israeli
sovereignty, they must hear the government's opinion before expressing
their own.

POLICE IGNORE CRIMES, ARREST STUDENT
The police raided the apartment of archaeology student Tzachi Tzveig this
morning, arrested him, and confiscated ancient artifacts from his home.
Tzveig had taken the artifacts from Nachal Kidron, where the Waqf dumped
hundreds of truckloads of dirt containing the remains of archaeological
treasures from under the Temple Mount. Chai VeKayam leader Yehuda
Etzion condemned the police action, saying that its "hypocrisy cries out to the
heavens. The police don't lift a finger against the crimes of the Waqf on
the Temple Mount, but when a student tries to salvage some of the
destruction - obviously not for his personal profit - they take immediate
and resolute action."

GALILEE NEXT?
Arutz-7's Ariel Kahane reports on possible Israeli concessions and
ramifications of an agreement with Syria and Lebanon: "One Israeli
concession that has been discussed has been a symbolic demilitarization of
none other than the Galilee. It's not clear what this means exactly, but
it is reminiscent of the consent once given by Yitzchak Rabin for Syrian
officers to be present on Mt. Meron in the Galilee, in exchange for an
Israeli presence on Mt. Hermon in the Golan. The spirit of such proposals
seems to jibe with something that Gen. (res.) Amos Gilbo'a told Arutz-7
last week. He said, 'I was present at a session of the Council for Peace
and Security when a senior IDF officer said that the Galilee is not a vital
interest for the existence of the State of Israel. He said that in the
worst case, if we give away the Golan, and a war breaks out, and the
Syrians capture the northern Galilee, it would not be so terrible. It was
simply traumatic for me to hear a senior IDF officer speak this way.'"

"In the western Galilee," continued Kahane, "other measures are planned in
case of a pullback from southern Lebanon. The army has written a letter to
the heads of communities on the northern coast, telling them that for the
first few months after a withdrawal, the coastline from Nahariya up to Rosh
HaNikra [about 12 kilometers] will be declared a closed military area [in
case terrorists attempt to attack Israel via the water]. This decision has
already been the subject of strong objections from local residents, many of
whom depend on water sports and tours for their sustenance. Sasi
Shemesh, head of the Achziv resort, said that the law will have damaging economic
results, and is not very enforceable - 'but I gave up a long time ago
trying to find logic in the authorities' decisions...'"

IN SHORT
        About 100 women of the Jewish community of Hevron protested this
afternoon at the Hevron police station. They demand that the police take resolute
action against the continuing phenomenon of sexual harassment against
them by Arab residents. The women have been complaining for months that not
only do the police do nothing to stop the harassment, they often open
police files against the women themselves...
        Farmers around the country are preparing emergency measures for
tomorrow's expected windstorm. Winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour are foreseen,
and the farmers are reinforcing their greenhouses and covering sensitive
fruit trees, such as loquat. Rain is expected to begin in the north
tomorrow night, and will spread southwards on Wednesday...
        Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg (Labor; son of the late Talmudic scholar
and National Religious Party MK Yosef Burg) has founded a discussion group on
Bible studies and Jewish thought in the Knesset. The topics to be
discussed at the monthly meetings will be of practical and public import,
and lecturers from Hebrew University will participate...

Arutz Sheva News Service
<www.ArutzSheva.org>
Monday, January 17, 2000 / Sh'vat 10, 5760

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Subject: [BPR] - Comet debris falls on Spain
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:30:49 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

1/17/2000 12:06:00 ET

Comet debris falls on Spain

MADRID (Reuters) - At least 10 melon-sized ice balls that have slammed
into Spain in the last week are probably debris from comets, not human
excrement as first suspected, a Spanish scientist said Monday.

Enrique Martinez, head of a team at the Higher Council of Scientific
Investigation studying the phenomenon, said it was first thought that the
ice balls were human excrement ejected from high-flying aircraft.

"But they lack the typical coloring and texture we find in those cases," he
said.

A man in southern Spain escaped injury last week when an eight-inch ice
ball weighing nine pounds smashed into his car.

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Subject: [BPR] - Jan 18, 2000 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:27:57 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

8:00 PM Eastern

HIST - THE ODESSA FILE - An organization helps Nazi
war criminals elude punishment.(CC)(TVG)

9:00

CBS - 60 MINUTES II - Former tobacco executive
reveals smuggling scheme; Melissa Etheridge and David Crosby
discuss family values.(CC)

A&E - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS - "Copycat Crimes" -
Crimes that imitate movies; John Hinckley and ``Taxi
Driver''; school shootings.(CC)

HIST - HITLER'S HENCHMEN - "Mengele: The Doctor of
Death" - Josef Mengele experiments upon Auschwitz
inmates.(CC)(TVPG)

TLC - LIFE AFTER DEATH - "The Near Death
Experience/Dreams of Dying" - Near-death experiences; dreams
of terminally ill patients.(CC)(TVPG)

10:00

PBS - FRONTLINE - "The Killer at Thurston High" -
          Friends, family and counselors examine the case of
          15-year-old Kip Kinkel, accused of killing his parents and
          opening fire at his Oregon high school.(CC)(Ends 11:30pm)

HIST - NORAD: THE WAR GAME FORTRESS - Deterring Soviet sneak
attacks; early warning system; U.S. missile warning
center.(CC)(TVG)

TLC - LIFE AFTER DEATH - "Visions of Heaven/Visions
of Hell" - Near-death visions can comfort or
terrify.(CC)(TVPG)

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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (1/17/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:33:59 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

*** Israel-Syria negotiations postponed

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel announced Monday that peace talks with Syria
had been suspended indefinitely, following hints that the Syrians
were frustrated by the progress toward a withdrawal from the Golan
Heights that Damascus had demanded. The announcement by Prime
Minister Ehud Barak's office did not give a reason for the
postponement, nor did it say whether it was at Syria's request. The
talks had been scheduled to begin Wednesday in Shepherdstown, W.Va.,
where they recessed Jan. 10 after a week. Israeli media said the
Syrians apparently want to pressure Israel to commit to a withdrawal
from the Golan Heights before negotiations resume. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563395764-639 ***
Also: Price of peace concerns Syrians, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563391967-22b

*** Israel postpones West Bank pullback

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will postpone a partial troop withdrawal from
6.1% of the West Bank by up to three weeks, Prime Minister Ehud Barak
said Monday. Barak said the Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis in the West
Bank, sought by the Palestinians, will probably not be handed over in
the upcoming withdrawal. The Israelis say they have the right to
postpone the pullback by three weeks, according to the timetable of
the most recent interim peace accord. The Palestinians reacted
bitterly to Israel's decision, saying it was unacceptable. Barak told
his Cabinet Sunday that he needed more time to look at the withdrawal
maps because of his scheduled trip to the United States for a
possible new round of peace talks with Syria. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563391757-e17

*** Chinese official visits Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) - Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian, opening a
three-day visit to Russia, said Monday that his government is
"standing up" to the U.S. on military issues, Russian media reported.
His comments come as Russia and China say they are eager to form a
new alliance and counter perceived American dominance of world
affairs. The cooperation is mostly confined to military deals. Key to
the policy, which Russian diplomats refer to as creating a
"multipolar world," is Russia cementing relations with China, which
have been rocky in the past, but appear on an upswing. Russia has
vehemently opposed U.S. proposals to modify the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty to allow the construction of a limited anti-missile
system, and Chi echoed the criticism. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563390438-3f6

*** Saddam asks enemies to beg to God

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In a televised speech marking the ninth
anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein urged his enemies
Monday to ask God for forgiveness for crimes against Iraq - a clear
reference to U.N. economic sanctions. The United States and its
allies began the assault on Iraq nine years ago in order to force it
out of Kuwait, which Saddam's forces had occupied seven months
earlier. Iraq withdrew and signed a cease-fire but still claims
victory in what it called the "mother of all battles." See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563388017-960

*** Tibetans ordain 2-year-old child

BEIJING (AP) - Venturing anew into Tibet's arcane religious politics,
China's communist government has approved a 2-year-old boy as a
reincarnated Buddhist abbot, who historically plays a key role in
naming the Dalai Lama. Members of the Buddhist clergy ordained Soinam
Puncog as the 7th Reting Lama at a ceremony Sunday in Tibet's holiest
shrine, the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, China's Xinhua News Agency
reported. While important lamas must traditionally be recognized by
the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet has not
commented on the choice of the Reting Lama, said the Cabinet
secretary for the Tibetan government-in-exile in India. China has
tried to win over Tibet's Buddhists and loosen the hold of the Dalai
Lama since his flight to exile 41 years ago. Chinese leaders have
twice in recent years tried to manipulate the naming of reincarnated
lamas, both times without apparent success. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563393928-042

*** Secret processor to be unveiled

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - A top-secret computer chip designed and
funded by a powerful group of high-tech leaders is slated to roll out
this Wednesday amid a flurry of high expectations - and intrigue. For
the past five years, Transmeta Corp. has secretly toiled away on the
project under the leadership of CEO David Ditzel, a former chip
designer for AT&T's Bell Labs and Sun Microsystems Inc. What makes
Transmeta all the more interesting is the cast of characters attached
to the Santa Clara-based company. Employees include superstar
designers like Linux creator Linus Torvalds, while investors consist
of industry barons like Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen and
billionaire financier George Soros. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563387979-15d

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Subject: [BPR] - NASA considers destroying space observatory
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:40:50 -0500

From: "Moza" <moza7@netzero.net>

NASA CONSIDERS DESTROYING SPACE OBSERVATORY
-------------------------
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) has been one of NASA's
most expensive and productive astronomy satellites. And now the
agency is considering destroying it. Like all satellites, its
orbit will eventually decay, bringing it back to Earth, and NASA
has the fuel on board to handle it carefully. But one of the
observatory's three gyros has failed, and if another goes, they
won't be able to steer it safely back to Earth - so they're
considering bringing it back early.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_606000/606895.stm
http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/01/14/satellite.deorbit/index.html
http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/01/16a.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Albright proposes world cops
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:52:09 -0500

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Wanted: Police Officers to Wear a Lighter Blue
TIME Notebook: Albright asks for more cops on the world beat

The Clinton administration doesn't want the U.S. to become the
world's policeman. But it wouldn't mind having world cops.
Floating around the White House is a proposal by Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright that would have the U.N. set up a
standby force of several thousand policemen, who would rush into
war-torn areas to keep law and order.

Full story:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/0,2960,37653-101000117,00.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Jews have begun leaving Iran
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:54:38 -0500

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DETENTIONS AND MURDERS DRIVE JEWS OUT OF IRAN

Jews have begun leaving Iran because of fears generated by the
detention without trial of 13 Jews accused of spying for Israel.
Concern that the world's oldest and largest Jewish community in
a Muslim state is under threat has alarmed the Israeli
government. It has called for the immediate release of the 13
before the trickle of emigrants becomes a mass exodus.

Full story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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