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Jim Thorpe, PA: Air Supply Returns to Poconos for Penn’s Peak Performance

In May, Air Supply entered the ‘Land of Love’ at Caesar’s Cove Haven Resort in Lakeville, PA. A mere two months later, Air Supply returned to the Pennsylvania Poconos showing concert-goers exactly why the Love Zone 07/08 Tour was worth the second trip.

A former coal-transportation town, historic Mauch Chunk was renamed Jim Thorpe in memory of the world famous athlete who is memorialized and buried here. Overlooking the picturesque Appalachian Mountains, Penn’s Peak is located on the top of a hill and having been to so many Air Supply concerts in casinos, it was inspiring to be surrounded by such beauty.

Resembling a lodge, Penn’s Peak is a large 2-tiered room with a balcony, and appears to be made entirely of wood. The stage is high and large and opens to a two-story concert hall, making for strong acoustics.

Air Supply sang all of the songs we remember, including Even The Nights Are Better, Power Of Love, Just As I Am, Here I Am, Lost In Love and Making Love Out Of Nothing At All. During The One That You Love, Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell once again ventured into the audience to get close and personal with the crowd. Cameras flashed, hands extended and tears flowed as fans and friends made their own personal memories as Russell and Graham walked through.

Now part of the show, prior to Faith In Love, Graham Russell introduced us to Air Supply keyboardist Jed Moss and told us that Jed’s first love is classical music and that Jed will play a few bars of something special for us. Classically trained, Jed has recently performed Chopin, Ginestera, and Rachmaninoff, and on this evening, Jed chose to play a bit of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Bringing tears to more than a few pair of eyes, Jed’s performance was breathtaking.

The band solo also returned to the set list and we were treated to a little more than usual. During Live and Let Die, Jonni always gives us something good, and true to his ‘expect something different’ motto, Jonni stopped before he was about to sing, put his hands over his head and started clapping, encouraging the audience to get into it! Jonni surprised me, and it really got the audience rocking!

One of the most poignant moments of the show was when Graham and Russell stopped to say happy birthday to a little girl who just turned 10. They then had her brought up to the stage and Graham kneeled down to talk to her down on her level. As he got back up, his knees creaked and he joked about age. He then asked the little girl where she would like to stand while they sang All Out Of Love and she threw her arm up and pointed straight over to Russell! It was priceless and the audience erupted in laughter.

As Graham began the song, Russell held his arm around the little girl, kissing her head as a father kisses a daughter. And as Graham would have the spotlight during the song, Russell would lean down to her, and quietly shuffle backwards to get out of the spotlight or to move to the other side of the stage. At one point, the spotlight stayed on Russell and the little girl and they stepped out of the light so as not to detract from Graham’s performance. Jonni even got in on the fun as they all ran into each other at one point and he pretended to get in her way to make her laugh. It was fun for us to see the ‘performers′ at work, moving around on the stage, respecting each artist’s moment.

Fans came from far and wide to see Air Supply and in the end what they got more than exceeded their expectations. Once again, thanks go out to Russell, Graham, Jed, Jonni, Mike, Sparky, Brett, Moe, Nate and Mark for putting on a great show for all of us. Penn’s Peak had some very special moments and they will be remembered always.

Betsy Hijazi attends Air Supply concerts and writes reviews and posts video clips on her blog at AirSupplyBlog.com AirSupplyBlog.com MySpace.com/ASFanBetsy MySpace.com/ASFanBetsy and YouTube.com/ASFanForLife YouTube.com/ASFanForLife

Jazz as a style didn’t come into its own until around 1920. Before that there were such prejazz forms as band and piano ragtime, jug bands, banjo groups, country blues, European marching bands and pop songs, street calls, and African percussion music. Good examples of this early American music can be heard on the Smithsonian Folk Collection. Most good jazz texts run the history and descriptions down. One such book is Jazz Styles by Mark Gridley.

Jazz came about due to the inevitable confluence of ragtime and the blues. Of course, one could make a semantic argument which would confuse what the salient characteristics of jazz are (much of what they presented on BET Jazz I wouldn’t call jazz, for example). Similarly, I would not call the Original Dixieland Jass Band’s barn animal and slide-whistle gimmicks jazz. (Many contemporaries called their stuff jive hokum.) Jazz didn’t really swing until Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, and simply because Louis and Jelly played ragtime before they evolved their great jazz groups does not make what they played before that jazz.

Certainly the music had been gradually evolving towards jazz for quite some time, but because the ODJB first used the term Jass (not Jazz) in their title isn′t that much of a big deal to me. I’m sure they thought it would help with sales and popularity (and it worked for them, too), since these terms–and others–were already in the air. And musicians did not uniformly refer to whatever music they played at that time as jazz by any means; these were loose terms. Many scholars do, however, acknowledge that the ODJB was the first recorded jazz band, and that is where I differ with them.

I cringe when I hear about ODJB in this regard: Having played their recordings for many Jazz History classes over the years, and compared their music to Louis, Jelly, and many others, I think they are an embarrassment. To me they are insufferably corny and they couldn’t swing their way out of a paper bag! Worst of all, they are the recorded caricature of the less-talented whites stealing the black man’s music–and doing it poorly.

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Audrey Hepburn was born to an English father and Dutch mother in Belgium May 4th 1929. During her childhood she was brought up in England before moving to Holland at the age of 10. From 1940045 Audrey experienced the difficulties and horrors of Nazi occupation. In particular she saw many local people, including a cousin, shot for resisting the occupying forces. The occupation and lack of food during the latter part of the war left a lasting impression on the young Audrey. Her later involvement in humanitarian issues was partly inspired by her own experiences of suffering.

After the war she continued to study ballet in London, but after a while decided to try a career as an actress. This proved to be a successful move and soon she found her first acting jobs in first theater and later film. Audrey Hepburn’s big break came when she was chosen to star opposite Gregory Peck in the film “Roman Holiday”. Audrey playing the role of a young English princess captivated audiences with her elfin beauty and mesmerizing charm and humor. The film was a big success and Audrey Hepburn was awarded an Oscar for best actress. This paved the way for many other top roles in Hollywood’s big releases of the 1950s. Other notable films included Sabrina with Humphrey Bogart and Funny Face with Fred Astaire.

As well as featuring in the big blockbusters of the time Audrey was a versatile actress who could play a variety of demanding roles. For example she played the lead role of sister Luke in the film “The Nun’s Tale” – a film about a young nun whose religious vows are threatened by the Nazi occupation of Belgium. A very different role in 1961 was her portrayal of extrovert Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” She said this was one of her hardest roles as the character was completely different to her natural reserve. However despite the difficulties this role is one of the most celebrated in film history and helped to cement Audrey Hepburn’s role as one of the great female actresses.

After the 1960s Audrey Hepburn generally retired from making films. Instead she devoted herself to supporting the charity UNICEF. Audrey Hepburn would frequently visit troubled areas and act as a spokesperson for raising awareness of humanitarian issues. She felt intuitively the suffering of others and remarked on one occasion of visiting an Ethiopian camp for disposed children.

“I have a broken heart. I feel desperate. I can′t stand the idea that two million people are in imminent danger of starving to death, many of them children, and not because there isn′t tons of food sitting in the northern port of Shoa.”

After returning from Somalia in 1992 biographyonline.net/humanitarian/audrey_hepburn.html Audrey Hepburn developed cancer of the colon. The disease proved to be untreatable in January 1993 she died in Switzerland aged 63. Audrey Hepburn is widely revered for her unique combination of feminine beauty, glamour and sincere concern for humanitarian issues.

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Amber, the gem of a stone that’s not really a gemstone at all, is actually fossilized pine sap. People have collected, traded, carved, and coveted amber for more than 10,000 years. Yet despite our fascination with it, much about the smoky yellow stone — the history of amber — remains a mystery.

The price for amber stones varies widely, in the right price range for Average Joe’s (and Joannas) who can spend as little as $20 for amber and silver jewelry, and also for high-rollers ready to spend $40,000 or more for a “slice of sunshine” in amber jewelry crafted in gold, platinum, and featuring other gemstones. And although it not an official “birthstone — a designation reserved for actual gemstones — amber is often presented to those born under the sign of Taurus (April 19-May 19).

History of Amber

Amber is found in Myanmar home to the largest piece of transparent amber in the world (33.5 pounds and 40-50 million years old), as well as Lebanon, Sicily, Mexico, Romania, Germany, and Canad. The two main sources of amber on the market today, however, are the Dominican Republic and the Baltic states.

Once highly regulated, Baltic amber has become more widely available due to more liberal economic policies in Eastern Europe. Today, the whole world enjoys amber minded from the Baltic region, where the largest mine is in Russia, west of Kaliningrad.

Baltic amber may also be found in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Russia. Baltic amber has even washed up on the shores of the Baltic Sea in Denmark, Norway, and England. Baltic amber is the oldest geological specimen to be used in jewelry. Archeologists digging near the Baltic Sea have found evidence of Baltic amber jewelry that is approximately 40,000 years old.

Green Amber is a completely natural variation of Baltic Amber. The green color is a result of plant interaction with the resin. While green is a more valuable color of amber than brown, the best quality of amber remains clear, transparent, and flawless.

Slightly softer than Baltic amber, Dominican amber is prized for its coloration, including yellow and deep red, as well as the distinctive (and rare) blue and smoky green hues that come exclusively from that area.

Shocking Information about Amber

The ancient name for amber was “electron,” the root word of electricity. Around 600 B.C., it was discovered that if an amber stone was rugged vigorously, it became electrically charged. Believed to carry a negative electrical energy charge, amber was used to draw power and energy into its bearer.

In addition to its ability to attract energy and power, amber was believed to aid the intellect. It was prescribed for memory loss; eccentric behavior; anxiety, and indecisiveness.

The Joy of Amber

Amber jewelry is said to help one be joyful and happy. The cheery yellow stone is believed to lighten the burdens of life.

Healers say that amber activates our altruistic nature and helps us realize the full power of our spiritual intellect.

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My friends and I use a Mac computer for music sharing and we have come to rely on an application called Acquisition. This user-friendly music sharing program is exclusive to the Macintosh platform. You can download and upload concurrently with this great program. It also provides helpful ratings to ensure that you are sharing with a reliable peer.

This amazing music sharing program is also highly compatible with ITunes. By collaborating between Acquisition and ITunes, we have been able to organize and play hours of music for parties. I am always amazed with the combined technology of these two programs. They are so easy to use, that even kids have learned how to search and locate music of their choice.

We also have come to depend on Azureus which is useful for locating a particularly elusive music file. However, Azureus is more than just a music sharing program because it allows you to share all sorts of files. However, Acquisition is still our first choice as a music sharing program, even if Azureus can allow us to access more obscure titles. This is because Acquisition is user friendly and has quicker upload and download times. Minimal steps are also required to acquire music files with this program.

The thing I like about this music sharing program is that I can use it for an extended period of time for free. However, you have to suffer from the occasional pesky nag messages. Anyway, they do little to interfere with the overall process, and is a small annoyance when you consider that advantages you can get from using Acquisition.

Almost all the files have been pre-verified with this music sharing program, so you will often be able to acquire the actual title you have selected. Working on a Mac computer also means that there is little chance of getting an infected file. This is because most viruses are created to attack PC computers. Macs are not plagued with viruses because they are not popular.

However, you have to keep in mind that sharing of music files is a grey area. This means that there is a lot of controversy over where to draw the line when it comes to copyright infringements. Only download the music files that you actually own the rights to if you want to err on the side of caution. This means that you may only get an MP3 version of a song, rather than a CD version.

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The Hero’s Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succeed in the craft.

[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lord of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1979)].

THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY

THE HERO’S JOURNEY:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

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c) Gives you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharses, of which there are usually four).

d) Gives you a universal structural template upon which you can superimpose your situational story.

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Post the Crossing of the Return Threshold and before the Master of Two Worlds and Selves, a hell of a lot happens that is rarely given mention. The Final Conflict (a metaphor for this stage) follows a distinct process. The breakout in the final conflict comes when the hero defeats a significant antagonism or overcomes a significant obstacle. In Straw Dogs (1971), David defeats the Demon King (makes Tom shoot himself in the foot).

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For most of us, our exposure to languages other than our own has been primarily in our high school classrooms where we were required to study one of a set choice of languages. And, for most of us, that was where our exploration of such language began and ended. As adults, we may have come up against the need to learn another language – primarily Spanish, the most popular of the languages – but have no idea how to go about receiving such instruction. While tackling this other language as an adult can be difficult, it is possible to learn Spanish in a way that is comprehensive and achievable.

There are many ways in which to learn Spanish today. First and foremost, there are always the traditional books – available in most bookstores and libraries – that offer translation resources – much like a dictionary. You can look up a word in English and it will give you the same word in Spanish.

In the modern equivalent of this, portable electronic devices – small enough to fit into your pocket or handbag – will deliver an audible answer in Spanish in response to any English word you type into its keyboard. Not only is this a great way to learn Spanish – as you can grasp the proper pronunciation of each word through hearing it – but it’s an exemplary tool to have at your disposal when traveling to Spanish speaking countries.

Classroom instruction is another way in which adults can easily learn Spanish. Through schools or online resources, students can be taught step by step how to speak and understand Spanish. Many high schools and colleges offer night classes in which adults can learn languages. The online resources offer video tutelage as well as vocabulary tools to assist in the process. There are also DVDs in which classroom concepts are taught through video. Students can watch such video at their own speed allowing them to learn at their own pace from the comfort of their home.

For those always on the go, CDs can be a terrific tool with which to learn Spanish. Through the use of CDs you can learn Spanish while driving, walking, playing, or working.

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Rick Porrello: Mr. Pistone, I would like to thank you for spending some time with us at AmericanMafia.com. Before we get started I′d like to update our records. May I have your current address, phone number, description of your car and a current close-up photo. Seriously, it is a privilege to have you with us. And as police officer it is indeed a honor to interview a law enforcer whose courage, skill and success in the war against organized crime are legendary and whose movie about his life, Donnie Brasco, has a permanent place as one of the legendary mob films and of course stars Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.

Congratulations on the release of your latest book, The Way of the Wiseguy. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Though it certainly doesn’t read like one, it’s like a textbook, or better yet, a field manual about the mobster mentality. And written from the inside! With a lot of tense moments, shock and humor. Definitely a lot of funny moments in your experiences. I got a real kick out of the wiseguy who visited you on the Donnie Brasco set to ask a favor for his kid, a budding actor. And it’s facscinating how, as The Way of the Wiseguy details, your law enforcement career continued with dangerous undercover roles in the Mafia despite that fact that you were in hiding from a $500,000 contract on your life as a result of Donnie Brasco. Why don’t you start by telling us a little about your life before the FBI. Where did your interest in a law enforcement career come from?

Joe Pistone: I grew up around wiseguys on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey, but I never got involved with them. I always worked all kinds of blue-collar jobs: in construction, in bars, driving tractor trailers. But for some reason, I had this idea that I could be an FBI agent. There were no cops in my family, and no role models who suggested I get into law enforcement. It was just this thing of mine. My first government job was with the Office of Naval Intelligence, investigating drug, theft, and espionage cases. Then I passed the FBI’s entrance exams and became a special agent in 1969. Very quickly, my specialty became clear: undercover.

RP: How did the assignment to infiltrate the mob happen? Was it something you were working on more yourself, as opposed to an assignment? And how was the specific Bonanno crew chosen as a target?

JP: The job to infiltrate the Bonanno crime family started out as a six-month operation and ended up lasting about six years. I talk all about the beginnings of this operation in my new book The Way of the Wiseguy.

RP: Where did the name Donnie Brasco come from? It’s got a nice ring to it but isn’t exactly dripping with algio olio. You were penetrating a La Cosa Nostra crew, mostly Italian-Americans. Why not Vinny Tagliatelle, Geno Badalamenti or Nunzio Giacolona?

JP: I heard the name in a book or movie somewhere and remembered it at the start of the operation. It sounded like a good enough name, and it worked out for me in a previous undercover operation busting up a truck hijacking ring. But most of the Bonanno wiseguys called me Donnie the Jeweler anyway.

RP: You have highly praised Johnny Depp for his portrayal of you. In the movie, Donnie Brasco’s FBI role blurs and he becomes dangerously close with Lefty Ruggiero, played of course by Al Pacino. Did the movie embellish this friendship?

JP: I was very close to Lefty and his family. If he wasn’t a killer and a complete criminal, he would have been a good guy. I spent many hours with Lefty just shooting the shit about all kinds of things. Ate dinner at his house. But in the end I was not sorry about helping put him or any of the others in jail. After all, if any of them, including Lefty, knew I was with the FBI, they would have put two in my head without thinking twice.

RP: Set straight what happened to Lefty. The movie makes it look like his murder was inevitable.

JP: We picked up Lefty on other charges the day after my identity was revealed. If we didn’t do it, he would have surely been whacked. He spent a few years in prison and after he got out he died of a heart attack.

RP: What happened when you were pulled out of the Donnie Brasco role? And talk about edge-of-the-seat suspense? Were you actually that close to having to whack someone? If so, did you have a plan B?

JP: By the time the Bureau decided to pull me out, I had been proposed to become a member of the Mafia – the only federal agent ever to infiltrate the family to that level. The Bonannos did want me to make a hit, and I was probably a day or two away from doing so, though I never would have carried it out, no matter what the circumstances.

RP: Who were the men killed as a result of having been duped by Donnie Brasco? How did you feel knowing that your role contributed to their murders? And how did the mob further deal with this unprecendened penetration of their secret society?

JP: A few wiseguys were hit very soon after Donnie Brasco was uncovered, and there’s no doubt that it was their connection with Donnie that got them whacked. The way they were murdered shows this, and I give the details in the book.

RP: Tell us about the CD that’s included with The Way of the Wiseguy.

JP: The CD includes the content of several surveillance tapes that were recorded during the Donnie Brasco operation. They are conversations between myself and Lefty Two Guns Ruggiero discussing a sit-down that took place with the Bonanno crime family regarding me, my identity, and my life. If the wiseguys ever knew that I was recording these conversations, I would have been whacked. These tapes provided damaging evidence in court that helped put these guys away.

RP: In Way of the Wiseguy you mention how mobsters love Mafia movies. Tell us about this.

JP: There’s a whole section in the book called “Why Wiseguys Love Donnie Brasco” that says it all…. But these guys don’t go around talking like they do in “The Godfather″ moives. You won’t hear them quoting Shakespeare or even speaking in complete sentences half the time. When you hear the audio tape between Lefty and me, you’ll hear how disjointed the conversations can be.

RP: Many people ask if the Mafia is dead. Do you still keep tabs on La Cosa Nostra? What is your take on their current status?

JP: Sure I keep involved and remain interested and aware of what’s going on. And I can tell you that the Mafia has clearly changed for the worse. The “organized″ part of organized crime became a shadow of what it once was. But it’s not dead and probably never will be. There’s a chapter in the book called “Old Wiseguys, New Wiseguys” that talks all about the current state of the mob.

RP: Joe, you’re success is multi-faceted. I thank you for being with us at AmericanMafia.com. This interview will be no doubt be a hit. No pun intended. And we will feature it for months to come. I encourage readers to check out The Way of the Wiseguy which is available through the AmericanMafia.com-Amazon.com bookstore and of course Donnie Brasco, the book and movie are also available. Joe, I wish you success with The Way of the Wiseguy and all your future endeavors.

JP: Thank you. I’ll be touring through the US and Canada at the end of April and hope to see a lot of fans and interested readers while I’m on the road.

April, 2004

About the Author:

A cop in suburban Cleveland, Rick Porrello, serendipitously began his writing career when curiosity about the mysterious murder of his grandfather along with the deaths of several uncles led to penning his first true crime saga, The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Porrello went on to write a second book, To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia which recounts the story of Irish-American racketeer Danny Greene who took on the Cleveland Mafia and was murdered in 1977. The tale was heralded by Midwest Book Review as “…“must” reading for anyone with an interest in the workings of organized crime. Here is a true-life story more dramatic than anything to ever come out of a Hollywood movie.” To Kill the Irishman has subsequently been optioned for a major motion picture. His most recent title, Superthief - A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History won a ForeWord Magazine true crime award has also been optioned for a film.

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Can a musician revive their music career through film or television? For entertainment consultant, Roslyn Ridgeway, the answer is yes.

President and CEO of De Roz Productions, Inc., Roslyn’s proof-in-the-pudding is recording artist, TV and film star, Irene Cara. Cara is among a select group of mega-talented performers who have successfully transitioned from theater to television then records and feature films. The award-winning performer is best noted for her film roles in Sparkle, Fame, City Heat and the TV mini series, Roots. Although Ms. Cara has spent much of her energy developing music, with Roslyn’s help, Cara leveraged the reality television craze to gain visibility for herself and her female band, Hot Caramel. “With Irene’s talent and accomplishments on the screen, it was a hard task to re-introduce her to the public as a musician…. We went back to her roots to do this. We did it through the power of television,” Roslyn said.

Since reality television captivates most American audiences, the transition for Cara was seamless. After a twenty-year hiatus from TV and film, in 2005, Cara debuted on NBC’s hit reality television show Hit Me Baby One More Time. Winning out over music legends Wang Chung, Cameo, Howard Jones, and Sophie B. Hawkins, Roslyn saw the power of television at work. Millions tuned in to watch Cara beat her competition. Reality television put Cara back in the limelight reminding fans of her talent and peaking interest in Hot Caramel.

Roslyn’s hard work continues to payoff. Currently, the Atlanta native is working with twin brothers and accomplished musicians, Darrell and Pharell Floyd. The twins’ career made a turn towards film after appearing in 20th Century Fox’s Drumline.

The newly minted president of Business Women Professionals-USA, Roslyn’s resume reflects success in a myriad of industries, including entertainment, non-profit, and small business. As music artists continue to expand their careers into film and television, Roslyn works diligently to make her mark by bridging the gap between music, television and film.

The scientists are saying an asteroid around the year 2019, twice the size of earth, might hit us. Carl Sagan had mentioned something like that in one of his books if I recall right. They say it is going to be a monstrously big one, actually larger than the earth: if indeed, this were the case, there of course would be no more earth. After looking at this subject closer, I had come to the conclusion they are all full of gobbolygook; another way of saying ‘full of shit.’ Let me explain my position.

In 1984, I saw in one of my 60 visions [please review my book “The Last Trumpet, and the Woodbridge Demon” which I explain about seeing the asteroid], an asteroid zooming through two great bodies, such as, — possible two planets one planet smaller than the other one. The asteroid looked rocky and big, but not that big. If I recall right I would say it was 1/16 the size of the smaller planet to the left of my vision, which I thought was a moon of sorts, compared to the larger planet on the right side of my vision.

And now that I think of it, if the asteroid did not hit the earth, it could possible zoom by it; as a result, causing friction on the earth like the moon does, and an earth-crust movement, which would alter our poles, the North and South Poles; the Poles were in a different location 12,000 years ago the North Pole being more in the Hudson Bay area? We may find another such movement.

And so for the most part I agree with the scientist and Mr. Sagan with the highly, and likely possibility of a worldwide disaster in the waiting [or in the making]; although I never thought much of Sagon’s out look on things, and books, yet this concept does have a reality to it.

But what I am driving at is this. I did not see the world destroyed, nor do I believe it will be; and I do not see any data to support this idea of total destruction.

In many of my visions I have seen certain locations, like Washington DC, New York City, Florida, San Francisco, Paris, Egypt, and a few more locations and cities under duress. But the asteroid they are talking about I do believe in, is not only in my visions, but the scientist believe it, so does The New Testament Bible, in Revelation 6 [please review this in the bible if you are a believer in the NT], so check it out; the scientific concept is just an oversized one I believe. And as I have mentioned in my books and other articles, seeing is believes. And so you young readers will find out. I perhaps will not.

War on Humanity

I also believe we are facing–along with the above disaster—
What I call, or it has been called—for I’ve heard about it or perhaps read it somewhere—a “War on Humanity,” is in the makings, this is so true. Just look at the Islamic-community, for over 200-years they have become a radical entity in the religion environment; and the unprecedented natural disasters, pestilence, terrorism, disease, food shortages; insects infecting nations; floods all around the world [Europe, Asia, and America]. I think we are not safe wherever we may go, nowadays. There is really no place to hide—we are on a suicide earth.

The Mixed View

But even with all this I do not believe we are going to be a world not completely destroyed, and I think it is biblical. Plus, having seen so many disasters in my visions, and they have all come true (so far), I am led to believe this one will be also. Meaning, the asteroid will come but it will not end of world, although it may seem like it at the time. It is not the will of God.

Should we live to see this asteroid hit the earth or should we not and we simply get a giant earthquake, or maybe both, the world would be darkened for three to four months at least with the fallout? And again this is not only scientific data, but biblical as well, of such a possibility. And should we start a nuclear war, this could trigger the earth’s axis to wobble more, or stretch too far, and who knows, here comes the asteroid and the earthquakes all at once. But this old world will go on.

To make thinks even look a little bleaker or bleeder, the unemployment rate is quite low worldwide since 9/11; it has picked up here and there, but things are not the same. And the bankruptcies are doubled if not worse, in many countries. Whole countries are becoming bankrupt. Inflation is South American currencies are next to good. They are all crying for US support, when the US is going bankrupt with all its natural disasters and its continued war in Iraq. There are so many foreclosures, especially in Minnesota that it has caused more people to run to places they would never have gone to; many are running back home to live with mother; others to shelters.

Many people are going to mission houses to eat. Borrowing money on top of old re-financing debts, to keep their houses, which would be paid back when the house is sold, the American dream is slowly evaporating. But again, let me remind you, it does not mean the end of the world, it maybe the end for a lot of people, a lot of filled pockets with dollars; but not for the world in general.

We have a global civilization today that depends on technology so much; that it very well could be a prescription for disaster should something recoil on any given day in any worldwide country.

As time goes by, we will witness also the demon world becoming more profound, more noticeable. I have written about these areas in other books of mine, should you become more interested in the demonic subject.

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