North Sea Oil Fields and Petroleum output

The North Sea is situated between the shores of Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway. It covers a total covering area of practically 750,000 quadrilateral kilometers with an median water depth of about 95 meters. It may well be the largest oil and natural gas depot in Western Europe.

During the 1970's oil and gas reserves were discovered in the North Sea. However, North Sea oil reserves did not play such an leading role until the 1980s and 1990s when big oil projects were launched in the area. Although the bad weather of the North Sea and its water depth requires costly equipment for offshore oil extraction, the area has political stability and ready entrance to European oil markets.

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Brent crude oil was one of the earliest petroleums that were recovered from the North Sea. Currently Brent crude is still an leading standard for comparing oil prices.

There are currently five countries involved with North Sea oil discharge and production. They are the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Germany. The rest of this article provides a closer look at a few of the North Sea oil fields.

Brent Field was discovered in the far north of the North Sea area in 1971. The sandstone layers of this area has held more than 500 billion liters of oil for millions of years.

Forties Field was discovered in 1970 and it has also held more than 500 billion liters of petroleum for a very long time.

Leman Field was found in 1966 and it is currently the largest gas field in the southern North Sea area.

South Brae Field was discovered in 1977. Its crude oil depot was found at a greater depth than other North Sea oil fields. Its crude oil is hot and corrosive.

There is currently a downward trend in the output volume of North Sea oil. The start of new projects, high oil prices and the discovery of new North Sea oil reserves may help to temporarily slow this decline in output volume.

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If Iran Gets a Nuclear Weapon Will the World Have to Get Used to It?

Nuclear proliferation is a real question in the present period and it is getting more serious all the time. Today we have both North Korea and Iran moving send with regards to their nuclear weapons programs. This is serious business, and we need more than merely a global argument on this, we need to put an end to rogue nation nuclear weapon proliferation.

Not long ago, I was discussing this topic with Jesse Giraldo, a researcher on post-cold war Us-Russian relation, and I asked him; what are your thoughts on Joe Biden's annotation that "the world is going to have to get used to Iran being a nuclear power." You see, that statement does rather upset Israel, and makes the Us sound like it is not going to do anything about it. This concerns not only our allies in the Jewish state but other allies together with many Arab states in the Middle East as well.

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And if Iran gets nuclear weapons, and considering their history of sponsoring proxy terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah for instance a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv in the next decade or more is possible. Too, since Hezbollah and Hamas are essentially reloading rockets currently, this is a question as tensions increase.

Syria is suspicious, and they too have a hand in allowing terrorist organizations to head quarter in their nation, and yet, the Us is trying to woo them with trade, under-cutting the Iran-Syria war pact, money and economic trade does seem to be a big deal to Middle Eastern nations. I suppose this economic trade could supplant Iranian trade, as Iran's cheaper is in the tank and civil unrest could spark again, choice time. Here is what Giraldo had to say about that;

Joe Biden is quite right, as long as Iran sticks to the official tag line that the purpose of its nuclear power acquisition is for vigor we don't have much of a infer to investigate the issue beyond gentle channels. I understand Israel's discontentment but unless they can prove Iran's intentions to be otherwise I doubt America will take any actions beyond its current efforts. I suppose a mushroom cloud over Tel-Aviv is possible but I find it to be incredibly unlikely.

Jesse Giraldo also stated; I don't think Hamas and Hezbollah stand to advantage much by dropping a nuclear warhead on Israel. In expanding to turning their own home into a radioactive wasteland for years the chances of them as a matter of fact retaking the country back (their stated purpose and Mo) would be near impossible as the U.S would immediately intervene and crush any resistance that threatens their strategically vital and trusted ally in the Middle East. Call me crazy but I don't see Aipac sitting silent quietly should a nuclear warhead drop on Israel.

Well, I doubt anything would call him crazy for that understatement of the century now would they - indeed, all good points, as history unfolds and the plot thickens, aren't you all glad we live in moving times? Well, I guess it depends how close you live to those most moving areas doesn't it? Think on this.

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The Romanticizing of Pain

They say that a word that means too much means nothing at all. So it seems to be with the word romantic . It can mean one who belongs to the Romantic Movement which thrived in the 18th and 19th centuries in the arts. Wagner in music, Browning in poetry, etc. Emotional architecture.

Or, more to our purposes here, it can be a more generalized term applicable in any generation. It can have to do with amorous romance or just idealism and idealism's cousin, unreality. It is this subject of the word's report to which I refer.

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We love our movies. Most of them are filled with fantasies that grab our concentration because they offer ways to escape. Recently they have become a bit too real, and cause us a different set of problems than the old "romantic" movies that brought us into the middle of a romantic connection or a heroic deed in just 90 minutes or so.

We have all known citizen that will sit and bawl over these heart-warming stories. Something stirs in the soul. Then we take a deep breath and walk away. We know it wasn't nothing else but ours, except for the moment.

This romantic pain may have its place but I fear it may have affected us all too much. Someone said that such pain could be cured by a good toothache, a dose of the real thing.

Which is where my thoughts are ultimately headed. (You knew I was going somewhere with all of this, I hope.)

I am deeply involved today about the gut-wrenching stories that have been advent out of places like North Korea for these many years. I am glad that Someone found a way to get the truth to us, but I wonder how easy this pain is to forget. It feels a limited like one of those musicals, albeit with an unhappy ending. We watch, we cry, we go away. It's not nothing else but ours after all. It's something we can take or leave.

For us, it's a good show.

My plea to readers and hearers today is to listen with ears of the Spirit to these messages. Our God would not allow His people's pain to be exposed to us so that we can have a good cry. These brothers and sisters, our house just as nothing else but as the ones who bear our name, are truly hurting, truly in need, and the Spirit is screaming to us of the agony in Christ's Body.

Oh, let us hear the cry. Then to our knees for instructions as to what to do. nothing else but if the situation were ours we would be so humiliated to know that others only watched and cried and walked away.

Remember the prisoners as though chained with them-those who are mistreated-since you yourselves are in the body also. (Hebrews 13:3)

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How Daniel Saw The Anti-Christ and the End of All Things

Let's look at the last prophecy of a 91-year-old man of God, Daniel the prophet, following the lead of Jesus who told us that we are to be in quest of the abomination of desolation mentioned by this man (Matthew 24:15).

Daniel 10, 11, and 12, are all a part of one long prophecy. In those 3 chapters, there is comprehensive preparation, followed by the prediction itself, then some follow-up questions to deal with.

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We cannot get past the first verse (10:1) without looking an odd phrase: "the appointed time." The Spirit wants us to know that the time of this fulfillment will be "long". Later, the "time of the end" is mentioned, as in episode 8.

After a duration of sorrowful fasting over some unknown issues, probably longing to know more of the plan of God (verse 12), Daniel sees a vision much like John will about 600 years later on the island called Patmos. The first person he sees seems to be the Son of God. Mixed in with messages from this person are those of the angel Gabriel, who tells Daniel that once more he has been sent to him, but was complicated heavily in spiritual warfare with demons controlling Persia and Greece, the two nations that were the branch of episode 8. This latter piece of facts points us to Gabriel as opposed to Jesus. As in Revelation there is some blurring about who is being seen, who is talking.

But whoever is talking, it seems as though this message to Daniel is being opposed in a marvelous way. After all, if Daniel receives this message and passes it on, the Enemy's plan will be exposed for the whole world and church to see. But although the angel prevails, and the message is recorded, the book of Daniel has been hit so hard by "scholars" that in many circles it is totally discredited. Those who do believe it is the very word of God find that most churches just aren't interested. After all, merely to read the book is to "name names" of habitancy and nations. So it is not politically literal, to preach from it. Those who take it seriously have relegated all its prophecies to the past, manufacture it true but irrelevant. We have the word of angels to the contrary, but thus will the book remain "sealed" until the time is upon us (12:9). What wisdom of God! How the Enemy must have view he had ripped this book from the Collection. But he will be exposed in due time!

In the remaining verses of episode 10, Daniel is encouraged, strengthened, so that he can take in the predictive details of the following message, nearly every one of which legitimately happened in history. But it is the way that history blends into prophecy that is the fascination of this message. Before you have heard it all, you too may need time to regain your strength. Are you ready for this?

The prophecy proper begins in episode 11.And those first few verses are nothing more than episode 8:3-8 retold. . He starts with familiar ground, and leads into greater detail. Persia is in episode 8? Here, It shall rise. It shall be great. A Persian king (we call him Xerxes) will stir up trouble with Greece ( the push west is mentioned in 8). legitimately the march of Xerxes' armies westward was rivaled in history only by the subsequent eastward march of Alexander the Great, mentioned here in verse 3. Verse 4 then tells of the breaking up of Alexander's Kingdom among his four generals (not among house members, adds this chapter's vision). All known facts, right?

11:5-20 . The Spirit then travels ahead to the kingdoms that arise from Alexander's heritage. He lets us know that they have been established now, and are in competition. But his focus has narrowed already from four to only two. Later it is one that will be at center stage, the one from whence comes "the slight horn." For this is where the angel is foremost us...

The slight horn. The man of sin. The antichrist.

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North Korea - The staggering Case of Kim Hyun Hee

Her name is Kim Hyun Hee. Probably doesn't ring a bell. Today she lives somewhere in South Korea. Afraid for her life, they say. "Assassination" is the word they are using. Maybe by North Koreans who manage to sneak in now and then. Maybe by South. What a pained life this must be.

What could one 20-something lady have done (20 years ago) to guarantee such hatred?

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Born in North Korea in 1962 to a privileged family, Kim was soon discovered to be a talented child. She was fascinating and beautiful and finally got the concentration of the powers in Pyongyang. Normally for one to be praised by one's government is a happy thing, but in North Korea none of the rules apply.

Grabbed from her family against their will and best judgment, Kim was trained to be a spy. After the general preliminary assignments she was given one last mission: she was to help bomb a passenger jet coming in to Seoul, filled with South Koreans. This would convince the powers that be that the Olympic games should never be held in Seoul. Somehow this would lead to the reunification of the Koreas.

I know, it's a stretch. But that is what she was told. And raised to believe that the ruling powers were all-wise, she bought it. Her partner was a long-time professional, and the two of them posed as Japanese tourists. On their return to Korea, they planted a bomb on Kal flight 858.

Now you know who she is?

Mistakes were made. The two were caught. The old man killed himself. Kim tried, but to no avail. She was brought to trial in Seoul. Found guilty. Then pardoned by the government of Seoul!

We are told that the South Korean President was politically motivated in his decision to pardon Kim. His thinking to the world was: The persons who ought to be on trial here are the leaders of North Korea. This child is as much a victim of this evil regime as the passengers aboard Kal 858.

And who can argue with his reasoning?

Kim truly repented of her actions both before the trial and after. She was led to see that she had been lied to all of her life. One look at Seoul told her most of what she needed.Even more significantly, Kim Hyun Hee gave her life to Jesus Christ after these horrible events. Either some will ever be able to forgive her is uncertain, but God has.

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Why Iran Needs Nuclear Weapons

Many disturbing words are written about Ahmadinejad, Iran's leader. That he believes the next Imam is coming. That a child who was thrown down a well will rise again. That he denies the holocaust. That he supports the cause of the working class in Iran. That he wants his country to have nuclear power. But let's not be hasty about his beliefs. America has a leader who believes that a man who was nailed to a tree two thousand years ago will save him from Hell. The Uk has a leader who believes the American leader. And lets not beat nearby the bush.

Iran Needs nuclear weapons. It does not need nuclear power. It has adequate oil for itself and its young 70million odd population. It needs nuclear weapons because it needs to defend itself. It needs the threat that North Korea has - to be "un-attack-able". The first rule of American military politics now is that the state you attack has to be undefendable. Iraq had nothing, nothing! And American and Uk planners knew this. This is why they did not say that al-Qaeda was in North Korea. North Korea has nuclear weapons. This is why they did not say that al-Qaeda was in Pakistan. Pakistan has nuclear weapons (and they are compliant). They said that al-Qaeda was in Iraq. Al-Qaeda, in all its shapes and forms, has not literally been into a champagne-guzzling regime like Saddam Hussein's. Iraq was defenceless. It had nothing. And the Amerikans knew it.

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Iran knows too well that its democratically elected government can be overthrown by the Cia, American and Western interests. literally contemplate the Shah. Iran's defence policy, for any rational person who understands Amerikan Real Politik, and who understands what causes that great monster to move, and who knows the history of Iran will know that Ahmadinejad Needs nuclear weapons to deter an American attack. The Americans are already at his border. They have already busy his neighbour. Its client state Israel has nuclear weapons, and (despite their failure with Hizbollah) a very productive army. Virtually every person in the state has military training. Iran only has the most precious commodity on earth, oil. You can't set fire to all that oil on the soil of Amerika. You need a bloody big bomb to deter the narrow fascist state that is America. What would your policy be if you had armies on your borders who have exiguous qoute in invading a country on any pretext? You would want that invasion to be unwinnable. The same politics that informed America and Ussr mutually assured destruction in the cold war applies here.

Ahmadinejad, for all his failings, knows this. He may be a nutcase. If we read and believed all the Western reporting then we would assume so. We would also assume the same about George Bush Jr. But the aspiration to nuclear weaponry (let's not pretend its for energy), is a sensible policy in a world where America can keep its clients with lethal weaponry for no regard to life nor limb, nor age nor infirmity, nor right nor wrong (wrong place + wrong time = "soft target"). It can only respect annihilation as the approved deterrent. Hence, Iran needs a big gun.

Ahmadinejad stands for his own country and people. And says it loud. And he understands that even if Iran had done nothing, and was the purest of the pure states, they would still be liable to invasion if they upset American corporate interests.

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33,600 Reasons Never to Forget

Someone recently asked me why I sometimes write pieces piquant forces conflicts. I responded with a examine of my own to wit: how many kids at Kennett High or any other high school across the land do you think know anyone about the two World Wars, Korea, Viet Nam? His head shake provided his answer. If just one high school history instructor would let his or her students read one of these essays, my objective would be more than achieved.

Case in point, the Korean War (June 1950 - July 1953), which many Americans under the age of 30 only remember from watching Mash on television. The Korean disagreement is fast becoming a footnote in our history and that's a shame to those who fought and died in that brief but highly intensive and deadly conflict. Many of my classmates, teammates and friends in college were veterans of this war and they made me feel like a boy among men. As they say, it was a growth experience. Some of these vets suggested the disagreement might be favorably forgotten by politicians because it ended in a stalemate and was fought for what some believed were questionable reasons. None of them believed that. At any rate, from a forces standpoint, it was an startling seesaw of activity that was analogous to a boxing match featuring ebb and flow action. It can be divided into four segments, though many of the private battles could be told as stories in their own right.

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This War was referred to by some as a "proxy war" because it was fought during the beginning of the cold war period and the overriding principals were the U.S. And the global Communists powers. Also, and to be technically precise, the disagreement was termed a "police action" in the U.S. In order to remove the necessity of a Congressional proclamation of war, though I am distinct any wounded soldier would say that a bullet or bomb does not make such fine distinctions. Similarly, to avoid officially declaring war on The Us, The Uk, France and other Un members, China forces were named the People's Volunteer Army (Pva) instead of Pla (People's Liberation Army). Thus, the indispensable combatants were, on the one side, North Korea, supported by the People's Volunteer Army of Communist China, and later Soviet advisors and aircraft pilots (who flew Migs). On the other side was South Korea, supported principally by the U.S., the United Kingdom, and forces from many, many other nations sent under the authority of the United Nations.

1) The first Invasion - June-September 1950

In the early morninhg hours of June 25, 1950, North Korea sent a force across the 38th parallel into South Korea. These forces rapidly developed southward against the poorly-equipped Rok (Republic of Korea) defenders. In just three days, they captured the Southern capital of Seoul. The United Nations fast condemned the attack. The Soviet Union, Pyongyang's close ally, was fortunately boycotting the U.N. Protection Council at the time -- and thus was not able to veto the council's condemnation. A U.N. Force was immediately composed to help defend South Korea. This immediately resulted in heavy forces and naval involvement by the United States. But the fact is, the U.S. Led the U.N. forces against North Korea, and while no one believed this forces challenge against communist aggression would be easy, few startling it would last as long as it did. Unknown at the time, however, was that an additional one and far more formidable aggressor was beginning to mass and was about to become involved.

Several U.N. Divisions rushed to the Korean peninsula to stop the Northern strike but could do miniature against a excellent force,and The U.N. forces were soon forced back to a retention pattern colse to the southern port city of Pusan by early August. North Korea was on the nasty and had the U.N. forces on the ropes. But these forces, led by general Douglas MacArthur and others, had some defensive moves up their sleeves which fast turned things colse to and put them on the offensive. And the startling seesaw continued. Indeed, in the first year alone, Seoul, in the middle of the greater Korean peninsula, changed hands four times!

2) The Counterattack - September-October 1950

U.N. Forces, under the command of general MacArthur, landed at the port of Inchon near Seoul on September 15, 1950 in a brilliant and daring strike the telling of which could be the subject of an entire book. The Inchon Landing cut off much of the North Korean army, which was attempting to force its way into the Pusan Perimeter to the South. U.N. Forces, breaking out from Pusan and piquant North and forces advent south from Inchon, were able to squeeze and overwhelm the Northern forces in South Korea. It was a great forces chess move..........and Seoul was retaken by U.N. forces on September 26.

After taking Seoul, U.N. forces punched their way north of the 38th parallel, capturing the Northern capital of Pyongyang on October 19. Even though China warned that it would not accept the presence of U.N. forces in North Korea, MacArthur prolonged to move northward -- with the announced intention of unifying the Korean peninsula. Some U.N. forces even reached the Yalu River -- the border in the middle of North Korea and China -- on October 25.

3) China'S Intervention - October 16, 1950

In mid-September 1950, the aforementioned amphibious invasion at Inchon had dealt the North Koreans a mortal blow from which they would never recover. In the following two months, U.N. forces pushed fast through North Korea and there existed the euphoria of an apparent total victory in plain sight, though this may have contributed to a degree of overconfidence. At any rate, China intervened on behalf of their badly defeated fellow Communist neighbor to the South. Major Chinese forces entered Korea on the night of Oct. 16 1950, when a unit of the 42d army of the 13th Army Group crossed the Yalu. On Oct. 18, Chairman Mao issued the final order for four armies and 3 artillery divisions to enter Korea on Oct. 19. The Chinese massed for a counter attack. Though less well armed than the Un armies, the Chinese armies were much larger, carried less equipment, moved faster on foot, and, amid the frightening blowing of bugles and noises from loudspeakers, routed the Un forces in wave after wave type attacks. Some 40,000 U.S. forces were cut off by the strengthen and evacuated from near Wonsan in mid-December 1950. Incredibly, Seoul was retaken by the Chinese as they pushed south. This time, the Communist forces were stopped about two-thirds of the way down the peninsula and were not able to push to Pusan.

A second Un nasty began in late February 1951, which pushed the Chinese back north of Seoul again. The Un strengthen stopped near the 38th parallel. Then, a second Chinese nasty was launched in April. Once again, wave after wave of Chinese soldiers cut off and destroyed strengthen Un troops. But this time the Chinese armies stopped north of Seoul. The Un forces was thrown back midway into South Korea. Then, early in the new year, the Chinese army was again contained and forced to retreat. And the startling seesaw of battle prolonged as each army took its turn production an nasty move and then being stopped and then beginning up again.

4) Truce - January 1951-July 1953

Thus, U.N. forces once again reoccupied Seoul in March 1951. From that point they were able to strengthen slightly north of the 38th parallel. At that time, general MacArthur -- who had openly disagreed with President Harry S.Truman over how to escort the war -- was relieved of his command by the President despite a public outcry. MacArthur saught faultless victory in Korea and argued for attacking bases inside the China mainland that were supporting forces in North Korea. There was even talk of crossing the Yalu and chasing the Chinese forces back into mainland China. However, President Truman and other Un leaders feared that attacking China would lead to a larger disagreement that could plunge the world into an additional one World War.

The stage was thus set for intensive truce negotiations which began on July 10, 1951. By then, the war had become a stalemate -- neither side having made any real advances. The talks went on for an additional one two years. And during this time, the war became a back and forth series of savage fire fights from both sides along a heavily defended battle line on the 38th parallel the location of which changed only slightly.

Finally, on 27 July 1953, with a new regime in Russia and the flourishing pushing back of one last Communist offensive, truce talks finished and the fighting ended. As part of the cease-fire, both sides agreed to withdraw 2 kilometers along the final battleground and form a demilitarized zone (Dmz) along the armistice line -- a zone that still exists today. The final cease-fire line showed no indispensable gain for either side notwithstanding that when the armistice was finally signed in 1953, there had been four million forces and civilian casualties, together with 33,600 American, 16,000 Un allied, 415,000 South Korean, and 520,000 North Korean dead. There were also an estimated 900,000 Chinese casualties. But, to repeat, there had been no indispensable gain for the invading communist forces.

There are many sub plots to the Korean War. Ones that could be the subject of cut off and lengthy essays. Giving rise to these are names like general Walton Walker (who was killed in a jeep urgency in December of 1950) and Matthew Ridgeway. Names like Task Force Smith, the Chosin Reservoir, Hill 303 Massacre, Chipyongni, the Twin Tunnels Ambush, the May Massacre. Also the Battle of Bloody Ridge, the Battle for Heartbreak Ridge, the Battle of Pork Chop Hill, the Punch Bowl (famous for a hand-to-hand fighting during during a lack of ammunition), Battle of the Hook, the Koje-do prision camp riots. Each featured bitter and vicious fighting, sometimes in unbearably cold weather.

If one visits Seoul today, he or she can take a bus to the 38th parallel, walk through the tunnels used by the North Koreans, visit the negotiating rooms which are still fully furnished, stare at the menacing North Korean guards who stare back, hear music from North Korea's "City of Paradise," which is nothing more than Hollywood-type billboards depicting a city which ostensibly beckons South Koreans to cross over the Dmz and "come home." What one perhaps does not grasp is the terrible loss of life incurred by so many to prevent this aggressive Communist activity from succeeding. In my mind, that was never a "questionable reason" for becoming complicated in this war. Older South Koreans are forever grateful to the U.S forces who saved them from Communism. Could anyone be more honorable than that? In my mind, the success of the Korean War should not be assessed on our potential (or inability) to invade China or to overrun North Korea; it should be measured by our potential to include communism. For that accomplishment and 33,600 other reasons, the Korean War should never be forgotten.

"[Korea is] the clearest test case that the United Nations has ever faced. If the United Nations is ever going to do anything, this is the time, and if the United Nations cannot bring the urgency in Korea to an end, then we might as well wash up the United Nations and forget it." Senator Tom Connally, of Texas, summing up Congressional conception of the Korean urgency three days after the invasion.

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The Us forces and the High Tech Enemy Hacker Threat

Our government, businesses, banking system, infrastructure and troops all rely on computers to run sufficient and efficiently, thus it makes sense that these computer It systems are a excellent target of our enemies. One of the basic tenants of warfare is to disrupt the enemy and put them into the "fog" of war, manufacture it hard to see what they are doing, manufacture them blind, this gives the attacker or attack force the advantage. Well, you can see why our enemies are finding to infiltrate and crash this vulnerable part of our military.

Below are a integrate of new headlines of April 2009, dealing with just the seriousness of this issue. This should serve as a wake-up call to upgrade our computer safety now and to go on the obnoxious against our enemies who attack us randomly, but with expanding frequency;

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Computer with sensitive facts on the Jsf High Tech Stealth Fighter hacked

This is indubitably scary considering the Chinese are also developing a copy-cat type aircraft to compete with the Jsf and the Chinese have sold weapons to any of the United States' current adversaries such as Iran. Iran is also amiable with North Korea, Russia, Venezuela, and Syria. Pakistan is also on the store for more troops hardware and a buyer for Chinese weapons. If everyone has fifth generation aircraft, it might be time to skip-hop technologies to sixth generation, and you'd be amazed, no blown away at what's in the pipeline now.

Authorities and safety Guru says we better frame out a way to attack hacker gangs

Government It insiders seem to agree that the Us needs to track down the global hacker gangs out there, wherever they are, and that such a attack team must be fast and able to tackle these folks to safe our national safety and economic infrastructure requirements. everyone seems to be worried and for good presuppose with an "Electronic Pearl Harbor or Electronic 911."

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Fifa World Cup 2010 - Portugal Vs North Korea Preview

Group G was known as the group of death even before the World Cup began. But the definition only extended to 3 teams, Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast, inferring that one of these three strong teams would not be able to get to the round of 16.

But nobody took North Korea into their calculations. It was assumed that the Asian team would contribute comic relief in what was essentially a tense script for the 3 main protagonists to play out.

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But all that has changed in the 10 days that have elapsed since the tournament began. North Korea's bravura doing against 5-time champions, Brazil, and Portugal's less than impressive game against a relatively weaker Ivory Coast have turned all previous calculations on their head.

Portugal will play North Korea in Cape Town on Monday, in a match that the Europeans have to win to keep their hopes alive. A draw would mean 2 points from 2 matches with the daunting expectation of playing Brazil in a last must-win match.

For North Korea, a win would open the door to the hitherto unlikely possibility of going through to the round of 16. Thereafter, even a draw with Ivory Coast could drive them to second place in the group, regardless of the succeed of Brazil's match with Ivory Coast.

Against Ivory Coast, Portugal had small to show except for a Ronaldo shot that ricocheted off the crossbar. Liedson and Danny did not play the supporting role thinkable, and Portugal fizzled out, as the game wore on.  Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho did a reasonable job in defence, but Ivory Coast had very few shots on goal to bother goalkeeper Eduardo.

The North Koreans will prove much more threatening particularly as they are fast, and presumably, after the Brazil match, more self-assured.

Danny could be supplanted by Simao, production for a more attacking formation; Ronaldo will want Deco and Simao to rise to the occasion. Portugal's cause will be served by a high scoring win by Brazil against Ivory Coast.

Goalkeeper Ri Myong-Guk and defenders Cha Jong-Hyok and Ji Yun-Nam starred for Korea against Brazil and bottled up the South American forwards, to a large extent.

Strikers Jong Tae-Se and Hong Yong-Jo outran the Brazilians, and managed to expose their defence in a way nobody had conception possible. North Korea might put the same defensive game plan to use against Portugal early in the game.  

The Koreans are not averse to a hard tackling physical game and Ronaldo should be wary of earning a second yellow card to add to the one awarded in the Ivory Coast game. Jong Tae-Se is North Korea's ace striker, and he got the great of Lucio in the Brazil game. His battle with Ricardo Carvalho will affect the procedure of the game.

North Korea are a bit of an unknown commodity at this level. While this may work in their favour against Portugal, it also makes it more difficult to predict the result. Going by known pedigree and experience, Portugal holds a clear edge.

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Wanted - A Prophet of God

The job narrative for the office of Prophet, in the Biblical sense, might be a bit intimidating for contemporary -at least Western - believers. Yet it was a typical profile when God put His men on the planet. The qualifications included, but were not dinky to:

a desire to live in deserted, lonely habitat a severe limitation to wardrobe a similar cutback in the area of diet. The necessity of eating what is ready in the wild. being field to varied forms of death and near-death experiences: beheading, boiling in oil, crucifixion, drowing in a deep pit, stoning, being sawn in two.

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Also consider:

applications are not available. One must live close to God and wait for a call. No call means one is not needed as a prophet. No self-made self-styled prophets need think themselves a part of this office. no college training will prepare such a man. Life is the training for a prophet. no single secular life-calling fits the mold of prophet. One can be called from the field or the palace or the synagogue.

And then there are these tips:

If you are a true prophet, your audience will go down, not up. In some cases your entire flock may be asked to result One better than you. There are no special benefits and privileges, this side of heaven. You are to live a life of exquisite obedience, as a slave to the One Who called You.

Have I not properly described the men of God, named and un-named, who grace the pages of Scripture? Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, John. And have I not properly drawn a line in the middle of a true man of God and the men who are rising before us today trying to wear that same title, with their fine clothes and multi-million dollar homes and vehicles and toys?

Give us Lord, a man of God! One who is not afraid to say everything You have already said, one who cares not how small his congregation becomes as long as he is speaking the truth in love. One who will give his life for what he knows to be the truth.

One of my constant concerns is for the time duration immediately following the fall of the Kim reign in North Korea. When the door is open, what will go straight through that door? The cults that deny Jesus is Lord of all. The religions that look holy but lack life. Mainline denominations of Christendom that have long ago exchanged the good news for a bowl of stew and a warm bed and American-style comforts.

Lord, Your sheep will hear Your voice. For that we are grateful.

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Winning at the Game of Losing

I have not been imprisoned in North Korea, didn't quit my job as governor nor do I have a philandering gubernatorial husband.

That's the bad news.

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The good news is that I am a law abiding, hard working gal who doesn't date married men, pays my bills on time and never exceeds the speed limit.

Yawn.

If I did suffer the fate of the above femme fatales Random House would be knocking at my door with a six-figure book deal for my memoir.

It worked for Alaska governor Sarah Palin. The Alaska politician, who was not known beyond the glaciers until John McCain plucked her from obscurity, hit the limelight running for Vp.

She lost the race, quit her day job as Alaska's governor (quitters are not ordinarily seen as winners) and is now a best selling author. Her story is a typical one - she spends too much on clothes, doesn't take to questioning by reporters and has lots of kids.

And there are rumors the networks are thinking about giving her a talk show.

Not bad for a woman who has never written a thing in her life other than a daily list of "Things to do for Alaska" or a hit list of edible moose.

Good luck to her.

Jenny Sanford is an additional one ill-fated femme fatale (and soon to be best selling author). Her husband, the governor of South Carolina, took a hiking trip that ended up in a hotel room in Argentina. When he surfaced a week later he told the world he had found his soul mate - the only question - it was not his wife of 20 years.

Poor Jenny.

Then there was the case of the American Journalist, Euna Lee who was arrested while on enemy soil in North Korea. She pleaded ignorance, got captured by the enemy and was sentenced to a life of hard labor. Luckily she worked for Al Gore who happened to know Bill Clinton, who happened to know the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il.

While I have sympathy for these damsels in distress, I do not have a six-figure book deal. Nor do I have a publisher eager for my story of intrigue, death and infidelity. I do, however, have a 35-year vocation as a journalist (unfortunately I was never sent to a labor camp only an Italian bistro or two) and an adventurous past. The only dark mark on my scorecard is taking a dip in the Pierre Marques pool at midnight with my clothes on, going up in an air balloon sans clothing over Ft. Lauderdale Beach and getting dumped by an excessively overweight nerdy Jewish boy (who wore bad shoes).

But with all my mishaps, my life is still not sensational enough to certify a book deal. I have never been to South Korea (I think going straight through a yellow light is a risk of epic proportion), never married a charming man who deemed me a good wife, but not his soul mate (the men in my life who want to exit ordinarily do so while daylight without much fanfare) and I have never had an office that overlooked Russia.

That makes me a dud - a fire cracker without a wick, a writer without a book contract and the possibility that my musings may never end up on a table at Barnes & Noble.

And for that I am sad.

But I am starting to understand how to come to be book worthy. All I have to do is drive to Wal-Mart, get captured by a disgruntled photo clerk, date a married politician and, if I have time, sneak onto a floating balloon or a presidential state dinner.

After that Random House will legitimately come knocking at my door with a hefty check. If not, I can always sneak into New Jersey.

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North Korea's Hand Has Been Reaching Japan For Over 30 Years

Sado is an isolated island like any other island. It is so naturally due to its remoteness. But for a quirky turn of events it becomes a part of world event and espionage. Following is the first half of the story. Enjoy and hope you can leave me a feedback. Thank you.

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It is a modest island. As far as an island goes, it is not small nor large. Only fame to its existence is its gold mine. Convict labor worked that mine 100s of years ago. A mountain where the mine is placed is cut in two right in the middle with a wedge shaped trough practically all the way down to the ground level. All by human power.

We take a ferry to that island. Just a few hours choppy ride. Summer sun is consuming enough but over on open ocean, sunshine is even brighter. Normally there is an hope when we step on a boat that takes us to a remote island for a tour but we know there isn't much to see at all and most recreation we can have is seeing for a good eat that we can have on the mainland anyway. Our spirit is listless and seeing for a way out. The entire tourist industries on the island are busy drumming up, more like making it up, merits of arrival to the island. It's gotten so intense that their tone of wanting you to come is practically badgering. All souvenirs have a feel of a copy of some other place or hastily cooked up trinkets. By the time we get to the island's port, we are already worn out a bit and weary. A ferry ride takes up a good chunk of the morning and ride back takes about the same so we don't have time left to do much if we go back to the mainland on the same day.

A whole point of even arrival to this island is contentious then. We are staying the night. It's only a night stay and the island's closeness to our home town makes us feel we haven't left our home. We didn't pack whatever for the trip. Without securing a hotel room, we start to look for a restaurant. It's lunch time. We have to make this trip worthwhile. We look for eats that we can't have on the mainland. But,.... Seafood? Our home town is a port town. We can have freshly fried, grilled, poached fish of all kind and shellfish, too, without arrival here. After seeing over few restaurant's entries made in wax and plastic displayed in a window case for patrons to see - they look categorically lifelike, you can smell them - we decree it is worthless to look for something indigenous and keep seeing only adds to our miserable feeling. We decree in the nearest restaurant and order whatever we want. We don't even talk over what's good to eat.

We focus on gabbing and try to shake off this let down and recovery this trip. As we gab, it seems just an ordinary afternoon at home, except our surroundings. New place and dissimilar locale are consuming in itself to young people since they haven't had a chance to investment out but we are a lot mature, extra mature some might say. More we gab, more we notice the unfamiliar scene colse to us and this makes us uneasy and uncomfortable. Casual gabbing among friends and new locale don't mix. We are drawn to scenes colse to and outside. Coastal scenery is delightful enough but staring at it for two minutes we have seen plenty. Sea rapping and rocks jutting out of it and trees on top don't, can't seep down into our person deep enough, not today. As we grow older with keen mind that hasn't gone senile, we are curious in bustle and hustle of people's lives and what come out of it, not scenery. See the possibilities of other lives than our own and appreciate them is amusing and entertaining. Lure of the gold mine, slave labors toiled in harsh conditions that's what we came here to see. But my companion, she had been here before and when you see a singular tourist haunt, you have seen it. You are filled with memories of that trip that predictably makes you recoil with the concept of going back to the same tourist destination. She came here because of me. This trip is a chore for her.

"So, what do you want to do? Find a hotel? Or take a bus trip to the gold mine this afternoon?" She asks me.

"I don't know. I am not in a good mind right now to take a tour. I am disappointed in good eats already." I think about what to do a bit more but it's like not having enough sleep. "Do you have whatever you want to do this afternoon?"

"No,... I don't want to spoil your fun."

"No, tell me. What's on your mind? I sure can't think of anything."

"Well, it's you who is insisting now. O.k.? I want to go back tomorrow morning instead of afternoon. That's all I am thinking."... "Ah, don't scrunch your face. We are here so we are going to have fun. Right?... We can stay an extra day if you want. I don't mind it."

"An extra day? What are we going to do? We can't even think of what to do for this afternoon."

Lure of gold mine is a bit tarnished. ("An image of gold tarnishing? Ah, it's fake gold.") The museum and all exhibits connected with this island and the gold mine are rather tourist exhibits. Historical details are preserved as much but scholastic pedigree doesn't categorically exist in those exhibits. I was looking, hoping for a revelation among those tourist exhibits. There must be something that tells me even in those glossed over and sanitized displays a vein and a layer of something that can make me feel, connect with what was there in real life. Standing in the actual location would categorically help to conjure up images of their lives on this island and in the darkness of the gold mine. We decree on taking a tour in the morning. Now we have to find a hotel and hunt for semi secret seats in a restaurant so we can peck at foods and drink very moderately to whittle away the long early evening. We would like to consider it an early evening instead of late, or rather mid afternoon.

The morning is clear, just like yesterday. The tour bus is taking us into a mountain road on a taller mountain peek of two peeks on this island. This is other tourist shtick. Since there is only few of note on this island we might as well go straight through a higher mountain peek to get to the gold mine. Coast line tour is also available but we chose the mountain route. We have seen enough of coast line. We have seen enough of mountain scenes, too. The mainland is nothing but coasts and mountains. Going up is uneventful. It is a lazy straight away with few turns.... On the way down the mountain I start to hear squeal of tires and I am jostled. And frequency of squeals are increasing. The tour guide is telling us how many accidents there were last year on this mountain road. I look over the edge of the road and notice a steep drop. I can't see the bottom. If we fall, we are done for.

("Is this other tourist shtick?... I don't need a scary ride in the morning like this.") I practically yell out to the bus driver to slow down. But my inordinate pride keeps my mouth shut. For every squeal of tires there is a jostle. A jostle to the right, to the window of the bus, I am practically thrown over the edge of the road. A jostle to my left, to my napping companion, I am faced with a concrete retaining wall on the side of the mountain. If the driver loses his control and slip over the edge of the road - some places there are no guardrails - we are finished. If the driver loses his control and hit that retaining wall we would bounce off the wall at this speed and go over the edge of the road. This is a safe trip to the end or else. There doesn't seem to be whatever in-between. A minor accident? That would be too modest of a tour.

We make it. We passed the winding mountain road. The gold mine isn't far now. The tour guide is talking about the mine.

"The Spanish ships could only make 1 or 2 trips a year from America but we could make many trips to China....... "

What? Spanish? What do they have to do with this gold mine? I wish I was listening more. I always concept this island was isolated from the rest of the country, much less the rest of the world.

"It was in the 1500s. The local lord, who also was in charge of this island, didn't like the foreign sway over the East Asia. At the time Spanish were trying to ship silver mined in Central and South America to China for a profit. The lord decided to rump up the yield of gold here. Silver was carefully to be the byproduct of gold mining but nevertheless produced in plentifulness along with gold. He shipped those silver to China. All he could produce. Gourmand of silver in China became so much that they stopped minting them into coins. They would have lost money trying to make coins out of silver at the time. They passed colse to the silver ingot as their currency instead. You can see a mold of those silver ingot here at this mine. They are the same shape as the ingot Chinese traded with for a time."...

"Boy, they spin tails to impress you."

"Oh, you are awake."... "I don't think she is weaving tales."

"I know you are going straight through some kind of soul searching. But, don't get hooked into believing wild tales. I don't like to see you like that." She yawns and stretches her arms out over her head. "Along with the mountain road we just took, the tour enterprise have to sell their tour. Isn't the story a bit inflated? There is nothing about it in the tour brochure."

That's true. I only skimmed straight through our brochure and it is very genial and cordial inventory of the tour. There is nothing, no revolutionary story in it. They went straight through pain to take whatever like that out of it. No, I want to keep my interest going, now that I found some of it. I get myself excited, seeing a way to recovery time and exertion we spent already on this trip. "I know Chinese passed colse to silver ingots as their currency, not coins for a time.... It's a sublime anecdote in history of how badly they managed their economy. It's true, too, it was more high-priced to mint coins than coins made out of those silver. It was that bad, you know." I trail off to a whisper. I had to admit I didn't know much beyond that.... "Let's go see the mold of those silver ingot. Right? We don't have to pass any judgement on what she said, true or false. This trip is for fun. Let's have fun." ("I am interested.")

"When you are happy, I am happy." She turns her face to look at me. ("Thank heavens, she still likes me. She shows no sign of disdain.")

I spend rest of the trip to the mine in a haze. My mind is filled with the concept of the lord who set out to oppose Spanish all on his own, and succeeded in some respect. Spanish, the Spanish Crown was going straight through bankruptcy one after another, true. Even without this local lord's meddling in their money making plans, they would have gone bankrupt yet again.

Finally we are at the gold mine. Its entry is made like those of samurai estate. A wall, not a part of the building, more than 2 meters high with white stucco terminate stretching in both ways and tile roofed entryway in front of you. Strange entry to gold mine. With this type of presentation this mine is not producing now for sure. All things is for show. I see the mold for silver ingot. It is just placed among other items used for mining and smelting. No special placard to elucidate its significance. Only if I can look at the silver ingot Chinese were passing colse to and assess them, having them both in my hands, I can rest easy without this nagging,... Nagging to find a meaning to this lord's life. Larger than life, really. He didn't just lived and died. He made a difference, even a diminutive bit. I am craving for that kind of life. And here is a girl, young enough to be a girl, being a tour bus guide telling us this story.

After the gold mine it's a shorter trip to the history museum and we have a break. Stretching my legs some more and sipping green tea freshen me up. I start to look for that girl. I head for the bus parked in the museum's parking lot. Yes, she is there. She is cleaning the bus for us. I don't want to seem like a come-on trying to talk to her, with her being so young and all.

"Hi, can I ask you about the story you were telling? About the Spanish and their sway here in Asia and the lord who tried to head off that influence. I saw the mold for the silver ingot on display and they look nothing like I have ever seen, triangle trough shaped and all. How do you know all that?" I say that in a quick one breath speech. I look for a "I don't want to be bothered" sign from her. No, she is fluttered. She is beginning to smile.

"About that. Are you complaining?"

That's a strange thing to say. "No, I am not complaining. What makes you say something like that?"

"I had people who didn't want to listen to a made up story. So, they concept that's what I was doing."

"Was that a made up story?"

"No, I don't go colse to telling lies to my customers. I get fired if I did something like that. They didn't like things out of ordinary. The story I told isn't in the brochure.... But, my enterprise boss let me tell it anyway. I convinced him and the rest of people at the company."

("She has a story of her own here. That's interesting. Two stories.") "Why do you decree to tell the story? And how did you find out about it? I betcha it isn't there waiting for person to look at it."

She looks colse to the inside of the bus and sits down in the driver's seat. She extends her hand to appeal me to a passenger seat across the aisle. I step up one last step into the bus and sit down, facing her. ("Ooh, this is kind of intimate, isn't it? If I am not attached, I will ask her out. I don't care about the age difference.")

She smiles and her smile beams wider and wider. "I saw an exhibit at the local library. You know, traveling exhibits that come and go. There were documents, papers and journals of the lord who ruled this island. This island used to be a penal colony and you know what people say about us living here. Descendants of thieves and all that. It's not true, of course. We have nothing to do with things that happened so many years ago. My house didn't come here until recently. people say that because there is categorically not much here and you have to be some kind of outcast to even want to be here. That's what people say. Some part of it is true but not all of it."

"Were you born here?"

"Yes,... And I grew up here... And noticed people from the mainland look at us in a peculiar way. They come here to tour a penal island of yesterday. That's their mind set. They connect their idea of penal island to us living here today.... When I saw the papers I had to read it and find out how things were. How people lived. And mostly how they died as convicts, most of them. When the shogunate wanted more hands to mine gold, they picked up people for a smallest of offenses. Even a jaywalking would have gotten you here for a time. But, that was in 1600s. The papers and journals were written in 1500s. He talked about how he didn't care for Europeans to come here and have an sway over the commerce and have a say and power over people living here. Maybe changing how they lived and they wouldn't have a control on how that change might be. So, he found out what Europeans were up to and decided to head off their plans. He shipped quite a bit of silver to China at much economy price, undercutting Europeans. They went bankrupt, didn't they?"

"Yeah, but they went bankrupt so many times that you couldn't Maybe tell if shipping all that silver had an effect, could you?"

"It had to have some kind of effect. Ships they used to converyance silver from America were repossessed. Captains of those ships didn't want to turn the ship over back to Europe, demanding that they get paid before they turned the ships over. I don't think it was a coincidence."

"... Yeah. That's right. That's in the history book, isn't it?... Wow, you looked,... Researched all that.... You know... I think you are right. Things kind of fit like a jigsaw puzzle. Maybe not all the bankruptcy they had but one, he did have an effect. Well, for a time at least, you know. Europeans overran us anyway later."

"Ha ha ha. Yes, I know. But, he lived and made his mark, I think. All on his own, too. And this island had a part in it. I think that makes people lived and worked on the mine had a part in it, too." She has a very nonchalant smile on her face now. It is a smile of satisfaction.

("Wow, how fabulous to be young. She is radiating.")... "Yeah. That's a good story.... You know I came here to look at how those miners lived and died here. I can add your story to my memory.... Is there any chance your story will get into our history books? I think it's worth at least a footnote, if not outright paragraph there."

When she hears me say that she looks away from me a diminutive and takes a slow deep breath and lean back in the driver's seat. Her smile turns into a scrunch of dismay for a second and disappear.

"I talked to local school teachers and college professors on the mainland but they seem too busy to care about what I have to say. I got tired of it and I stopped."

"That's too bad. I don't think it is that difficult to look over the papers and confirm your point. You have done the most of the work already. All they have to do is spend their time to write postulating papers and submit them to a publication.... Maybe, that's what makes them hesitant. They want their own traditional ideas on their papers, mostly. I am a writer. I know those things. In this case, you would be the requisite instigator and they would just be scribes. On top of that they would be rocking the boat of making ready a little. These things don't get placed right away. It takes a protracted back-and-forth argument. It seems hardly worthwhile to them, I guess. If they are to take the whole credit for their effort, that will give them a motivation to work on it.... See, I can get into their head. I am a writer. I think what you found out is assuredly worth a mention in a history book."

"I never concept of it like that.... You know, I was disappointed at first, but my boss told me I can tell my story to our customers. I decided I would be happy with it.... But, they don't seem to welcome whatever that is not in the brochure. And I was,... Am beginning to drop the whole thing and forget about it." seeing her shoulders slump down practically nothing but I can notice they did.

("Oh, I can't let her down like this because I let her talk to me.")... "Yeah, people who take a tour don't want to think and much less don't want to start an consulation over what is real and what isn't, especially over things they come here to see. They are just seeing for a neat container they can stomach and spend their time away. But a guy like me come colse to every now and then and listen to your story. One out of a hundred isn't bad."

She just looks at the floor of the bus for awhile.... "I guess you are right.... I am glad I talked with you." Her smile is back on her face now.

("I am glad to see your smile, too.") I say quick "see you later on the bus" and start off to find my partner. If she sees me chatting with that young girl with a grin on my face, I don't know what she will do to me. She is in the museum's cafeteria, sipping green tea. She sees me come in and gives me a - found a missing person - look.

"I was talking to the bus guide about her story. You know about the local lord who shipped silver to China." I take a seat next to her. I try to avoid facing her across from the table. I feel my face will betray me and I want to keep grinning a diminutive longer.

"You enjoyed her company."... ("Ooh, she is too sensitive.")... "What did you find out?"

"Yeah, she went straight through quite a bit. There are old papers written by the local lord way back. She read them in the library when these papers were exhibited. What she said is genuine I think. I trust her. She couldn't get people curious and take notice of these paper's significance though. She ended up telling the story to her tour bus customers, like us."

"What significance?... Spanish bankruptcy? That's the only thing big enough to take your notice, right?"

"No, no. Not that. Spanish were going straight through bankruptcy like going to an amusement park back then. No. I mean the local lord's intent on standing in the way of Europeans encroaching in East Asia. All on his own, I may add. He didn't like what he saw and he went out to thwart their plan by dumping silver to China. You know, we came here to see the gold mine, right? And we find a story about silver produced in the very same mine. This trip turned out to be worthwhile. I think I write an record on this."

"Silver? In the gold mine?... Huh,... I know a story about miners in California, who buried silver expecting it to turn into gold."

("Hu,... She is not curious in what I have to say. Her concept is wandering.") I give a sideway peek at her. No hint of sarcasm. "You know why they buried silver back in the ground? Often times, silver is found along gold in the same vein. That's why they concept if they bury silver and wait, it will become gold.... No, no. That's not it. Weren't you listening?"

"I am not a writer. Your line of reasoning is not easy to succeed for me. You are always seeing for a secret speck of a story. I only see obvious." She gives a big yawn. And raising her arms high in the air, arching her back.

("Oh, she yawns a lot.") "Well, I guess that's what I like about you. If you are like me, I don't think our connection can last." I look at her with a side way espy again and see her staring at me.

"Just spill. Do you know why I like you? With you, I don't have to go out to find a human side of life. You do it for me. And I can't stop you from telling me about it."

"... I don't want to argue again. O.k.?... I concept we had an understanding on this. You keep your scientist's attitude and I won't encroach on it. You let me keep my writer's mind, right?"

"...." She doesn't say anything, just staying still and seeing toward me moderately then she moves her gaze away from me and start to look at her surroundings in the cafeteria.

"Sorry.... You know, I think I have an inferiority complex.... What you do can make a disagreement in this world. What I do is only words no matter how hard I try at it. I can't change that." I turn toward her and look at her straight.

Now she is the one glancing at me with her side way look. "I am interested. I yawned because I am interested. My brain needed more oxygen to listen to you and I am not going to pamper you. Just tell me the rest of the story." She gives me a side way espy again.

"Fyi, I don't need to be pampered. I am proud of what I have done and I will keep doing what I do.... Well, kind of.... Yeah, sorry. I hate myself when I am like this."... "Yeah. Right. I am thinking,... You saw the mold for silver ingot on the display in the museum. That's the shape of the ingot Chinese used to pass colse to their silver was in. The ingots they passed colse to came from this gold mine. This local lord contributed to their hyperinflation.... No. The point is he had an sway in the world affairs even though he was just a local lord here. That's what impressed her. That's the center of the story.... Well, it's not cut and dry. I can't attribute how much sway he had though. Chinese mismanagement of their economy at the time is a folklore. And Spanish story of their bankruptcies are kind of well told story, too. But, Chinese were passing colse to his, this local lord's silver ingot and Spanish had a issue getting their ships back from pacific. Some captains of those ships refusing to hand over their ships unless they get paid their due is in the history book, too.... I just have to weave a story colse to them, I think."

"I don't remember reading that in a school history book."

"Yeah, that's exactly it. This story may be a footnote but worth being told. Only person like her trying to find a value of her existence on this island can connect things." I am pumped up. A buildings of my record is gelling in my head.

The Tv in the restaurant turned to a bulletin. It is breaking into a story of Japanese abductees who were kidnapped by North Korean agents back in 1970s and 80s. It is telling a tale of an American deserter in North Korea, Mr. Jenkins.... "... He is married to a Japanese woman who was kidnapped from Sado island with her mom in 1978. They have children... "

"What?... Sado island... Is this Sado island, right?" I look at her in amazement listening to the news on Tv.

"Is there other Sado island here in Japan. Of course, it's this Sado island. Wow, I can't fantasize being kidnapped at such young age. She was just a teen ager." everybody in the restaurant is mesmerized of how extra ordinary the arc of the news are and this very island is a part of that news.

News of kidnapped women are on the lips of tourists on the bus for the rest of the tour. No one paid much concentration to whatever any more.

Months later.

"Come. Watch this. Abductees are here. They landed at Narita." She is calling out to me. I am fixing snacks in our kitchen. I drop All things and scamper over to our living room. The airplane is taxing and about to park at the terminal.

I am glued to the Tv showing the plane just consuming moderately about. "So, they are on that plane. I wonder how they are feeling arrival back to their birth place after so many decades. You know most of them spent more of their years over in North Korea than years they spent here."

She takes her eyes off Tv and looks at me. "Fix me some snack. It will be some time before they disembark. And I want some tea." She gives me her meek, pleading look. I always have to do what she wants when she gives me that look.

"Yeah. I am practically done with making snacks. I boil water for tea." I walk back toward the kitchen. "Jenkins-san isn't on that plane, right? Just 5 abductees arrival home?"

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North Korea's Hand Has Been Reaching Japan For Over 30 Years

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North Korea: A Nuclear Player

The days of a non-nuclear Korean peninsula are over. With troops from the United States bogged down in Iraq and ineffective multilateral talks with North Korea, the world is on track for other major disaster.

So, what can be done to confront this nuclear threat?

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The current situation can not be addressed by the United States alone. It is my fear that the Republican majority in all branches of U.S. Government will continue with the typical and ineffective go-it-alone strategy that has not won us the key preserve needed in safe our international interests. The international community is the only body capable of effectively handling the North Korean situation which has now developed into a global problem.

Global issues need to be met by the global community. This does not mean that the United States can not lead the way. Obviously, there will always be the need for someone to take the initiative, but it has to be done in a way that does not separate us from the other global players and delay effective resolution.

First, in a global economy, it is essential for voters in the upcoming selection to cast their votes to bring a more Democratic balance into the make-up of our current govenment. Democrats would be more effective in diplomacy and can speak the international tongue. Either you agree with their policies and beliefs or not, they are more likely to restore trust and a sense of humanity to our foreign agenda.

Second, if the international community is the channel of tough sanctions, China is the key. The country of China is an emerging dominate player in the Asian region and is also responsible for trade that equates to practically 50% of North Korea's power and food imports. If China does not accept its new international role in a responsible fashion, then the world will continue in its struggle to suppress renegade dictatorships.

Finally, North Korea has already been warned in their efforts to make nuclear capabilities, but apparently decided not to listen. I believe we should levy the toughest of sanctions and work with our allies to allow for gigantic refugee communication out of North Korea. At this point, deadlines should be drawn up for an international force to work together in removing this dictator from power if president Kim Jong-il does not comply and agree to dismantle his nuclear program.

If you do not believe that a explication similar to the one I have just discussed then I would invite you to focus more on the consequences of not taking action. Iran is watching world events very determined right now. If they seek weak international rule and come away from this scenario with the closing that North Korea has in fact strengthened its global position, then what is to stop them from developing nuclear weapons? Iran would probably target Israel and North Korea would likely make a hit on South Korea.

In regards to a possible North Korean assault on South Korea, we already know that secret tunnels have been discovered to be dug deep into South Korean territory. The scary thing to note is that millions of habitancy live in the capital of Seoul, South Korea, which is not very from the border with the north. If it is already assumed that some tunnels have not yet been discovered, what is to stop North Korea from detonating a nuclear weapon right under the heels of a major South Korean city such as Seoul? This would cause millions of habitancy to suffer a horrific death. other possibility to ponder is North Korea's ability to transport weapons of mass destruction to our enemies Either it is Al Qaeda, Iran, Syria, etc.

Right now, the United States needs to continue its focus on immediate performance in line with the international community, while at the same time researching inhibitive technologies that could develop our defenses within our own national borders. We have been warned, not the next examine is Either or not we have what it takes to lead the international community and finally get something right.

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Chinese Diplomacy - From Mao Tse-Tung and Deng Xiaoping to Ju Hintao

1949-1987 The Democratic People`s of Korea, also known as North Korea, became an ally of China. While the Korean War (1950-1953), Beijing sent some military military into Korea to withhold to the Korean Communists. North Korea, a terrorist state in the 20th century, received millions of dollars in aid and trade from Mao Tse-tung.

1960 Cameroon did not have relations with the Communist regime.

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1961 Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, did not recognize Bejing.

1960-1978 While the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, the Communist regime sent economical aid to Albania. Albania's dictator Enver Hoxha, China's only friend in Europe, was a Maoist leader in the world.

1964 France established gentle ties with Beijing. The French government recognized Taiwan as part of the People´s Republic of China.

1956 Haiti, an ex-French colony on the Caribbean Sea, did not recognize China as a sovereign state.

1957 Paraguay's dictator Alfredo Stroessner, South Africa's ally While the Cold War, did not recognize the People's Republic of China. This South American country recognized Taiwan as a state.

1960-1961 For ideological reasons, China broke off gentle relations with the Ussr.

1961 Tanzania (Africa) maintained full gentle ties with China. Julyus Nyerere, country's President, was an admirer of the Chinese revolution. Since 1961 Beijing adopted a policy of cooperation with Tanzania.

1968 The Kingdom of Swaziland, a landlocked country on the African continent, did not have ties with the Prch.

1970 Italy and Canada recognized the Chinese government.

1970-1979 Peru, a Spanish-speaking republic since 1821, became one of the China's Latin American partners.

1971 New York, Usa. Many countries favored United Nations membership for the People´s Republic of China. The Un expelled Taiwan. Beijing is one of the five permanent members of the protection Council.

1971 Secretary of State Henry Kissinger made a underground visit to the People's Republic of China, where he held historic meetings with Chinese leaders. For the first time, Washington began talks with Chinese authorities.

1971 The Maoist regime was an ally of the Chilean government, which was the second Marxist state in Latin America.

1972 China's leader Mao Tse-tung established formal gentle ties with Mauritius, Cameroon, Japan, Sierra Leone and Togo.

1972 At the invitation of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, President Richard Nixon visited Beijing.

1973 The national government had good relations with Brazil and Nigeria.

1973 The Communist regime, under the direction of Mao Tse-tung, recognized the military government of Augusto Pinochet (Chile), one of the world's six anti-Communist dictators. Chile's president Salvador Allende, a friend of Beijing, was overthrown by Pinochet. Unlike most Communist states, Beijing supported cordial relations with Augusto Pinochet.

1975-1979 The Maoist government supported the Cambodian dictatorship, one of the world's worst dictatorships.

1973-1985 For its close relations with Washington and Chile, Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuba's leader, began an international campaign against China in the Third World.

1975 This Asian country established formal gentle relations with the Philippines and the Kingdom of Thailand.

1975 America's President Gerald Ford traveled to Beijing and met with Communist leaders.

1976 The Central African Republic became an ally of the Prch

1978 This year marked the end of 18 years of friendship between China and Albania. After Mao's death, China canceled aid to Albania because Enver Hoxha criticized the government of Hua Guofeng.

1978 Chile's Foreign Minister, Hernan Cubillos, traveled to Beijing. Cubillos was Chile´s first clergyman to visit the People's Republic of China since 1973.

1978-1979 Washington recognized the People`s Republic of China. Meanwhile, Taipei condemned the United States decision to produce gentle relations with Beijing.

1979 After many decades, Beijing and Washington established gentle ties. Subsequently China's leader Deng Xiaoping visited the United States. He was China's first leader to visit America.

1979-1980 Beijing condemned the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. For this reason, China declined to share in the Olympic Games in Moscow (Ussr).

1980-1990 Nicaragua, Beijing's only gentle ally in Central America, had good relations with the Chinese government.

1983 Under the leadership of Mary Eugenia Charles (Prime Minister), Dominica, a Taiwanese ally in the Americas, did not maintain gentle ties with the Prch.

1984 President Ronald Reagan arrived in China for an lawful visit at the invitation of Premier Zhao Ziyang...

1985 In the last days of his government, Hernan Siles Zuazo, Bolivia's President, recognized the People's Republic of China. For many decades, Bolivia, a South American nation, was an ally of Taipei.

1985 Li Xiannian (President of China) visited Washington to enlarge friendship between the two states.

1986 The Chinese Olympic Committee sent athletes to the Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.

1989 President George H.W.Bush traveled the People's Republic of China.

1989-2003 Beijing closed gentle ties with Liberia.

1990 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich nation in the Middle East, established gentle ties with the People's Republic of China.

1990 The Chinese government severed relations with the Kingdom of Lesotho and Guinea-Bissau.

1990 Under the democratic government of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua broke off gentle ties with the Prch.

1992 Bejing established full gentle ties with South Korea against the opposition of North Korea. Relations between South Korea and China had been strained While the Cold War. Seoul recognized Beijing as the only legal government of China.

1994 Burkina Faso broke off gentle relations with the Prch.

1997 The Chinese government maintained very close ties both Saint Lucia and the Commonwealth of Bahamas (Caribbean nations).

1997 Jian Zemin , China's president, arrived in Washington to bestow with Bill Clinton.

1997 South Africa did not recognize Taipei as the Republic of China. While the last decades, South Africa was a Taiwanese ally.

1998 President Bill Clinton visited China for nine days.

2002 The Prch was the first state to recognize Timor-Leste."The Chinese government thinks that as good partners, good neighbors and good friends of Timor-Leste, we are obliged to give a helping hand", said Su Jian (Chinese ambassador).

2004 Dominica, an English-speaking Island on the Caribbean Sea, suspended relations with Taipei and recognized Beijing.

2007 China's President Hu Jintao arrived in Cameroon. He and Paul Biya, Cameroon's President, signed a joint communiqué for bilateral cooperation. Hu also visited Liberia, Sudan, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and Seychelles.

2008 President Bush traveled to Beijing, where he attended the chance ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games.

2009 China's leader Hu Jintao embarked on a tour of Africa- Mali, Senegal - a old ally of Taipei-, Tanzania, and Mauritius, one of the best democracies in the Third World.

2008 Malawi recognized the Chinese government as the only lawful government of China. This African nation has become the 170th state to have gentle ties with Beijing.
 
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Guevara Onofre, Alejandro. Enciclopedia Mundototal, 1999
 
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Joshua Goldstein and John R. Freeman. "Us-Soviet-Chinese Relations: Routine, Reciprocity, or National Expectations", American Political Science Review, March 1991
 
Mann, James. About Face: A History of America's bright connection with China: From Nixon to Clinton, Alfredo A. Knopf, 1999
 
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Why North Korea Will Never get underway A Nuclear Missle

Many news stories have recently come out concerning North Korea and their "Nuclear Capabilities". In fact, Us Defense Secretary Robert Gates has even come out saying North Korea is a "direct threat" and that the situation is a "real concern." He argues that in the next five years North Korea will have long range nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States.

Based on North Korea's actions in the past, this seems extremely unlikely. The truth is that they have been extremely unsuccessful in many ambitious projects that they have embarked on. In 1988 the Olympic Games were hosted by South Korea. Seoul, South Korea was under the world's spotlight and Kim Jong-Il was jealous. He wanted to show the world how great North Korea was by, you guessed it, building a giant, powerful-looking hotel. They broke ground on the hotel in 1987 with nearly no knowledge of skyscraper architecture. At one point, the Ryugyong Hotel would have been the tallest hotel in the world. While most luxury hotels have a rotating restaurant on the top, this one would have had seven. When the old Soviet Union fell and could no longer finance the project, building ended. Due to poor building methods the hotel was not even safe to be near. The concrete framed monster stood silent for the next 16 years rotting away in the elements. In 2008 an Egyptian telecommunications business picked up the bill to faultless the hotel so they could set up the country's first 3G cell phone network.

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While this is determined the most epic of North Korea's failures, highlights of other failures include:

The official website of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The site looks as though it was either built in 1992 or was designed by a 9 year old. North Korea once built a tunnel into South Korea. In the event that they get caught (and they did), their plan was to paint the sides of the walls black and claim they were simply mining for coal and lost their way. Kim Jong-Il once desperately wanted to make a movie. Since he didn't have any filmmakers in his own country he did what any normal evil dictator would do. He kidnapped one from South Korea, and held him captive until he created North Korea's own Godzilla movie.

There are many theories about why North Korea has been so aggressive lately. Some think they want to get negative attention so that the world super powers will send them food. My favorite is that Kim Jong-Il sees his son, the successor to the dictatorship, to be too effeminate. By attacking South Korea and threatening the noteworthy United States with nuclear weapons, this makes his son look like an evil dictator himself.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not making this up. If you believe this is a country who will blow the Usa to bits then maybe you need to consider your thoughts.

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Who Knows The Truth About The Antichrist?

Who knows the clear facts about the antichrist that shall endeavor to rule planet Earth prior to the advent of Jesus Christ? I have assembled several witnesses always eager to take the stand:

Go to Jesus first, in Matthew (with Luke as a back-up) and listen in on His response to the ask posited by the disciples: "When is the end? When will You come?" Now, we are to be truthful and effective whatever the write back is to their question, but it is still a fair question, and Jesus gives a very literal, answer. In the process, He answers the ask we all are eager to have answered.

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Jesus leads His hearers to Daniel. Following this lead we study in information the definitions of the "sign" Jesus gives in Matthew 24. By the time one has drunk in Daniel's visions in chapters 8-12, the mind is reeling. Along with Daniel we will be overwhelmed with the truth before us.

This truth is then corroborated by similar visions given to the apostle John in his Revelation, specifically chapters 13 and 17. We are not dealing with some "Old Testament truth," but instead the same Spirit spoke to both men a complementary message. Daniel and John are one in their declaration of this excellent end-time truth.

The final scholar is none other than the apostle Paul, obviously a student of Daniel, but also a man who by the Holy Ghost surpasses Daniel and adds to the revelation as only a Spirit-filled apostle is allowed to do. We don't often think of Paul as a "prophet" but we forget that he was caught up to Heaven (Ii Corinthians 12) and offered an predicted array of revelations, most of which he was not permitted to share with us. He has very leading facts to add to the antichrist doctrine. And if he warned his first-century flock about the advent man of sin, how much more should we be heeding the warning?

What will be the sign of Jesus' coming? When will be the end and the starting of the end? And what man, before the advent of Jesus, will be at the town of it all? Prayerfully read the chapters I have suggested, with no comment at all. See what happens!

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Rapture Or Second Coming? A Sixth dissimilarity Refuted

Is there a Biblical dissimilarity in the middle of the "rapture" and the "second coming"? To show that such is the case, our brothers label the rapture "the blessed hope" , a term used by Paul in Titus 2:13, and then they assure us that the final arrival could not be a "blessed hope" for the few Christians who live to survive the devastation of the Tribulation. Again here is the using of the conclusion as part of the proof. The pre-tribulationists are the ones who have divided Jesus' arrival into two parts and assigned them names. The Bible nowhere does this.

But I fear there is even a greater lapse in logic by our esteemed brothers in this text. It would seem to me that the greater the tragedy, the greater the hope. As Jesus wipes away the tears of Tribulation saints in Revelation 7:13-17, He is truly received as a blessed sight. How much the saints will be affected by all that goes on while these dark years is not clear. We are called to be persecuted, but not judged. God will sort that out. But we will go through it. And we will be greeted by a loving Saviour who understands, because He went through earth's rejections. It seems inconceivable that believers snatched up before the suffering could receive a greeting that matches this one.

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The mentality that our brothers echo here borders on that elitism that is prevalent among us in the Western Church. Why do we think we are not called to suffer when the Scriptures repeatedly say we are? Those that suffer with Jesus will reign with Him. But what of those who wish to be caught up before it all begins?

Bethel ministries says on this topic: "Persecution and martyrdom is, in fact, the New testament norm... Peter wrote, 'For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should supervene in his steps.' (I Peter 2:21) ...Some church leaders teach that believing in an imminent pre-trib rapture will affect Christians to live holy lives. But the Scriptures teach, referring to the heavens and earth being destroyed by fire [and not the catching up of the bride], 'Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, seeing for and hasting unto the arrival of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?...' (Ii Peter 3:11-14)

"There has never been a time when so many Christians believed in an imminent pre-trib rapture and yet the twentieth-century church in America can be characterized by approximately anything but holiness...Paul said, 'We glory in tribulations...tribulation worketh patience'... [Jesus said] 'In the world ye shall have tribulation...' (John 16:33) 'We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.' (Acts 4:22). 'Blessed are ye, when men shall ...persecute you.' "

Who has more of a "blessed hope" ? The one who looks send to no tribulation, or the one who is in trouble now, but is assured that soon the troubles will be gone? The soldier who "hopes" to fly the draft or the one who hopes for the end of the conflict in which he has participated fully? The farmer who "hopes" no bad weather will destroy his crops, or the one who has bravely fought the elements and now sees the fruits of his labor about to bloom in spite of all of nature's blast?

Oh saints! When we sit in a dingy prison cell for our faith in Christ, when all of those whom we hold dear have been taken away, when our stomach is bloated from hunger and our body is mangled from beatings, what a blessed hope is ours! Christ shall come and release us! Christ shall come and restore our Heavenly family! Christ will come and feed us with His own manna, and wash our scars and heal our bodies and we will be with Him forever! Could anything be more of a blessed hope than that?

And is it not equally true that those least seeing for that "blessed hope" today are those for whom life is comfortable and secure? Why "hope" if we have what we need already?

There simply is no dissimilarity in the middle of the rapture and the second coming. Together, they are our blessed hope!

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Gripping Documentary Television - "Vanguard" and Its New arrival to News

It doesn't take very long to get news fatigued when watching television, especially if you're navigating the hundreds of channels on satellite Tv and stuck in the section where talking head after talking head is offering the same soundbite understanding on everything from the cheaper to global warming. And in an age of faster and faster information, it seems that traditional standards of journalism--with beat reporters and those who are well versed in the subjects they cover--have fallen by the wayside to large-font headlines and a general desire to grab the already attention-deficit minds of most who have been raised on quick-cuts in commercials and zooming angles in sports matches.

However, there's no fancy to give up entirely on how television manages to gift the news, nor is there a fancy to automatically dislike everything that utilizes the new powers of the internet. There are even a few shows out there that are matching the benefits of reporting from just about everywhere with the more traditional in-depth look at a story that reporters well get to spend time with, and the results are some of the most informative and captivating news stories of the past integrate of years.

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At the forefront of this new news movement that is production satellite Tv a lot more educational when it comes to current events is, of course, Current Tv. A channel that was founded with the mission of providing more news, especially on subjects that were often ignored by the mainstream media, but with a sense of journalistic integrity that transcends party affiliations, Current has closed their goal with the program "Vanguard." And of course, the tech angle is always present, since without affordable and transportable Hd cameras, many of these news stories wouldn't have been made in the first place.

Unlike other news programs on satellite Tv where everything is sensationalized and the real stories are often buried or ignored, "Vanguard" manages to net correspondents from all over the world who have a real first-person view of what they are covering, as well as great abilities with editing and production. Whether it's a look at lobster fishing in Nicaragua, the impact of droughts colse to the world, or the current state of the economy, "Vanguard" manages to put a fresh spin on topics that have been covered while delivering those that have never received their time on the air. Currently in season three, the show is still one of the best sources for truly captivating news reporting everywhere on your satellite tv dial, and its stories have made big waves in the world of reporting, both traditional and new media.

"Vanguard" even made front page news just about everywhere when two of their correspondents were detained in North Korea after allegations of spying, when what they were well doing was working on a piece about human trafficking. It took Bill Clinton having talks with the leader of North Korea to get two young journalists released, and the story was a huge part of mainstream news coverage for at least a week.

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Who Would Prevail - The Us Versus Iran

Did you by any opening watch the World Cup Soccer Championship Tournament in South Africa in 2010. It was truly extraordinary how a amount one ranked team tied the last placed team of North Korea, but maybe the best episode in all of this is don't get cocky, stay on your game, and play to win without assumptions. Now then, in this regard who would prevail in a contest between Iran and the Us, and no I am not talking about Soccer, I am talking about soldiery conflict, sorry to convert the subject on you, but this is important.

Not long ago, a college trainee warned me that; "we must be specific to not over enlarge our soldiery soldiery needlessly," referring to the Us wars currently in Afghanistan and Iraq. I reminded him that a popular old normal of the Us soldiery once said;

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"Give me 72-hours, I will show you victory. There won't be a Revolutionary Guard after that, no missiles, no nuclear weapons manufacturing, no Iranian naval vessels floating only parked at the bottom of the water, no media outlets, it will be over, with no targets left. Then they will then be free, free to clean up the mess themselves. They will overthrow their government and start over. We will give them advice, expertise, that's all."

But then what? Well, how about then we sail over to the coast of North Korea, give them 48-hours to make a decision, if not, strike, then we sail over to Venezuela, sit off the coast and say nothing, just camp out for 3-6 months 190 miles off the coast. Needless? No.

You see, Russia, Syria, China, can all watch, and then reconsider the reality. The time for playing games must end. Infirmity is all the world sees now of the Us, and they even have some Americans believing we are bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq. You see at some point we are going to have to make a statement and we great mean it too: No Nuclear Weapons in the Hands of Rogue Nations!

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North Korea - Here Comes Jesus!

For many months now I have been sharing with you all the difficult things population need to know about North Korea. We've talked famine & flood together, refugees, orphans, split-up families. I've wept with you over attention camps, torture, group executions. But rarely have I been able to share good things with you. Well, hey, there just aren't a lot of good things to share. But today my quiver is full. Stand back and get ready to be blessed.

Would you believe it if I told you that every day of the year the Gospel is being beamed into North Korea by short wave radio, and that one million North Koreans are hearing that Gospel message? fantasize it. 30 minutes a day these otherwise destitute Nk nationals get to hear readings from a North Korea dialect New Testament read by a real North Korean, a man we will call "Mr. Kim", living in South Korea, plus an audio drama of the life of Christ, and even a reading of the excellent Wurmbrand book Tortured for Christ !

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Would you also believe me if I related that before September of this year, 600,000 Gospel tracts will arrive by air into various parts of the Hermit Kingdom north of the Dmz? That plans are being made to growth that estimate astronomically by technology that will allow year-round launches of balloons carrying these fliers?

Would you still stay with me if I told you there are 13,000 North Korean defectors living in Seoul ghettos as we speak, and that they are also being reached with a message of hope and purpose? That many of them are being trained to bless their own population with the Gospel?

And what would you say if I told you that all of the above energy and planning is North-Korea created and energized?

If you truly believed that all of this is happening, would you think what we often think when we read the papers about North Korea, that "nothing is actually changing. Poor folks , they'll never make it now. More famine is on the way. Probably wipe out the whole nation..."?

I recently had to re-seed the back yard. My wife had a orchad out there. Now that we're mental of selling, we are trying to make it look a itsybitsy more "normal." Unfortunately extensive gardens in a suburb of Chicago aren't carefully the norm. So I had to try my hand at horticulture, or whatever it's called. I've decided after some hot days not to leave my day job.

But the work itself was not the worst part. It was the waiting. And waiting. I had decided after about a week that I had actually blown it this time. I was mentally planning to re-do the whole thing. No grass! Hey, I'd planted faithfully. I'd watered faithfully. God Himself poured buckets on some occasions. In fact He helped so much that I conception the poor seeds were drowned. Forget this green-thumb stuff.

Then one morning, like that first sign of a beard on a skinny teen-age boy, there it was. The tiniest, frailest, but most beautiful green I had ever seen. This was my grass. I did this. I can't review how good it felt.

Do you think Jesus might just have a morning like this soon? Oh my, So many seeds have been planted! Oh my, So much watering is being done. The Word of God is not bound. It keeps doing what God says it must do. Many lives have been changed forever already. The Word is getting out. Something is stirring deep underground.

What our "Mr. Kim" is preaching cannot be stopped by that other "Mr. Kim." Jong-il had his shot at stopping it for sure. But the plants are growing anyway. See the frail itsybitsy seedlings sprouting, barely descriptive above the surface? The news media hasn't picked it up yet. But when they do, what a occasion for Christ to be glorified!

For it is Christ Who is touching refugees and orphans. It is Christ Who is feeding the hungry, caring for the dying. The world will see the dissimilarity that Christ makes when he is given the reins. May the day come soon.

Information for the above gleaned from Seoul Usa in Seoul , Korea and Colorado Springs , Co.

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