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She shall be remembered of the lord of Hosts With roaring, and shaking, and deafening noise, Storm, and tempest, and blaze of consuming fire. Isaiah 9:6 (The Israel Bible™)

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A volcanic eruption in Indonesia followed by a large earthquake is the most recent event that has caused concern among geologists that we are entering a global period of increased seismic activity. Several rabbis weighed in, recognizing the volcanoes as a necessary part of the end-of-days that immediately precedes Redemption.

Mount Soputan, a 6,000-foot peak in Minahasa on the northern part of Sulawesi island in central Indonesia, erupted twice on Sunday morning, spewing ash more than 24,000 feet into the air. A two-and-a-half mile exclusion zone was enforced around the mountain. Residents were also urged to wear masks in case of ash rain, as authorities kept the volcano’s alert level at the second-highest level.

One hour after Mount Soputan settled down, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the region with the epicenter about 100 miles southwest of Jayapura, Indonesia.

Mount Soputan, which stands at 5,853 feet, is one of Indonesia’s more than 120 active volcanoes. Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 260 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

The Ring of Fire, a 25,000-mile-long horseshoe-shaped region encompassing the Pacific ocean, is the most seismically active area on the planet. It includes most of California, Washington State, and Alaska. The Ring of Fire includes a total of 452 volcanoes, more than 75 percent of active volcanoes existing in the world today. About 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes and 81 percent of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. All but three of the world’s 25 largest volcanic eruptions of the last 11,700 years occurred at volcanoes in the Ring of Fire.

An alarming barrage of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes along the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ at the beginning of the year prompted the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction to issue a warning of its activity in a tweet.

A cataclysmic eruption would even affect people distant from the event. This was seen when on Aug. 27, 1883, Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait west of Java erupted in an explosion that was heard thousands of miles away. The eruption generated tsunamis and 35,000 people died as an immediate result. Perhaps more significant were the five years of global winter that resulted from ash being thrown high into the atmosphere. This adversely affected climate and food production in all parts of the world.

Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi, an Israeli mystic with a substantial following, has been warning of an increase in volcanic eruptions as part of the end-of-days process preceding the Messiah, who the rabbi maintains is present but waiting to reveal himself.

“The Creator is purifying the world from the filth of the snake in order to prepare the way for the Messiah to be revealed in the world,” Rabbi Ben Artzi said in his weekly sermon that was publishedyesterday. “The Redemption will come mercifully so our Father in Heaven uses nature against us: through storms, fires, earthquakes, and volcanoes…Slowly, the Holy One, Blessed be He, is destroying all the evil in the world while at the same time preparing the light of the Messiah. The world is experiencing destruction and rebirth at the same time.

Rabbi Yosef Berger, rabbi of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, noted that natural phenomena always accompany redemption.

“Most of the time, nature appears to act according to a set of rules,” Rabbi Berger told Breaking Israel News. “People who do not see God in the world mistakenly believe that this is the way nature must act and will always act. They believe that through these laws of nature they have made up that they rule over God’s creation.”

Rabbi Berger noted the blessing that is said by a Jew after witnessing an awe-inspiring act of nature:

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, whose power and might fill the world.

“Just as we saw in Egypt, when Hashem (God, literally ‘the name’) is about to act, to bring the Redemption, he takes the reins of nature and the rules that have seemed unchanging and unchangeable, no longer apply,” Rabbi Berger said. He pointed to a chapter in Psalms which he asserted describes this process in the end-of-days and seems to describe the potential for destruction in the Pacific Ring of Fire.

The chapter goes on to assure that wars will disappear from the earth and that the Redemption will arrive after the period of natural upheaval.

“This is a global phenomenon, clear for everyone to see, but the important message is for each individual to understand what is happening as part of the Messiah,” Rabbi Berger concluded.

(breakingisraelnews.com)

‘Ten students of diverse backgrounds’ helped developed algorithm

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify “hate speech” on social media, a program that researchers hope will out-perform human beings in identifying bigoted comments on Twitter, Reddit and other online platforms.

Scientists at Berkeley’s D-Lab “are working in cooperation with the [Anti-Defamation League] on a ‘scalable detection’ system—the Online Hate Index (OHI)—to identify hate speech,” the Cal Alumni Association reports.

In addition to artificial intelligence, the program will use several different techniques to detect offensive speech online, including “machine learning, natural language processing, and good old human brains.” Researchers aim to have “major social media platforms” one day utilizing the technology to detect “hate speech” and eliminate it, and the users who spread it, from their networks.

Current technology mainly involves the use of “keyword searches,” one researcher states, which are “fairly imprecise and blunt.” Current algorithms can be fooled by simply spelling words differently, for instance:

The OHI intends to address these deficiencies. Already, their work has attracted the attention and financial support of the platforms that are most bedeviled—and that draw the most criticism—for hate-laced content: Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Reddit…
D-Lab initially enlisted ten students of diverse backgrounds from around the country to “code” the posts, flagging those that overtly, or subtly, conveyed hate messages. Data obtained from the original group of students were fed into machine learning models, ultimately yielding algorithms that could identify text that met hate speech definitions with 85 percent accuracy, missing or mislabeling offensive words and phrases only 15 percent of the time.
Though the initial ten coders were left to make their own evaluations, they were given survey questions (e.g. “…Is the comment directed at or about any individual or groups based on race or ethnicity?) to help them differentiate hate speech from merely offensive language. In general, “hate comments” were associated with specific groups while “non-hate” language was linked to specific individuals without reference to religion, race, gender, etc. Under these criteria, a screed against the Jewish community would be identified as hate speech while a rant—no matter how foul—against an African-American celebrity might get a pass, as long as his or her race wasn’t cited.

One researcher warned against the possibility of inadvertent censorship: “Unless real restraint is exercised, free speech could be compromised by overzealous and self-appointed censors.” The lab is thus “working to minimize bias with proper training and online protocols that prevent operators from discussing codes or comments with each other.”

Read the report here.

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 12/18/2018 10:14:34 AM
	Is the Pacific Ring of Fire Getting Ready for the End-of-Days? By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz December 17, 2018 , 3:13 pm She shall be remembered of the lord of Hosts With roaring, and shaking, and deafening noise, Storm, and tempest, and blaze of consuming fire. Isaiah 9:6 (The Israel Bible™) Seismograph (Credit: iStock/Petrovich9) A volcanic eruption in Indonesia followed by a large earthquake is the most recent event that has caused concern among geologists that we are entering a global period of increased seismic activity. Several rabbis weighed in, recognizing the volcanoes as a necessary part of the end-of-days that immediately precedes Redemption. Mount Soputan, a 6,000-foot peak in Minahasa on the northern part of Sulawesi island in central Indonesia, erupted twice on Sunday morning, spewing ash more than 24,000 feet into the air. A two-and-a-half mile exclusion zone was enforced around the mountain. Residents were also urged to wear masks in case of ash rain, as authorities kept the volcano’s alert level at the second-highest level. One hour after Mount Soputan settled down, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the region with the epicenter about 100 miles southwest of Jayapura, Indonesia. Mount Soputan, which stands at 5,853 feet, is one of Indonesia’s more than 120 active volcanoes. Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 260 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire, a 25,000-mile-long horseshoe-shaped region encompassing the Pacific ocean, is the most seismically active area on the planet. It includes most of California, Washington State, and Alaska. The Ring of Fire includes a total of 452 volcanoes, more than 75 percent of active volcanoes existing in the world today. About 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes and 81 percent of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. All but three of the world’s 25 largest volcanic eruptions of the last 11,700 years occurred at volcanoes in the Ring of Fire. A string of volcanic eruptions earlier this year around the Pacific Ring of Fire led to several scientific studies into the possibility that trouble was on the horizon. There were about 25 significant volcano eruptions globally in the first 18 years of this century compared with approximately 65 in the entire 20th century. This increased activity and intensity are magnified due to recent population growth in the affected regions of the Pacific. This point was tragically illustrated in 2004 when a magnitude-9.2 earthquake, the third-largest in recorded history, struck off northern Sumatra, generating a tsunami that killed almost 240,000 people. This point was further emphasized in 2011 when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit Northern Japan and the subsequent tsunami killed nearly 16,000 people. An alarming barrage of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes along the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ at the beginning of the year prompted the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction to issue a warning of its activity in a tweet. UNISDR ✔@unisdr Pacific Ring of Fire active today. #switch2sendai #earthquake #volcano - PH : Mayon Volcano erupted, 1,000s evacuees - Japan: Volcano causes avalanche, one death - Indonesia: 5.3 earthquake jolts Jakarta, buildings swayed - Alaska: 7.9 Magnitude earthquake led to tsunami alert. 4,308 8:48 AM - Jan 23, 2018 A cataclysmic eruption would even affect people distant from the event. This was seen when on Aug. 27, 1883, Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait west of Java erupted in an explosion that was heard thousands of miles away. The eruption generated tsunamis and 35,000 people died as an immediate result. Perhaps more significant were the five years of global winter that resulted from ash being thrown high into the atmosphere. This adversely affected climate and food production in all parts of the world. Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi, an Israeli mystic with a substantial following, has been warning of an increase in volcanic eruptions as part of the end-of-days process preceding the Messiah, who the rabbi maintains is present but waiting to reveal himself. “The Creator is purifying the world from the filth of the snake in order to prepare the way for the Messiah to be revealed in the world,” Rabbi Ben Artzi said in his weekly sermon that was publishedyesterday. “The Redemption will come mercifully so our Father in Heaven uses nature against us: through storms, fires, earthquakes, and volcanoes…Slowly, the Holy One, Blessed be He, is destroying all the evil in the world while at the same time preparing the light of the Messiah. The world is experiencing destruction and rebirth at the same time. Rabbi Yosef Berger, rabbi of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, noted that natural phenomena always accompany redemption. “Most of the time, nature appears to act according to a set of rules,” Rabbi Berger told Breaking Israel News. “People who do not see God in the world mistakenly believe that this is the way nature must act and will always act. They believe that through these laws of nature they have made up that they rule over God’s creation.” Rabbi Berger noted the blessing that is said by a Jew after witnessing an awe-inspiring act of nature: Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, whose power and might fill the world. “Just as we saw in Egypt, when Hashem (God, literally ‘the name’) is about to act, to bring the Redemption, he takes the reins of nature and the rules that have seemed unchanging and unchangeable, no longer apply,” Rabbi Berger said. He pointed to a chapter in Psalms which he asserted describes this process in the end-of-days and seems to describe the potential for destruction in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Therefore we are not afraid though the earth reels, though mountains topple into the sea—ts waters rage and foam; in its swell mountains quake. Selah. Psalms 46:3-4 The chapter goes on to assure that wars will disappear from the earth and that the Redemption will arrive after the period of natural upheaval. “This is a global phenomenon, clear for everyone to see, but the important message is for each individual to understand what is happening as part of the Messiah,” Rabbi Berger concluded. (breakingisraelnews.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 12/18/2018 3:35:58 PM
	Eight-year-old pupils to be told 'boys can have periods too' under new sex education lessons guidelines Children will be told that 'all genders' can have periods under new guidelines Brighton & Hove City Council issued the guidelines which have faced criticism Guidance states: 'Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods' By SANCHEZ MANNING SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 00:47 GMT, 16 December 2018 \| UPDATED: 11:15 GMT, 16 December 2018 Sex education lessons in which pupils as young as eight will be told ‘all genders’ have periods were yesterday condemned as unnecessarily confusing for young children. The classes follow guidelines that were issued to teachers to help them avoid offending girls who identify as boys. But critics described the guidelines as inappropriate and another example of political correctness gone mad. The teacher guidance, from Brighton & Hove City Council, states: ‘Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.’ It says language about menstruation must be inclusive of ‘all genders’ and orders that ‘bins for used period products are provided in all toilets’ for children. Sex education lessons in which pupils as young as eight will be told ‘all genders’ have periods were yesterday condemned as unnecessarily confusing for young children (stock image) But Tory MP David Davies described it as ‘insanity’ for teachers to be explaining the concept of transgender boys having periods to eight-year-olds. ‘Learning about periods is already a difficult subject for children that age, so to throw in the idea girls who believe they are boys also have periods will leave them completely confused,’ he added. Stephanie Davies-Arai, from the campaign group Transgender Trend, said: ‘Girls going through puberty are already having a difficult time. What they should be given is clear language to be able to talk about their bodies and their female biological functions without couching it in politically correct terms.’ And feminist campaigner Julie Bindel said: ‘To tell impressionable children that boys can also menstruate sidelines girls who should be getting support when they start their periods.’ But Tory MP David Davies described it as ‘insanity’ for teachers to be explaining the concept of transgender boys having periods to eight-year-olds (stock image) The emergence of the guidance comes after it was reported that a state secondary in Brighton has 40 pupils who ‘do not identify as [the] gender presented at birth’. Earlier this year, The Mail on Sunday revealed how an NHS guidebook stated that males living as women were being invited for tests to check for cervical cancer – even though they do not have a cervix. Brighton & Hove City Council said last night: ‘By encouraging effective education on menstruation and puberty, we hope to reduce stigma and ensure no child or young person feels shame in asking for period products inside or outside of school if they need them. ‘We believe that it’s important for all genders to be able to learn and talk about menstruation together… Our approach recognises the fact that some people who have periods are trans or non-binary.’ (dailymail.co.uk) -mail
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 12/18/2018 4:49:30 PM
	Berkeley scientists developing artificial intelligence tool to combat ‘hate speech’ on social media DANIEL PAYNE - ASSISTANT EDITOR •DECEMBER 17, 2018Share on Email ‘Ten students of diverse backgrounds’ helped developed algorithm Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify “hate speech” on social media, a program that researchers hope will out-perform human beings in identifying bigoted comments on Twitter, Reddit and other online platforms. Scientists at Berkeley’s D-Lab “are working in cooperation with the [Anti-Defamation League] on a ‘scalable detection’ system—the Online Hate Index (OHI)—to identify hate speech,” the Cal Alumni Association reports. In addition to artificial intelligence, the program will use several different techniques to detect offensive speech online, including “machine learning, natural language processing, and good old human brains.” Researchers aim to have “major social media platforms” one day utilizing the technology to detect “hate speech” and eliminate it, and the users who spread it, from their networks. Current technology mainly involves the use of “keyword searches,” one researcher states, which are “fairly imprecise and blunt.” Current algorithms can be fooled by simply spelling words differently, for instance: The OHI intends to address these deficiencies. Already, their work has attracted the attention and financial support of the platforms that are most bedeviled—and that draw the most criticism—for hate-laced content: Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Reddit… D-Lab initially enlisted ten students of diverse backgrounds from around the country to “code” the posts, flagging those that overtly, or subtly, conveyed hate messages. Data obtained from the original group of students were fed into machine learning models, ultimately yielding algorithms that could identify text that met hate speech definitions with 85 percent accuracy, missing or mislabeling offensive words and phrases only 15 percent of the time. Though the initial ten coders were left to make their own evaluations, they were given survey questions (e.g. “…Is the comment directed at or about any individual or groups based on race or ethnicity?) to help them differentiate hate speech from merely offensive language. In general, “hate comments” were associated with specific groups while “non-hate” language was linked to specific individuals without reference to religion, race, gender, etc. Under these criteria, a screed against the Jewish community would be identified as hate speech while a rant—no matter how foul—against an African-American celebrity might get a pass, as long as his or her race wasn’t cited. One researcher warned against the possibility of inadvertent censorship: “Unless real restraint is exercised, free speech could be compromised by overzealous and self-appointed censors.” The lab is thus “working to minimize bias with proper training and online protocols that prevent operators from discussing codes or comments with each other.” Read the report here.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 12/19/2018 11:05:14 AM
	Mexican volcano Popocatepetl erupts with 2km column of ash (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Published time: 16 Dec, 2018 02:11Edited time: 16 Dec, 2018 07:39 FILE PHOTO © Reuters / Oswaldo Cantero The active volcano Popocatepetl, located in Central Mexico, has exploded Saturday evening, sending ash two kilometers into the air with the cloud of smoke moving in a northeast direction. Videos from the eruption show a powerful explosion and traces of magma flowing out of the crater. Possible ash fall is expected in areas surrounding the summit. At the moment the volcanic warning issued by the Federal Civil Protection remains at 'Phase 2'. Noti Bomba ✔@notibomba ¡LO ÚLTIMO! El volcán #Popocatépetl, ubicado en el centro de #México, registró una explosión que ha emitido una fumarola de dos kilómetros. 120 9:06 PM - Dec 15, 2018 PC Estatal Puebla ✔@PC_Estatal Así evolucionó la explosión de esta tarde - noche en el volcán #Popocatépetl: 242 8:42 PM - Dec 15, 2018 Authorities have urged citizens to stay clear of the region, and those already in the area to take precaution against a potential ash fall. Pyroclastic flows are also possible following the eruption. SkyAlert ✔@SkyAlertMx Video de la explosión de las 18:57 h del #Popocatépetl. Las explosiones de las últimas semanas se deben a la destrucción del domo de lava No. 81 fromado el 20 y 21 de noviembre. Semáforo de alerta en amarillo fase 2. Vía @webcamsdemexico 3,734 8:54 PM - Dec 15, 2018 Luis Felipe Puente ✔@LUISFELIPE_P #Explosión del #Volcán #Popocatépetl a las 18:58 horas, con una altura aproximada de 2 km, acompañada de material incandescente, atentos ante la posible caída de ceniza, el semáforo de alerta volcánica permanece en amarillo fase 2. 137 8:11 PM - Dec 15, 2018 Webcams de México@webcamsdemexico Impresionante explosión del Volcán #Popocatépetl, 18:57 hrs. Vista San Nicolás de los Ranchos #Puebla. Vía @jabed1.@Popocatepetl_MX Video 3,121 8:20 PM - Dec 15, 2018 Read more
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 12/19/2018 12:49:17 PM
	IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS Bill Gates Predicts ‘Millions of Deaths’ from Climate Change Before Century’s End Microsoft founder wants gov't to rein in big tech, too By Michele Blood \| Sunday, December 16, 2018 Bill Gates, philanthropist and Microsoft founder, criticized the Trump administration’s push to reduce the U.S.’s $30 billion foreign aid budget — and praised the idea of privacy regulations on big tech as well. “Fortunately the Congress took that proposal [to cut the USAID budget], which would have meant cutting people off from those HIV medicines, and they decided to maintain the foreign aid levels,” Gates told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace in an interview that aired Sunday morning. The interview with Gates took place on Tuesday at the U.S Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Gates also addressed the statement by his wife, Melinda Gates, that she was disappointed about the “deteriorating” U.S. leadership and “egregious things that have been said by this current administration.” Bill Gates contended the president’s America First maxim does not preclude the country’s engagement in countries like Africa. Instead, he argued that humanitarian efforts outside the U.S. fall within the broad definition of maximizing the nation’s benefit. “Even in that narrow framework of, OK, I only care about what, how U.S. citizens do — even in that framework, these institutions, these alliances, these investments in innovation are overwhelmingly smart things to do,” he said. He was referencing efforts — including those connected with working on an HIV vaccine — to help stop the AIDS crisis in Africa and elsewhere. On the issue of climate change, Gates predicted that for countries like Africa — which are “completely dependent on the rain coming” — climate change presents a “threat to … survival.” He also predicted “millions of deaths because of climate change between now and the end of the century.” He said a significant portion of that count will be in “very, very poor countries, because of the subsistence farming.” He explained that in Africa in the past, for example, failed harvests occur about once every 12 years. With climate change, Gates predicted the failed harvest rate will be closer to one in four. Gates encouraged the current players in big tech to learn from the naiveté of his early years, during which he “bragged” about nothaving an office in Washington D.C. — a decision he said he “later came to regret.” Wallace asked Gates about the growing backlash in Washington against big tech. “Yes, the government should be talking to these companies about what they do,” said Gates, addressing the merits of Washington’s contention that big tech is exhibiting political bias and is doing too little to protect user privacy. Gates encouraged the current players in big tech to learn from the naiveté of his early years, during which he “bragged” about not having an office in Washington D.C. — a decision he said he “later came to regret.” “I’m sure these guys are learning better than I did, that they need to come back here and start a dialogue, and there will be new types of regulation for these companies,” he added. Privacy regulation, said Gates, “makes a lot of sense.” View image on Twitter The Hill ✔@thehill Bill Gates says privacy regulation for tech companies "makes a lot of sense" http://hill.cm/etqQ4OK 93 11:05 AM - Dec 16, 2018 Gates waxed philosophical on Microsoft’s edging out Apple as the most highly valued company in the world in terms of market capitalization. Microsoft took the lead at $800 billion, with Apple nipping at its heels with $799.5 billion. “It’s really better to define yourself by an aspiration,” said Gates, specifically noting the use of software to improve education and to contain the soaring costs of medical care in the United States. “So yes, I’m very proud of Microsoft and the vision that software and technology would make a big thing. You know, it’s led to the most valuable, the five most valuable companies, being these tech companies. So I do think it’s a vindication of the importance of technology, which now is coming with a lot of responsibilities as well.” Brit Hume ✔@brithume · Dec 16, 2018 Interesting Chris Wallace interview with Bill Gates, who was once a bottom-up advocate of individual empowerment through personal computing. He’s now a top-down technocrat arguing for more government action to solve world problems. https://video.foxnews.com/v/5980110511001/ … Fox News ‎@FoxNews Polly Karr@karr_pe Bottom up means someday someone might have a better idea than him but top down means he gets to tell people what ideas they are allowed to have. 58 11:29 AM - Dec 16, 2018 (LifeZette)
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