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Archived News page 8 ( August 2006 )
Verichip to close
Vancouver plant; Ottowa plant to stay open -- Nov. 7, 2006
The company said the operations would be merged
with its facility in Ottawa, Ontario
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061107:MTFH91481_2006-11-07_15-19-25_BNG73324&type=comktNews&rpc=44
Most recent Meteors
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2006/louis1013.htm
Air
passengers could be tagged -- Oct. 13, 2006 ...... ( tracking
with web-enabled video )
He said: "In our system, the location can be
detected to an accuracy of 1m, and
video and tag data could be merged to
give a powerful surveillance capability
But potentially, said Dr Brennan, the tags could
aid security by allowing airports to track the movement patterns
of passengers
deemed to be suspicious ( Ed:
as in 'Minority
Report ' ) and prevent them
from entering restricted areas
Worshipping the twin gods of science and
technology
The most effective means of tackling this is by
tackling those opportunities. Science and technology can help us
to do this."
Ed:
Not so. For all of our modern "progress", crime has
increased exponentially. The only deterrent is a changed heart
( Jer. 17:9 ) and only God can do that ( Ezekiel 36:26 )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6044310.stm
THE CATTLE By Greg M. Sarwa
ISBN 0-9766202-1-9 $23.95;
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and in
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Or you can order this book on www.gregsarwa.com with
30% discount.
Greg Sarwa's book "The Cattle" wins Book of the Year
Award -- 2006 
http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k5.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=46
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/5/emw390729.htm
* * * *
CATHERINE
ALBRECHT and LIZ McINTYRE
SPYCHIPS
in Spanish
Chips Espías:
Cómo las grandes corporaciones y el gobierno planean monitorear
cada uno de sus pasos con RFID could strip away our last shreds
of privacy and usher in a nightmare world of total
surveillance—to keep us all on Big Brother’s very short
leash.
About the Book
Chips Espías: Cómo las grandes corporaciones y el gobierno
planean monitorear cada uno de sus pasos con RFID is available at
your favorite local bookstore. You can also purchase it online
through http://www.amazon.com or http://www.barnesandnoble.com /
ISBN: 0-88113-066-4
Retail Price: $15.99
http://www.gruponelson.com
http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=in&id=6373&cha=7
"20 Minutos
points out that, in an ironic twist, the chip has only
been tested on human in one country: Mexico. In
addition to that interesting tidbit, according to a U.S. Senator,
at least one government official said he would allow his
U.S.-bound citizens be implanted with the chips: Álvaro Uribe of
Colombia.
http://vivirlatino.com/2006/06/06/implanting-immigrants-with-chips.php
English : The SPYCHIP THREAT : Why Christians should resist RFID --- ISBN: 1595550216
by Katherine
Albrecht and Liz McIntyre
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595550216/qid=1138737651/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-5654458-9099207?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Chip in Arm, Reader in ER
-- Oct. 16, 2006
"While the federal agency raised concerns in its approval
letter to the company about potential health risks associated
with the device—including tissue
damage—Feldman says none of the
40 patients who have been implanted with the device at Hackensack
has reported any adverse effects. He says the chip can be easily
removed if the patient so desires."
http://www.njbiz.com/weekly_article_reg.asp?aID=43038809.389852.893724.11845.1606222.787&aID2=68739
Ed: This is still not the 666 global economic chip in the right
hand or forehead. So technically it is not forbidden. However, I
choose to not take it.
All these body-chips are forerunners to the 666 economic chip.
Each application wears down resistence to the 666 chip. We must
not compromise. We must obey Rev. 14: 9-11.
Speed through
the checkout with just a wave of the arm -- Oct. 10, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2396043,00.html
and
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-2396043,00.html
This is still not the Biblical warning given in Revelation 13 for
two reasons, as we see it :
1. it is not in the right hand or forehead
2. and it is not yet tied to a global financial system under the
leadership of the global policy maker ( the beast ).
Rest assured, when the global 666 economic system is in place, it
will be required to be placed in the right hand or forehead for
easier biological confirmation ( fingerprint and iris scan.)
We realize that "in the arm" is splitting hairs, but it
is only for pre-paid debit accounts...not for the open
universal banking system.
The mere fact that they are boldly stating bodily
access to accounts shows how right all of us
watchers have been all along, and more importantly how a book of
the Bible -- Revelations-- is 100 % accurate, even though written
2,000 years ago.
Who could ever have a track record like that ?
Our God is amazing !
Even though this is not the warning given in Rev. 13, it is way
too close for comfort. We must-- even now -- be on the verge of
war, and NYC is particularly vulnerable.
Please see the message given in Rev. 14
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* * *
IBM store of the
future -- Oct. 9, 2006
One of the most interesting technologies at the IBM
pavilion was the LaneHawk
by Evolution Robotics. Using a high-end camera and sophisticated image-recognition
software, the LaneHawk takes a photo of shopping cart contents
and looks up UPC codes for the products to send that information
to the POS. It’s a high-tech way to cut down on one of the
most low-tech forms of loss – the accidental (or
intentional) omission of bottom-of-basket products from a sale.
Ed: It's also
a good way to monitor one's purchases, since it has
image-recognition which most likely is also facial recognition.
That way, if a customer makes purchases with cash, the System can
identify your buying habits without the "report card"
provided by either a subdermal chip or smart card or credit card.
Just one more clever way of tracking and profiling. They leave no
way out.
http://atmmarketplace.com/news_story_26719.htm
Reader Comment: "Is it a
coincidence that as we have moved away from cash-on-the-nail to
cheques, then plastic that more people find themselves in debt?
When we handed over cash (I still do), we could see and 'feel'
how much this was, but now it goes without a thought. This latest
development seems to be another move to divorce us from
self-reliance and personal responsibility - a kind of casual
aquaintance with money that somehow says it doesn't matter 'it'll
come from somewhere'. Dangerous "
Persuasion media
Young people will readily accept body-chips for shopping -- Oct.
10, 2006
http://www.jbs.org/node/1369
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409867&in_page_id=1770
Teenagers
and the chip-- Oct. 10, 2006
"According to Institute of
Grocery Distribution research only one in 10 teenagers would
be interested, while one in 20 adults would also be open to the
idea"
http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39163093,00.htm
http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/sci/tech/retail-industry-in-the-uk-microchips-planted-under-skin-to-pay-bi?itemId=B24_1527
7&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fnuevas_tecnologias&idioma=en
And
who will have the courage to tell them that hell is in the final
consequences ? ... Rev. 14: 9-11.
Only a TRUE friend will tell them that, regardless if they don't
want to hear it.
If ever they come to their senses and remember your advice, they
will thank you forever in heaven.
NW Order
out of Chaos
Creating a crisis-vacuum :
Congress
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/15765578.htm
Ban Ki-Moon : Dismantling the UN by taking out main supporters
please see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/2bibi.html for more info
Driver's Licenses to become Smart Cards ( main ID card with
future applications)
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/03/drivers_licenses/
Someone is probably watching you -- Oct. 8, 2006
Good ol democratic censorship of the Web
Both smart cards and subdermal chips deliver the info
Websense
has a tool that runs weekly risk reports that categorize Internet
usage at a client by category, including adult content and
bandwidth consumption. Companies can quickly glance at a report
and see if anything (or anyone) stands out.
Marriott International Inc. has a system that
blocks inappropriate Web sites, according to spokeswoman
Stephanie Hampton. It also, like many major companies, has a
corporate policy that says the Internet and e-mail should be used
for business purposes only. "However, in today's complex
world where we blend personal and corporate lives, it is
acceptable to use e-mail and Internet for some personal
use," she said.
In a study last year of six major companies by
the Rand Corp., it was found that all of them [ smart access
cards ] stored data about who went where and when, thanks to
their radio frequency identification tags. According to "9
to 5: Do You Know if Your Boss Knows Where You Are?" five of
the six private-sector companies surveyed said the records
collected were used to understand movements of an individual
going in and out of the building and to describe the behavior of
many individuals without identifying who they were
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061008/BUSINESS/610080314/1003
Identity management ; Biometrics -- Oct. 8, 2006
http://www.itp.net/features/details.php?id=5294&category=
"16 Tons and wudda you get .... another day older and deeper
in debt "..
"Experts argue that educating consumers
against excessive spending will only do so much. Instead, some
want Idaho to reinstate a ban on excessive interest rates.
[ Ed: Usury ]
Others think the federal government should rein in the
aggressive marketing of credit cards by mail.
Another possible solution would require that credit card
statements alert consumers to how long it will take to pay off
their debt.
With mostly service
jobs being created and inflation
eating away at the lower wages
those jobs pay,
Payday loan operators, who cater to the financially desperate,
added 6,000 U.S. locations in the last 12 months
Also buried in the contract agreement is a clause allowing the
company to raise the customer's interest rate to near 30 percent
if he or she is late with a payment, either to the credit card
company
http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061004/NEWS02/308230002/1029/NEWS02
Solution : cut up the cards and work to pay off those debts, no
matter how long it takes.
You can do it .... HE can help !
MS "VISTA" ...smart-card ready ! --- Oct.5.2006
Microsoft Corp. believes smart cards and PKI-based digital
certificates will be central to strong online authentication and
has added features to its upcoming Vista operating system that
will make it easier to use smart cards with PCs, says the
Microsoft executive responsible for the company’s smart
card-related technology
vendors of both smart cards and readers can write simple drivers
that will allow their products to communicate with applications
running on Vista
He says Vista will also have other features making it
easier to unblock the personal identification number on a smart
card after it has been entered incorrectly, and to allow a single smart card to have multiple credentials for
different purposes.
http://www.cardtechnology.com/article.html?id=200610052ETDMKQV
Governor OKs spychips
embedded in upgraded driver's license ( REAL ID ) --- Oct. 5,
2006
Schwarzenegger said the
measure might contradict forthcoming federal guidance for
technology used in government identification, specifically
relating to the REAL ID act, which mandates
national standards for verifying the identity of driver's license
applicants.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/10/ca_spychips.html
and
http://www.cardtechnology.com/article.html?id=200610055U2KOAT7
School shooting tragedies...
We do not know on this side why evil is allowed. Someday we will
know.
Healing will take place as we all pray for the victims.
May all those who lost loved ones be comforted, especially by the
fact that they will see their loved ones again
in heaven.
Prayer - care:
Have we prayed over our children today ... over their schools,
our neighborhoods, our cities ?
We must first bind the strongman over these
places and ask for the blood-covering of Jesus
Christ
and for angelic protection as in Psalm 91.
Prayer ... let's not leave home without
it ( whether one is killed or remains,
prayer sustains.)
Quoting Brian
Rohrbough ( God bless him mightily !!) "free
speech" CBS nightly news .... fair
educational use
"I'm saddened and shaken by the
shooting at an Amish school today, and last week’s school
murders.
When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High
School on April 20, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school
shooting. Since that day, I’ve tried to answer the question,
"Why did this happen?"
This country is in a moral free-fall. For over two
generations, the public school system has taught in a moral
vacuum, expelling God from the school and from the government,
replacing Him with evolution, where the strong kill the weak,
without moral consequences , and life has no inherent value.
We teach there are no absolutes, no right or wrong. And I assure
you the murder of innocent children is always wrong, including by
abortion. Abortion has diminished the value of children.
Suicide has become an acceptable action and has further
emboldened these criminals. And we are seeing an epidemic
increase in murder-suicide attacks on our children.
Sadly, our schools are not safe. In fact, we now witness
that within our schools.
Our children have become a target of terrorists from within the
United States.
Quoting Mr.
Rohrbough 2 weeks ago: (Sept.)
But Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Dan, was
gunned down on a sidewalk outside the school [ Columbine 1999] ,
says the game minimalizes what happened at Columbine and
glorifies the killers.
"By glorifying the murderers through a video game, it looks
like that maybe has, in some way,
impacted someone else to do this kind of
crime," he said Tuesday [ Sept.
19, 2006 ... just 1 and 1/2 weeks before Platte Valley and Nickel
Mines shootings ]
Rohrbough :
"Ideas have consequences, and everything that happens starts
as an idea," he said. "When you glorify the murder
of innocent people, you take the responsibility that what you do
may influence someone else, as well as cause great harm to
others." http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5007164,00.html
Federal law enforcement at schools ?
The Bush administration on Monday called for a school violence
summit to be held next week with education and law enforcement
officials to discuss possible federal action to help communities
prevent violence and deal with its aftermath.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AMISH_SCHOOL_SHOOTING?SITE=LYCOS&SECTION=home&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Praise God
that "limbo" is finally found to be unscriptural. The
Gospel of God is accuracy and truth.
"Thy WORD is truth"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2387589,00.html
LIMBO http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=2213
Now, when will
Catholics find "purgatory" to be unScriptural too ?
"Heaven and earth shall pass away ( religious institutions)
but My Words will never pass away ." ( the Bible ).
Thy WORD is
Truth.
As ID
tech gets more commerce-prone, there's Crowdstorm (influence) --
Oct. 2006
The idea behind Crowdstorm is that many of us
average consumers are capable of helping out a fellow shopper in need. We may not be
a paid expert, but we know what works and what doesn’t. Put
more glamorously, Crowdstorm is the social
network model applied to shopping. Think MySpace for
the gadget head. Or, as Crowdstorm founder Philip Wilkinson says,
it’s about measuring and making sense of the buzz around
products
Reviewers get points for posting new products,
Wilkinson says. They also earn more points when users follow
their recommendations. The more points a user accumulates,
the more credible they become as a source. "The reputation
system is purely how trustworthy you are," says Wilkinson.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2377979,00.html
Smart driver's license
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/05/stories/2006100519350100.htm
Cyber-slanting
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2382660,00.html
How to clone yourself a VeriChip -- Oct. 4, 2006 ( Ed: very limited use;
no global economic system yet )
http://cq.cx/vchdiy.pl
http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/how-to-clone-yourself-a-verichip/
Wisconsin principal killed by student -- Sept.29, 2006
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-principal-shot-dead/2006/09/30/1159337368494.html
Western Oil supplies at risk -- Oct. 2, 2006 ( Communist buy-out
)
Energy Tsar needed ( EU plans on having one )
A Chinese bid for Exxon and/or Chevron and/or a
Russian bid for Shell and/or BP, backed
by funds provided by the wealthy member countries of Opec seem
likely to be only a matter of time.
Professor Odell is considered to be quite conservative but he is
a sceptic about the world running out of oil fast.
"The ultimate physical sufficiency of global oil and gas resources is not in doubt so that one
can ignore the present-day Jeremiahs," he told Opec
ministers.
He believes the need for better order in global markets will
eventually lead to the creation of a
United Nations International Energy Organisation which
will include input from Opec and others.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1885258,00.html
ENERGY
TSAR
French prime minister Dominique de Villepin
has proposed a new EU energy representative and a high-profile
summit with the bloc's energy suppliers during next year's German
EU presidency. [ Jan - June 30, 2007 ]
Speaking at the International Bertelsmann Forum in Berlin on
Friday (22 September -2006 ), Mr de Villepin suggested that a new EU special representative on energy - negotiating on
behalf of the bloc's member states - should work closely with foreign policy chief
Javier Solana and energy commissioner
Andris Piebalgs.
"Our weight in negotiations with
producers will increase in proportion to our ability to speak with a single voice," he said, according to press reports.
http://euobserver.com/9/22491/?rk=1
Pharmacy Smart Cards
Diabetes Smart Cards are pocket-sized
cards that contain simple but smart tips from specially trained
Rite Aid pharmacists on making healthy lifestyle decisions
including smart food choices, ways to get fit, testing your blood
levels, and numerous healthy recipes. The Smart Cards also
include great coupon offers on everyday items as well as items
geared to patients living with the disease.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061002005547&newsLang=en
Derek Jacobs, 18 : First person implanted with VeriChip dies in
motorcycle accident -- Sept. 30, 2006
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/10/01/s1c_brFatal_1001.html
Derek 14 takes the VeriChip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1981026.stm
Australia already has
daily banking ( eft ) with smart cards; Ed: not with 666 yet,
but coming ?? --August 1, 2006
National Australia Bank (NAB) has
completed its end-to-end chip card transaction pilot project. The
bank said that it will begin processing up to 20,000 chip card
transactions in a day. Although banks expect that most of the
transactions will be from visitors with chip cards issued
overseas, NAB is also planning to issue its own chip cards and
invest in EMV compliant merchant terminals.
http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15627
https://www.theasianbanker.com/A556C5/Update.nsf/0/26D5D38E071ECEA9482571B9003AA57F?Opendocument
ED : Smart ID cards may be all
right for ID and even for banking transactions, as long as there is
no affiliation with the beast ( global policy maker ) nor
his number 666, nor image, nor name ( nor worship ).
Once
these cards are associated with the 666 banking system, they are
forbidden. Rev. 14: 9-11
For all those who do not transact with 666 , it will be
"Access Denied"
Cancun, Mexico : locust plague
-Sept. 27, 2006
"Imagine, they fly in the form of a flock. Imagine the width
of a street," government official Martin Rodriguez said on
Tuesday, describing the fields around Cancun on the Yucatan
Peninsula
Locusts, which typically come to the region in four-year cycles,
are most famous as one of the 10 biblical plagues of Egypt.
"We hope that God will take pity on us and help us,"
said Parra with a laugh. [ Ed: God will have the last laugh]
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-09-27T114315Z_01_N26377703_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-LOCUSTS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Something to ponder
http://pub48.bravenet.com/forum/4086901292/show/601231
Data safe wallet for smart cards -- Sept. 25, 2006 ... foil
envelope
The new 'Contactless Credit Cards'
are designed to make purchases much more convenient. The user no
longer has to actually swipe their card as they can simply wave
it in front of a 'reader' to make a purchase. "This is the
future. As the large credit card companies go after the fees
attached to the $724 billion market segment of 'under $25
transactions' - that has traditionally been paid for with cash
and therefore not provided them with their fees - we will be
seeing a huge push for acceptance of these contactless credit
cards and we want to make people aware that they need to take
extra precaution with these cards," offered Geb Masterson,
president of Kena Kai.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060925/phm003.html?.v=69
HIV tests for 13 - 64 yr olds ;
ED:
helps to build a DNA database
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/286100_aids22.html
Russia says new universal system needs a leader
Ed:
Would he be called the "Tsar of Peace" ?
Does that equal 666 in Hebrew Gematria ? anyone know ?
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10800532&PageNum=0
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e coli in spinach traced to contaminated water in farmland
Contaminated irrigation water is
one of the most common vehicles by which E. coli may be
introduced into the environment,'' concluded Abasiofiok Ibekwe of
University of California-Riverside in his 2005 paper in the
journal Environmental Science and Technology. He found that the
microbe can persist for more than 45 days in soil.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/15554157.htm
"sowing
to the wind ...reaping the whirlwind"
What is gray water ? recycled water used for irrigation in
agricultural farms
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/
Solution for contaminated
food : Pray over all food and drink intake.
" For every created food
( creature ) is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving
( thanking God for our food at each meal )
"For it is sanctified ( made pure and wholesome ) by the
word of God and prayer"
( Asking God to bless our food ; grace before meals ).
1 Timothy 4: 4, 5
Geneva
Conventions ( humane treatment of prisoners ) being
re-interpreted -- Sept. 14, 2006
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=8455
*
Shame* on Sen. John McCain, Sen. Warner and Sen.
Graham for compromising
"Under the agreement announced
yesterday, Bush, and subsequent presidents, will give the Central
Intelligence Agency guidance on permissible techniques, lawmakers
said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=anOntdOu2Mho&refer=us
Their feigned posture last week fell apart
totally as they make a 180 degree turn to spray perfume on
manure.
One can never make acceptable the UNacceptable, unless they have
seared consciences, are pragmatic and Machiavellian ( ends
justifies the means ) .
Speak to the people what they want to hear,
but then turn around and do what you want to do regardless
Anti-Torture http://www.loveallpeople.org/anti-torture.html
Common Article 3 ... Tribunal Plan ( will lead to mistreatment of
our soldiers )
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/09/15/091506_letters.html
Jerusalem surrounded by Armies -- Sept. 13, 2006
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2006/jimg913-1.htm
10 different active
volcanoes just this month alone -- Sept. 11, 2006
Indonesia ( 2 ) , Italy, Guatamala ( 3 ), Phillipines,
Montserrat, So. Sandwhich Islands
http://www.volcanolive.com/volcanolive.html
In August : add Australia and Ecuador
Cutting oil production -- Sept. 11, 2006 ... Ed: Gas rationing
coming ?
When asked when would be a good time to talk
about cutting the 11-member group's output, he said: "Right
now - this is the time to talk about it."
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=google&guid=%7B54D03758-0445-437B-A640-B89B8EEA79F5%7D&keyword=
3 M rfid for tracking medical files at Fort Hood military
Ed: 3 M stands for : Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
The government is no stranger to
RFID. In July, the Army paid $3.76 million to 3M to implement an
RFID-based system that will track medical files at its massive
Fort Hood Army base in Texas—the military's largest
active-duty domestic base. Fort Hood houses the active medical
records of more than 150,000 men and women stationed
there—and their dependents' records.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2008340,00.asp
3M rfid System : e-Passports; Tax Court too
The idea with the 3M project is to
tag and track each file as it moves in and out of a central
filing room, to reduce errors in the manual tracking, retrieval,
filing and file merging processes within the Army, according to
3M.
TATRC, or Telemedicine and
Advanced Technology Research Center, is the unit within the Army
that is actually leading the RFID effort.
TATRC is itself a unit of USAMRMC,
or the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command.
During the scope of the three-year project, 3M is charged with
choosing and optimizing the best RFID technology for file
management, according to a 3M statement.
It's also charged with developing a system that includes
shelf-based reading capabilities and with getting a staff onboard
to maintain the system.
In addition to the U.S. State Department's
issuance of RFID-based ePassports as
early as August, the Tax Division of the
Department of Justice and the U.S. Tax Court
have also taken a run at RFID.
Like the Army, the latter two departments are using RFID to track
records as well, and have contracted with 3M for technology.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1994160,00.asp
Gov. software
"VistA" for medical databases / records -- Sept. 8,
2006
It's called VistA, for Veterans Health
Information Systems & Technology Architecture.
It's used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to maintain electronic
health records and performance measures for
5.2 million patients seen at the VA's 1,400 health care
facilities
http://www.wcnc.com/sharedcontent/nationworld/landers/090806ccdrNatLanders.7c425b3b.html
Hundreds of milions of smart cards -- Aug. 30,
2006.... Bearing Point / Lockeed Martin
Ed: First the PIV card for Gov. employees; then drivers
"smart" licenses for the rest of us ; same
multiple-applications
" When you're talking about credentialing [ Ed: issuing
smart cards ] the federal work force and contractors, you're
talking about maybe 10 million people. When you're talking first
responders, you're at 20, 30 or 40 million people," said
Thomas Greco, a vice president at Cybertrust Inc. "But when
you're talking credentialing all registered drivers in the United
States, you're up to hundreds of
millions of people. Nobody is losing sight of
that."
The Real ID Act, approved by Congress last year,
aims to standardize security features on driver's licenses by
mid-2008.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/BUSINESS/608300357
Weekly White
House Words : "Combating Terrorism"
The 1st speech was given Aug. 31; the last will be given Sept.
19th at the UN )
3rd speech Sept. 6 -- CIA prisons; military tribunals [
significance: ties America and Europe in an issue together ]
"But the US leader did not
reveal where the CIA camps are located, although there have been
reports that the facilities could be somewhere in Europe."
European Parliament's temporary
committee which is investigating allegations of illegal CIA
activities in the EU
Council of Europe investigations
claiming that European governments have silently condoned the
CIA's practice of "rendition" – the abduction and
transport of terror suspects to countries where torture is used.
"
http://euobserver.com/9/22355/?rk=1
Solana backs trials for terrorists [ Ed: Believers will be on
trial during the Great Tribulation ]
http://euobserver.com/9/22364/?rk=1
Brit database not secure
Office staff are hacking into the department's computers, putting
at risk the privacy of 40 million people in Britain.
The revelation undermines Government claims that sensitive
information being collected for its controversial ID
Cards scheme could not fall into criminal hands.
The security breaches occurred at the Identity and
Passport Service, which is setting up the National
Identity Register to provide access to individuals' health,
financial and police records as part of the £8billion ID card
scheme scheduled to begin in 2008.
Home Affairs spokesman Mark Hunter said: 'These revelations show
it is folly to put all the precious personal data of our citizens
in one place.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23364764-details/ID+card+fears+as+staff+hack+into+Home+Office+database/article.do
Vermont says REAL ID too expensive
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/OPINION/608270313
Smart Cards with any application -- Sept. 4, 2006
http://www.finextra.com/fullpr.asp?id=11106
Super System for Hospitals -- Sept. 4. 2006
The objective of the agreement is
to result in solutions for secure log-on procedures when doctors
and nurses for instance are entering the Electronic Patient
Records (EPR) as part of their daily routines. [ Ed: web-enabled]
On sight a biometric log-on system could
be extended to other parts of the Health Care System, e.g. homecare
service, general practitioners, pharmacies and last
not least in relation to each individual patient for
the use of a multi-service smart card with the
biometric data of each individual stored in the microchip [ Ed: encrypted]
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=25751&CategoryID=1
Health Cards ( smart cards ) to double as payment cards for
2007-- Sept. 2, 2006
Qatar
SMART
Cards are expected to replace the current health cards towards
the second quarter of 2007, according to information received by
Gulf Times.
The proposed cards, with an electronic chip, would carry the
medical history of the holder and could also be used
as a debit card for payments at hospitals and
Primary Health Centres (PHCs )
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.aspx?cu_no=2&item_no=105695&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
EagleCash ( cashless)
kiosks at U.S. military bases , PX -- Aug. 28, 2006
Iraq, Kuwait
The EagleCash team
installed 70 kiosks and 1,200 point-of-sale terminals to support
the stored-value card system. During the two-month mission, the
team issued more than 4,500 EagleCash cards and processed
transactions representing more than $22 million.
http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article.php?id=16079
Re-deployment for those who finished tour of duty -- Aug. 26,
2006
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.aspx?cu_no=2&item_no=104818&version=1&template_id=43&parent_id=19
Blinded by the Rapture-Light
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/blinded.html
Falcon One tracks computer
behavior ( typing; mouse etc.)
http://www.toptechnews.com/news/The-Many-Faces-of-Authentication/story.xhtml?story_id=133004A2K8WF
Looking for scars instead of stars:
All tracking and surveillance will only find out
what we already know:
That the just man falls seven times in a day -- Proverbs 24:16 and
that all of us are in need of Jesus to be the Savior of our soul.
Profiling leans to the negative. Terrorism is the excuse when
looking for condemnation.
Poem : "WAIT "
http://wandascountryhome.com/wait/
Defeating smart code
crackers -- Aug. 27, 2006
http://press.xtvworld.com/article13651.html
New York considers scanning IDs at bars -- Aug.
25, 2006
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060825005164&newsLang=en
India:
Internet cafes require ID cards -- Aug. 22, 2006
Apart from checking
identity proof of the user, café owners will now have to
maintain a log of the user activity in the café, a new regulation
promulgated by Mumbai police has stipulated.
The log book to be
maintained by café owners will have details of the
users, besides the time during which he or she had used the
facility.
The order further warns internet café owners that failure to
abide by this promulgation can invite penal action.
LANDLORD COPS
Meanwhile, it will now be mandatory for
landlords to inform local police stations about their tenants
whom they let out their premises to.
The new regulation will be mandatory for both the tenants and the
landlords, and would invite penal action if any of the two
violate the regulation
http://oheraldo.in/node/18187
54,700 dead or missing; 2.5 million displaced in North Korean
typhoon
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004555772
11 years later and still no Constitutional rights for Michael New
Please
keep this family in our prayers and for Herb Titus , his
lawyer
http://www.mikenew.com/newsltr72006.html
Up-close and personal : PlaceSite -- Aug. 17, 2008
http://info.placesite.com/index.rhtml?ps=1
WiMax ... connecting WiFi spots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX
Icann
Icann, a nonprofit organization
based in California, manages Internet addresses by matching up
computers with their technical names and numbers to allow
communications to flow quickly. Icann has
control over the master database to do this
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/16/business/icann.php
Jimmy Carter disagrees with American policy ( again ) -- August 17, 2006
"all
the world's a stage and each one plays his own part "
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0%2C1518%2C431793%2C00.html
Why
Apocalyptic Hope opposes ALL political wranglings:
1. At
this point in time, they are counter-productive 2. We
have no channel of law or governing body within which to address
these concerns ( ineffectual) .... this includes " voting
".
3. movements are usually manipulated.
The movie "From Freedom to Fascism" reveals unalterable
changes for the worse in government. It is our belief that it
will only stir up discontent and cause greater antagonism between
the individual and his government. It falsely gives the
impression that there is something that "we the people"
can do, yet it will all be counter-productive in the end, because
in the end "we the people" have no power.
Dissenters will be imprisoned soon enough...no need to hasten the
day.
The real answer to evil is to pray ( Luke 19: 36 ) and to live
righteously each day, doing all that one can do within one's own
circle. That is not doing nothing...that is using common sense
and letting God decide in your heart
what to do...not letting others manipulate you. The time will
come when you will have to make a personal decision whether or
not to go along with directives, but it should be just that ... a
personal decision, and not a "movement".
At home or in
assemblies :
For 230
years "we the people" have been working consistently
for righteousness and yet look around you today. Had the
spiritual-assembly houses of America been opened each day for
sincere prayer --- within the closet of one's own heart ---and
had our pulpits kept us in mental sobriety with REALISTIC ,
accurate Bible Prophecy -- rather than having musicals and
dramatizations--- we would be enlightened, and have no need for
movies such as "From Freedom to Fascism".
Jesus gave the command to feed the sheep (applying prophecies
that directly affect an individual
person, rather than large overall panoramas ). It isn't just wars
and weather phenomenon; nor is church simply entertainment.
Our shining hour was decades ago.It could be today
if there were warnings about financial-technology and the
entrapment to come.
" They all slumbered and slept " Matthew 25:5.
Saying the right things at the right time -- Aug. 16, 2006
Professor Sasse aired a number of
concerns about the government’s approach to biometrics:
inadequate consultation with industry experts; cursory trials;
and an aggressive reaction to academic reports designed to
stimulate debate. She also cast doubt on the way the government
has costed the project.
Outside the inquiry, she has warned of the
vulnerability of a single database holding personal data for the
entire population, and of the
interoperability problems in store if the government
does not decide definitively which departments will be plugged
into the system
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/7211
Print Studio 2E ... Aug. 16, 2006
With Print Studio 2E users design
high quality, multi-layered identification cards and one-click
connect to their existing database. Print Studio 2E provides
robust database management tools and is fully integrated with
Evolis’ printer lines. No configuration is needed.
TransTech Systems www.ttsys.com
is a value-added distributor of ID Badging Systems
www.jollytech.com
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/8/emw424738.htm
DHS
advises Windows-patch to protect from attack -- Aug. 11, 2006
one specific patch, MS06-040,
which will prevent a hacker from remotely controlling an affected
system. The vulnerability could allow the attacker to install
programs, delete data and create new user accounts.
http://www.secureidnews.com/news/2006/08/09/dhs-recommends-security-patch-to-protect-against-windows-vulnerability/
Quake :Skyscrapers sway in Mexico City -- Aug. 11, 2006
http://www.kfoxtv.com/weather/9666010/detail.html
Now we know why the word 'travel' comes from the word
"travail" -- August 10, 2006
Piles of toiletries abandoned,
even water;
ALERT: A Miami-Dade Police
Officer holds an HK
223 machine gun during a
heightened state of alert at the American Airlines
International departure gate
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/15242167.htm
SEPA - Single Euro Payment Area by Jan. 1- 08
http://www.finextra.com/fullfeature.asp?id=790
Espiritu Sancto ( Holy Spirit Island in the Vanuatu Island chain, So. Pacific) quake sends tsunami alert
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51437
Mayon Volcano ( Philippines ) ready to blow
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51437
Google warning of websites -- Aug. 7, 2006
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single6864
Newsweek interviews Hal Lindsey -- August 7, 2006
http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=13224
President wants control of National Guard -- August 6, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/08/06/MNGQJKC7G31.DTL&type=politics
US to
send 11,000 troops to Afghanistan -- Aug. 3, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/02/airborne.afghanistan.ap/index.html
Salvation www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
Bible www.blueletterbible.org